Direct numerical simulation of thermocapillary flow based on the Volume of Fluid method

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1045-1058

  Ma, Chen ^a   Bothe, Dieter ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

B nard Marangoni instability; Surface gradient computation; Thermal Marangoni effect; Thermocapillary migration; Volume of Fluid method

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT FLUIDS; ANALYTICAL RESULTS; BIOT NUMBER; CELL PATTERNS; CONVECTION VELOCITY; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; DIRECT SIMULATION; DRIVING FORCES; FLUID INTERFACE; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLUID; LINEAR TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; LIQUID LAYER; MARANGONI CONVECTION; MARANGONI EFFECTS; MARANGONI NUMBERS; MIGRATION VELOCITY; NUMERICAL TREATMENTS; PATTERN FORMATION; SMALL ASPECT RATIO; SURFACE GRADIENT COMPUTATION; SURFACE GRADIENTS; THERMAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; THERMOCAPILLARY CONVECTION; THERMOCAPILLARY FLOW; THERMOCAPILLARY MIGRATION; VOLUME OF FLUID METHOD; WALL EFFECTS;

ASPECT RATIO; BRIDGE PIERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; HEAT CONVECTION; LIQUIDS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHASE INTERFACES; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

CAPILLARY FLOW;

EID: 80052079738     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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