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Thermocapillary migration and interaction of two nondeformable drops

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  • National Microgravity Laboratory, Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China

Received date: 2011-04-14

  Revised date: 2011-05-04

  Online published: 2011-07-03

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Project supported by the Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (No.KJCX2-YW-L08)

Abstract

A numerical study on the interaction of two spherical drops in the thermocapillary migration is presented in the microgravity environment. Finite-difference methods are adopted. The interfaces of the drops are captured by the front-tracking technique. It is found that the arrangement of the drops directly influences their migration and interaction, and the motion of one drop is mainly determined by the disturbed temperature field because of the existence of the other drop.

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YIN Zhao-Hua;CHANG Lei;HU Wen-Rui;GAO Feng . Thermocapillary migration and interaction of two nondeformable drops[J]. Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 2011 , 32(7) : 811 -824 . DOI: 10.1007/s10483-011-1461-x

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