Thermocapillary convection in a spherical container due to a station bubble

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 137-142

  Balasubramaniam, R ^a   Subramanian, R Shankar ^b  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Clarkson University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); HEAT CONVECTION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

THERMOCAPILLARY CONVECTION;

SPACE RESEARCH;

BUBBLE;

EID: 0242369133     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)90243-2     Document Type: Article

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