Thermocapillary Convection in Models of Crystal Growth

• Main Author: Kuhlmann, Hendrik C. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1999.
• Edition: 1st ed. 1999.
• Series: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics, 152
• Subjects: Crystallography.; Fluids.; Thermodynamics.; Crystallography and Scattering Methods.; Fluid- and Aerodynamics.

This critical overview describes fluid flow driven by the thermocapillary effect in models of crystal growth. Simple models are the floating-zone technique and the open-boat technique. Basic equations, boundary layer scaling, stability analysis, pattern formation and additional buoyancy are discusse...

Table of Contents:

• Basic equations
• Asymptotic behavior
• Creeping flow in thermocapillary liquid bridges
• Concepts of stability analysis
• Plane thermocapillary layers
• Convection in cylindrical geometry
• Convection in rectangular geometry
• Extensions to simple models.