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Steady Thermocapillary Flows and Their Stability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

A. K. Sen ,
M. K. Smith ,
S. H. Davis  and
G. M. Homsy
A. K. Sen
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA
M. K. Smith
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA
S. H. Davis
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA
G. M. Homsy
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
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Abstract

Thermocapillarity can drive steady flows in float-zone configurations. These flows can become unstable and exhibit time-periodic oscillations. In order to obtain insight into such phenomena, studies are made of a simplified system consisting of liquid in a two-dimensional slot. Steady flows and their instabilities are examined.

Type
Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 9 , 1981 , 173
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1982

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1.Sen, A. K. and Davis, S. H., “Steady thermocapillary flows in two-dimensional slots” pending publication (1981).Google Scholar
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