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In order to understand the influence of the vertical heat flux on thermocapillary convection, we conducted a series of unsteady two-dimensional numerical simulations of thermocapillary convection in a differently heated shallow rectangular cavity with vertical heat flux on the bottom by means of the finite volume method. The cavity was filled with the 1cSt silicone oil (Prandtl number Pr = 13.9) and aspect ratio is 30. It is found that a small vertical heat flux has slightly influence on the flow pattern of stable or unstable thermocapillary convection. However, the critical Marangoni number increases first, and then decreases with the increase of the heat flux. And the flow pattern of the oscillatory thermocapillary convection transits from a series of the rolls rotating clockwise and moving from the cold wall to the hot wall to the single roll near the hot wall and a series of rolls near the cold wall, further, two series of rolls moving from the hot wall and cold wall towards the hot spot with the maximum temperature. With the increase of the Marangoni number, the period and the wavelength of the oscillatory thermocapillary convection increase, but the wave speed decreases.
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Li, YR., Zhang, HR., Shi, WY. et al. Numerical Simulation of Thermocapillary Convection in a Shallow Rectangular Cavity Under the Action of Combining Horizontal Temperature Gradient with Vertical Heat Flux. Microgravity Sci. Technol. 22, 361–367 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12217-010-9205-x
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