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Stability of thermocapillary‐driven flow in rectangular cavities
Author(s) -
Schimmel Frank,
Albensoeder Stefan,
Kuhlmann Hendrik
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
pamm
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1617-7061
DOI - 10.1002/pamm.200510268
Subject(s) - stability (learning theory) , mechanics , flow (mathematics) , materials science , physics , computer science , machine learning
Abstract The flow in an infinitely extended cavity with rectangular cross section is considered. The upper boundary is a free surface where thermocapillary forces are driving a circulation within the cavity (Marangoni effect). If the driving force (temperature difference) exceeds a critical threshold, the two dimensional flow becomes unstable towards an infinitesimal three‐dimensional perturbation. The critical mode depends on the aspect ratio and may be steady or oscillatory. Results are presented for vanishing Prandtl number and varying aspect ratios of the cavity. These are compared to the classical lid‐driven cavity problem and the mechanism leading to instability is discussed. (© 2005 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)