3D numerical simulation of on ground Marangoni flow instabilities in liquid bridges of low Prandtl number fluid

International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 13, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 309-340

  Lappa, M ^a,b   Yasushiro, S ^c   Imaishi, N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b MARS srl   (Italy)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flow; Instability; Metals

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PRANDTL NUMBER; PROBLEM SOLVING;

LIQUID BRIDGES;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

FLOW FIELD; INSTABILITY; LIQUID BRIDGE; MARANGONI EFFECT; METAL; PRANDTL NUMBER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 0037238821     PISSN: 09615539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09615530310464526     Document Type: Article

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