Experimental study of the free surface deformation due to thermal convection in liquid bridges

Experiments in Fluids

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1087-1101

  Montanero, J M ^a,b   Ferrera, C ^a   Shevtsova, V M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIDGES; CAPILLARITY; DEFORMATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; LIQUIDS; SILICONES; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACES; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMAL SPRAYING;

CAPILLARY NUMBERS; EQUILIBRIUM SHAPES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLUID MOTIONS; FREE SURFACES; HYDRODYNAMIC EFFECTS; LIQUID BRIDGES; LOCAL MEANS; MARANGONI; MAXIMUM DEVIATIONS; OPTICAL IMAGING; OSCILLATORY REGIMES; SILICONE OILS; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; TENSION VARIATIONS;

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EID: 55849139038     PISSN: 07234864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00348-008-0529-x     Document Type: Article

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