Thermocapillary convection in floating zones under simulated reduced-gravity conditions
- Author:
- Tao, Y.
- Published:
- Aug 1, 1994.
- Physical Description:
- 1 electronic document
- Additional Creators:
- Xiong, B. and Kou, Sindo
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- The present study demonstrated that calculated thermocapillary convection in a non-cylindrical floating zone can now be compared with measured one, by considering the lens effect of the floating zone. Flow visualization and computer simulation of thermocapillary convection in a silicone oil zone and a molten zone in an NaNO3 rod were conducted. The calculated results agree very well with the measured ones, including the free surface shapes, the solid/melt interface shapes and the velocity fields.
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- NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
- Note:
- Document ID: 19950008115.
Accession ID: 95N14529.
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