Influence of an adsorption layer on the structure and stability of surface tension driven flows
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- 1 December 2005
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Fluids
- Vol. 17 (12) , 122107
Abstract
The structure and stability of thermocapillary and solutocapillary flow from a localized source has been experimentally studied in the presence of adsorption layers. It is found that the divergent flow, which is typical for this case, becomes unstable to azimuthally periodic perturbations that lead to the appearance of a surface flow with a multivortex structure. The evolution of the flow structure during an increase of concentration in the adsorption layer is shown. Two possible physical models of the observed instability are put forward.Keywords
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