Numerical study on onset of oscillatory thermocapillary flow in rectangular liquid pool

Thermocapillary flow in a rectangular liquid pool of large Prandtl fluid(Pr=105.6) is numerically studied in microgravity.Oscillatory thermocapillary flow arises when the imposed temperature difference between the sidewalls exceeds a critical value.The fluctuations of the oscillatory flow,accompanied by the propagation of the hydrothermal wave from the cold sidewall to the hot one,are much smaller than the time-averaged velocity and temperature fields.The corresponding disturbance cells arise in the centre ...