Thermocapillary interaction of two bubbles or drops

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1117-1135

  Nas, S ^a   Tryggvason, G ^b  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Front tracking finite difference method; Multiphase flow; Thermocapillary migration of bubbles drops

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CAPILLARITY; CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

THERMOCAPILLARY MOTION;

MULTIPHASE FLOW;

BUBBLE; BUBBLY FLOW; FINITE DIFFERENCE TECHNIQUE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; TRACKING;

EID: 0037623747     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9322(03)00084-3     Document Type: Article

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