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Rodica Borcia^1,2, Michael Bestehorn²
FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.3, No.4, pp. 287-294, 2007, DOI:10.3970/fdmp.2007.003.287
Abstract We developed a phase field model for Marangoni convection in compressible fluids of van der Waals type far from criticality. The theoretical description is based on the Navier-Stokes equation with extra terms responsible for describing the Marangoni effect, the classical heat equation, and the continuity equation. The model previously developed for a two-layer geometry is now extended to drops and bubbles. Finally, we report on 2D numerical simulations for drop Marangoni migration in a vertical temperature gradient. More >

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M. Hennenberg¹, B. Weyssow², S. Slavtchev³, B. Scheid⁴
FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.3, No.4, pp. 295-302, 2007, DOI:10.3970/fdmp.2007.003.295
Abstract A horizontal thin layer of ferrofluid is bordered by a solid and open to an inert gas on the other side. It is submitted to a heat gradient and a weak magnetic field, both being normal to the free deformable surface, leading to a coupling between the Marangoni phenomenon, induced by the variation of surface tension along the free deformable surface and the isothermal Cowley-Rosensweig problem, consequence of the magnetic field. The study of the steady compatibility condition shows a new pattern of stationary instability. The critical wavenumber is of O(√Bo), the Bond number Bo being More >

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A. Pereira¹, P.M.J. Trevelyan², U. Thiele³, S. Kalliadasis¹
FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.3, No.4, pp. 303-316, 2007, DOI:10.3970/fdmp.2007.003.303
Abstract We investigate the interaction between thin films and chemical reactions by using two prototype systems: a thin liquid film falling down a planar inclined substrate in the presence of an exothermic chemical reaction and a horizontal thin liquid film with a reactive mixture of insoluble surfactants on its surface. In the first case the chemical reaction has a stabilizing influence on the dynamics of the film and dampens the free-surface solitary pulses. In the second case the chemical reaction can destabilize the film and lead to the formation of free-surface solitary pulses. More >

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U. Schoisswohl¹, H. C. Kuhlmann²
FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.3, No.4, pp. 317-328, 2007, DOI:10.3970/fdmp.2007.003.317
Abstract The flow in thermocapillary liquid pools heated or cooled from above can exhibit various flow patterns depending on the thermal conditions and the geometrical constraints. This pattern formation and the respective physical mechanisms are studied numerically by means of a linear-stability analysis. We focus on the transition from the steady axisymmetric to a three-dimensional flow. More >

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D.E. Melnikov¹, V.M. Shevtsova²
FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.3, No.4, pp. 329-338, 2007, DOI:10.3970/fdmp.2007.003.329
Abstract Thermocapillary convection in a long vertical liquid column (called liquid bridge) subjected to heating from above is considered for a three-dimensional Boussinesq fluid. The problem is solved numerically via finite-volume method. Full system of three dimensional Navier-Stokes equations coupled with the energy equation is solved for an incompressible fluid. Instability sets in through a wave propagating in axial direction with zero azimuthal wave number, which is a unique stable solution over a wide range of supercritical heating. Further increasing the applied temperature difference results in bifurcation of a second wave traveling azimuthally with a slightly More >

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A. Laverón-Simavilla¹, V. Lapuerta¹, J. Rodríguez¹, M. A. González¹
FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.3, No.4, pp. 339-348, 2007, DOI:10.3970/fdmp.2007.003.339
Abstract A cylindrical liquid bridge supported between two circular-shaped disks in isorotation is considered. The effect of an offset between the rotation axis and the axis of the two supporting disks (eccentricity) on the stability of the liquid bridge is investigated. In a previous work a numerical method used to determine the stability limit for different values of eccentricity was validated comparing these results with analytical and experimental results for small eccentricity values, recovering the same behavior. In this work we use the numerical method to extend the analysis to large values of the eccentricity, finding More >

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A. Ovcharova¹, N.Stankous²
FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.3, No.4, pp. 349-356, 2007, DOI:10.3970/fdmp.2007.003.349
Abstract We consider a deformation of a thin film which is hanging between two solid flat walls under thermal load action. A two-dimensional model is applied to describe the motion of thin layers of viscous nonisothermal liquid under microgravity conditions. The model is based on the Navier-Stokes equations. A numerical analysis of the influence of thermal loads on the deformation and break of freely hanging thin films has been carried out. The mutual influence of capillary and thermo-capillary forces on thin film free surface position has been shown. The results of model problem solutions are presented. More >

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