Present as well as future challenges of space exploration point to the need for improved
thermal control systems. The “Effect of Marangoni Convection on Heat Transfer in Phase …

The interfacial convection in multilayer systems is a widespread phenomenon that is of great
importance in numerous branches of technology, including chemical engineering, space …

Phase change materials (PCM) are commonly used for energy storage in a variety of
terrestrial applications and offer promise for future space exploration. We present a three …

A numerical analysis of the melting of n-octadecane in microgravity is presented for a small
aspect ratio rectangular container. The container is bounded above by an air layer that …

The presence of thermocapillary (Marangoni) convection in microgravity may help to
enhance the heat transfer rate of phase change materials (PCMs) in space applications. We …

The present work is focused on the 3D numerical analyses of the n-octadecane melting
process, under microgravity conditions and Marangoni convection, by using the …

We carried out space experiments on thermocapillary convection in liquid bridges with large
Prandtl number in the Tiangong-2 space laboratory, studying the influence of geometrical …

Rayleigh–Bénard convection in a floating zone held by the surface tension between two
supporting disks at different temperatures is considered. Through direct numerical solution …

In numerical linear stability investigations, the rates of change of the kinetic and thermal
energy of the perturbation flow are often used to identify the dominant mechanisms by which …

The axisymmetric steady two-phase flow of a differentially heated thermocapillary liquid
bridge in air and its linear stability is investigated numerically, taking into account dynamic …