Experiments on steady and oscillatory temperature distribution in a floating zone due to the Marangoni convection
Abstract
Temperature profiles on the free surface of a floating zone are measured and discussed in connection with the onset of oscillatory instability of the Marangoni convection and the transition phenomena from steady to fully developed oscillatory convection. Asymmetric and symmetric modes of the oscillatory flow are verified.
- Publication:
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Munich International Astronautical Federation Congress
- Pub Date:
- September 1979
- Bibcode:
- 1979muni.iafcS....C
- Keywords:
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- Crystal Growth;
- Low Gravity Manufacturing;
- Marangoni Convection;
- Oscillating Flow;
- Steady Flow;
- Temperature Distribution;
- Transition Flow;
- Floating;
- Flow Distribution;
- Fluctuation Theory;
- Microgravity Applications;
- Space Commercialization;
- Space Processing;
- Temperature Gradients;
- Temperature Measurement;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer