Thermocapillary migration of long bubbles in polygonal tubes. II. Experiments

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 308-314

  Lajeunesse, E ^a   Homsy, G M ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE FORMATION; CAPILLARY TUBES; STRESS ANALYSIS; SURFACE TENSION; THERMAL EFFECTS; ZERO GRAVITY CASTING;

POLYGONAL TUBES;

CAPILLARY FLOW;

BUBBLY FLOW; CAPILLARY FLOW; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PIPE FLOW;

EID: 0037332009     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1531617     Document Type: Article

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