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Bubble Migration under the Combined Action of Buoyancy and Thermocapillarity

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Microgravity Fluid Mechanics

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The migration of a gas bubble under the combined action of buoyancy and a downward temperature gradient is analyzed. Inertial effects are considered negligible, but allowance is made for convective transport of energy in the model. Results from a numerical solution of the governing equations are presented and discussed.

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  1. Exxon Production Research Company, Houston, Texas, 77252, USA

    Randy M. Merritt

  2. Department of Chemical Engineering, Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York, 13699-5705, USA

    R. Shankar Subramanian

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  1. Zentrum für angewandte Raumfahrttechnologie und Mikrogravitation, ZARM, Universität Bremen, Hochschulring/Am Fallturm, 2800, Bremen 33, Germany

    Hans Josef Rath

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Merritt, R.M., Subramanian, R.S. (1992). Bubble Migration under the Combined Action of Buoyancy and Thermocapillarity. In: Rath, H.J. (eds) Microgravity Fluid Mechanics. International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-50091-6_26

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