The interaction of thermocapillary convection and low-frequency vibration in nearly-inviscid liquid bridges (Q1358994)

The combined effect of thermocapillary stress and steady forcing due to vibrations of the disks in a model-half-zone axisymmetric liquid bridge is considered for low-viscosity liquids and low nondimensional vibration frequencies. An asymptotic model is derived for the slowly-varying streaming flow in the bulk (outside the oscillatory boundary layers) resulting from both effects that includes also buoyancy and other thermal expansion effects. This model is used to analyze the steady streaming flow patterns under isothermal conditions and then to show that mechanical vibrations can annihilate almost completely thermocapillary flows.