摘要
Marangoni Benard convection, which is mainly driven by the thermocapillary （Marangoni） effect, occurs in a thin liquid layer heated uniformly from the bottom. The wavenumber of supercritical convection is studied experimentally in a 160×160-mm^2 cavity that ＆ heated from the bottom block. The convection pattern ＆ visualized by an infrared thermography camera. It is shown that the onset of the Benard cell is consistent with theoretical analysis. The wavenumber decreases obviously with increasing temperature, except for a slight increase near the onset. The wavenumber gradually approaches the minimum when the supercritical number e is larger than 10. Finally, a formula is devised to describe the wavenumber selection in supercritical convection.
Marangoni Benard convection, which is mainly driven by the thermocapillary （Marangoni） effect, occurs in a thin liquid layer heated uniformly from the bottom. The wavenumber of supercritical convection is studied experimentally in a 160×160-mm^2 cavity that ＆ heated from the bottom block. The convection pattern ＆ visualized by an infrared thermography camera. It is shown that the onset of the Benard cell is consistent with theoretical analysis. The wavenumber decreases obviously with increasing temperature, except for a slight increase near the onset. The wavenumber gradually approaches the minimum when the supercritical number e is larger than 10. Finally, a formula is devised to describe the wavenumber selection in supercritical convection.
基金
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 11502271 and 11372328
the Strategic Priority Research Program on Space Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences under Grant Nos XDA04020405 and XDA04020202-05
the China Manned Space Engineering Program
