Onset of oscillatory thermocapillary convection in acetone liquid bridges: The effect of evaporation

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 49, Issue 17-18, 2006, Pages 3167-3179

  Simic Stefani, S ^a   Kawaji, M ^a   Yoda, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Evaporation effects; Floating zone; Half zones; Marangoni convection; Oscillatory convection; Stability

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; CAPILLARY FLOW; COOLING; EVAPORATION; FLOW PATTERNS; OSCILLATIONS; PRANDTL NUMBER; STABILITY;

EVAPORATIVE EFFECTS; FLOATING ZONE; HALF-ZONES; MARANGONI CONVECTION; OSCILLATORY CONVECTION;

HEAT CONVECTION;

ACETONE; CAPILLARY FLOW; COOLING; EVAPORATION; FLOW PATTERNS; HEAT CONVECTION; OSCILLATIONS; PRANDTL NUMBER; STABILITY;

EID: 33745132994     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2006.01.042     Document Type: Article

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