Instability of thermocapillary convection in liquid bridges

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 555-565

  Carotenuto, L ^a   Castagnolo, ^a   Albanese, C ^a   Monti, R ^a  

^a MARS srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LIQUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PRANDTL NUMBER; SURFACE PHENOMENA; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

FLUID PROPERTIES; LIQUID BRIDGE; MARANGONI CONVECTION; MICROGRAVITY CONDITION; THERMOCAPILLARY CONVECTION;

HEAT CONVECTION;

EID: 0032025757     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869583     Document Type: Article

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