Journal article

Publication year: 2004

Pages: 938-945

Journal: Experiments in Fluids

Volume number: 36

Issue number: 6

ISSN: 0723-4864

eISSN: 1432-1114

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-003-0777-8

Publisher: Springer

Abstract: 
The experimental realization of thermocapillary flow without return flow is reported. This type of flow (linear flow) was proposed and analyzed theoretically by Smith and Davis (J. Fluid Mech., 132:119-144, 1983). We suppressed the return flow by providing channels and side channels with lower flow resistance compared to that of the return flow. Cooling the layer with linear flow from above results in the Marangoni instability of longitudinal rolls as the most dangerous mode. Strong linear flow stabilizes the system against longitudinal rolls. We report preliminary results on the threshold and on the wavelength of the longitudinal rolls.

Harvard Citation style: Ospennikov, N. and Schwabe, D. (2004) Thermocapillary flow without return flow-linear flow, Experiments in Fluids, 36(6), pp. 938-945. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-003-0777-8

APA Citation style: Ospennikov, N., & Schwabe, D. (2004). Thermocapillary flow without return flow-linear flow. Experiments in Fluids. 36(6), 938-945. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-003-0777-8