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Inertial‐Capillary Surface Waves and their Influence on Crystal Growth in Zero Gravity

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The results of the numerical calculations of oscillations of the liquid column free surface under the action on it of axial vibration in zero gravity are presented. On the basis of these calculations, an analytical model of the surface standing wave named the inertial‐capillary wave has been developed. Comparison of the analytical calculations with the data of the numerical calculations and the experiment performed in microgravity under the TEXUS program has been made. The numerical study of the thermocapillary convection stability in the presence of inertial‐capillary waves has shown that the change to the oscillation regime is very sharp upon reaching certain values of the vibration frequency and amplitude. The heat‐and‐mass transfer in growing semiconductor crystals by the floating‐zone method in zero gravity under the action of vibration with allowance for the surface waves has been investigated. The possibility of measuring vibrational accelerations onboard space vehicles by means of oscillations of the liquid‐column free surface are discussed.

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Feonychev, A.I. Inertial‐Capillary Surface Waves and their Influence on Crystal Growth in Zero Gravity. Journal of Engineering Physics and Thermophysics 77, 348–359 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JOEP.0000028514.02373.1f

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