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Thermocapillary motion of deformable dropsThe thermocapillary motion of initially spherical drops/bubbles driven by a constant temperature gradient in an unbounded liquid medium is simulated numerically. Effects of convection of momentum and energy, as well as shape deformations, are addressed. The method used is based on interface tracking on a base cartesian grid, and uses a smeared color or indicator function for the determination of the surface topology. Quad-tree adaptive refinement of the cartesian grid is implemented to enhance the fidelity of the surface tracking. It is shown that convection of energy results in a slowing of the drop, as the isotherms get wrapped around the front of the drop. Shape deformation resulting from inertial effects affect the migration velocity. The physical results obtained are in agreement with the existing literature. Furthermore, remarks are made on the sensitivity of the calculated solutions to the smearing of the fluid properties. Analysis and simulations show that the migration velocity depends very strongly on the smearing of the interfacial force whereas it is rather insensitive to the smearing of other properties, hence the adaptive grid.
Document ID
19950008130
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Haj-Hariri, Hossein
(Virginia Univ. Charlottesville, VA, United States)
Shi, Qingping
(Virginia Univ. Charlottesville, VA, United States)
Borhan, Ali
(Virginia Univ. Charlottesville, VA, United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
August 1, 1994
Publication Information
Publication: NASA. Lewis Research Center, Second Microgravity Fluid Physics Conference
Subject Category
Fluid Mechanics And Heat Transfer
Accession Number
95N14544
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG3-1390
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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