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›› 2005, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (6): 733-738.DOI: 10.7523/j.issn.2095-6134.2005.6.012

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Bifurcation Features of Thermocapillary Convection in a Thin Liquid Layer with Multiple Heating Sources

XUN Bo1,2,3, HU Wen-Rui2   

  1. 1. Department of Mechanics and Engineering Science, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China;
    2. National Microgravity Laboratory, Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China;
    3. Graduate University, Chinese Academy of Soiences, Beijing 100049, China
  • Received:2004-05-20 Revised:2004-12-06 Online:2005-11-15

Abstract:

Convection features in a thin liquid layerwith heating sources is studied in the present paper.Pimputakar and Ostrach gave the thickness equation and flow field of the liquid layer,in the case of a single heating source.This paper examines the variety of the flow image in a thin liquid layer with multiple heating sources,depending on the parameters,especially the distance of the heating sources.The bifurcation phenomenon in the convection is discussed in detail.

Key words: thermocapillary flow, vortex, streamline, bifurcation

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