Journal article

Publication year: 2005

Journal: Physics of Fluids

Volume number: 17

Issue number: 12

ISSN: 1070-6631

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2150794

Publisher: American Institute of Physics

Abstract: 
The structure and stability of thermocapillary and solutocapillary flow from a localized source has been experimentally studied in the presence of adsorption layers. It is found that the divergent flow, which is typical for this case, becomes unstable to azimuthally periodic perturbations that lead to the appearance of a surface flow with a multivortex structure. The evolution of the flow structure during an increase of concentration in the adsorption layer is shown. Two possible physical models of the observed instability are put forward.

Harvard Citation style: Mizev, A. (2005) Influence of an adsorption layer on the structure and stability of surface tension driven flows, Physics of Fluids, 17(12), Article 122107. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2150794

APA Citation style: Mizev, A. (2005). Influence of an adsorption layer on the structure and stability of surface tension driven flows. Physics of Fluids. 17(12), Article 122107. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2150794