A numerical study of thermocapillary migration of a small liquid droplet on a horizontal solid surface

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1-12

  Nguyen, Huy Bich ^a   Chen, Jyh Chen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CAPILLARY FLOW; CONTACT ANGLE; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYSTERESIS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; VORTEX FLOW;

CONTACT ANGLE HYSTERESIS; DROPLET VELOCITY; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; MIGRATION PROCESS; MIGRATION VELOCITY; STATIC CONTACT ANGLE; THERMOCAPILLARY; THERMOCAPILLARY MIGRATION;

DROPS;

EID: 77954466602     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3432848     Document Type: Article

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