Thermocapillary migration of long bubbles in cylindrical capillary tubes

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 542-549

  Mazouchi, Ali ^a   Homsy, G M ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE; CAPILLARY; CAPILLARY FLOW; CREEP; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

EID: 0034087049     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.870260     Document Type: Article

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