Theoretical analysis of thermocapillary flow in cylindrical columns of high prandtl number fluids

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 758-764

  Kamotani, Y ^a   Ostrach, S ^a  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Microgravity; Thermocapillary

Indexed keywords

OSCILLATORY FLOW; THERMOCAPILLARY FLOW;

OSCILLATIONS; PRANDTL NUMBER; STEADY FLOW; SURFACE TENSION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CAPILLARY FLOW;

CAPILLARY FLOW; PRANDTL NUMBER; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032147502     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2824346     Document Type: Article

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