Axisymmetric two-dimensional steady marangoni convection in a floating half-zone under microgravity conditions

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 407-418

  Okano, Yasunori ^a   Kunikata, Sei Ichi ^a   Fujioka, Tatsuki ^a   Sakai, Susumu ^a   Koyama, Masato ^b  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Japan Space Utilization Promotion Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAMINAR FLOW; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PRANDTL NUMBER; TEMPERATURE;

AXISYMMETRIC TWO DIMENSIONAL STEADY MARANGONI CONVECTION; FLOATING HALF ZONE;

HEAT CONVECTION;

EID: 0031235329     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407789708913898     Document Type: Article

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