Free convection in liquid gallium

被引：51

作者：

Braunsfurth, MG ^{[1
]}

Skeldon, AC ^{[1
]}

Juel, A ^{[1
]}

Mullin, T ^{[1
]}

Riley, DS ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] UNIV BRISTOL,SCH MATH,BRISTOL BS8 1TW,AVON,ENGLAND

来源：

JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS | 1997年 / 342卷

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D O I：

10.1017/S0022112097005569

中图分类号：

O3 [力学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0801 ;

摘要：

Free convection in liquid metals is of significant practical interest to the crystal-growing community since the adverse effects of convective instabilities in the melt phase can be frozen into the solid product. Here, we present the results of a combined numerical and experimental study of steady convective flows in a sample of liquid gallium which is heated at one end and cooled at the other. Experimental measurements of temperature distributions in the flow are compared with the standard Hadley-cell solution and with the numerical results obtained from a two-dimensional model. Excellent quantitative agreement is found between all three for low Grashof numbers but a systematic divergence between the results is seen as this parameter is increased.

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页码：295 / 314

页数：20

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