Thermocapillary flow and rupture in films of molten metal on a substrate

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 3144-3150

  Ajaev, Vladimir ^a   Willis, David A ^b  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Southern Methodist University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEATING; LASER BEAMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLTEN MATERIALS; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE TENSION;

THERMOCAPILLARY FLOW;

CAPILLARY FLOW;

CAPILLARY FLOW; FILM THICKNESS; FLUID FLOW; LIQUID METAL; MATHEMATICAL MODELING;

EID: 0242318350     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1605097     Document Type: Article

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