Publication Date:
2013-08-31
Description:
Nonplanar flow oscillations have been shown to be effective in stabilizing buoyancy-induced Rayleigh-Benard convection. The present study was initiated to see if thermocapillary convection of the Marangoni type might also be stabilized by the same means. When surface deflection can be ignored, significant stabilization occurs. However, when the operating parameters are such that surface deflection is nonnegligible, destabilization can occur, in contrast to Rayleigh-Benard convection. Mechanisms for both stabilization and destabilization are discussed.
Keywords:
FLUID MECHANICS AND HEAT TRANSFER
Type:
NASA. Lewis Research Center, Second Microgravity Fluid Physics Converence; p 15-20
Format:
application/pdf
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