TRANSIENT MOTION OF A GAS BUBBLE IN A THERMAL-GRADIENT IN LOW GRAVITY

被引:18
作者
OLIVER, DLR
DEWITT, KJ
机构
[1] College of Engineering, University of Toledo, Toledo
关键词
Capillary flow - Forecasting - Gravitation - Mathematical models - Numerical methods - Thermal gradients - Velocity;
D O I
10.1006/jcis.1994.1166
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The transient motion of a gas bubble induced by thermocapillary action in a low gravity environment is numerically investigated at low to moderate Marangoni numbers for the special case of high Prandtl number fluids. It was found that for Marangoni numbers greater than unity, the distance traveled by the bubble is a better scale to predict the approach to steady-state velocities than is the scaling factor R2/alpha. (C) 1994 Academic Press, Inc.
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页码:263 / 268
页数:6
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