Thermocapillary convection due to a stationary bubble

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 3131-3137

  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; PROBLEM SOLVING; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

MOMENTUM; THERMOCAPILLARY FLOW;

CAPILLARY FLOW;

BUBBLE; CAPILLARY FLOW; CONVECTION; GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 4344600140     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1768091     Document Type: Article

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