Thermocapillary migration of deformable bubbles at moderate to large Marangoni number in microgravity

Microgravity Science and Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 295-303

  Zhao, Jian Fu ^a   Li, Zhen Dong ^a   Li, Hui Xiong ^b   Li, Jing ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MECHANICS   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bubble; Level set method; Thermocapillary migration

Indexed keywords

AXISYMMETRIC; BUBBLE; BULK LIQUID; CONTINUUM INTERFACE; CONVECTIVE TRANSPORT; DEFORMABLE BUBBLES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FRONT SURFACES; GAS BUBBLE; LEVEL SET METHOD; MARANGONI NUMBERS; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MIGRATION VELOCITY; NUMERICAL STUDIES; STEADY STATE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMOCAPILLARY MIGRATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; PHASE INTERFACES;

CAPILLARY FLOW;

EID: 79960626291     PISSN: 09380108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12217-010-9193-x     Document Type: Article

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