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Thermocapillary drift of an air bubble in a horizontal Hele-Shaw cell

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An experimental and theoretical study has been made of the motion of an air bubble due to the thermocapillary effect in a thin horizontal layer of liquid bounded above and below by solid walls. The dependence of the speed of thermocapillary drift of the bubble on its radius has three characteristic regions, which correspond to different ratios of the bubble diameter to the thickness of the liquid layer. The results of theoretical solution of the problem for each of the three regions are compared with the experimental results.

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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 3, pp. 62–67, May–June, 1984.

We thank V. A. Briskman for suggesting the subject and for constant interest in the work, and also A. F. Pshenichnikov for valuable advice.

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Bratukhin, Y.K., Zuev, A.L. Thermocapillary drift of an air bubble in a horizontal Hele-Shaw cell. Fluid Dyn 19, 393–398 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01093902

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