Numerical study of the unstable thermocapillary flow in a silicon float zone under μ-g condition

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 702-716

  Bazzi, Hussein ^a   Nguyen, Cong Tam ^a   Galanis, Nicolas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Float zone; Instability; Micro gravity; Numerical simulation; Silicon; Thermocapillary flow convection; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035457226     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1290-0729(01)01259-5     Document Type: Article

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