Marangoni and Stability Studies on Fiber-Supported Methanol Droplets Evaporating in Reduced Gravity

Support fibers are commonly employed in microgravity droplet evaporation and combustion studies. and it is of interest to develop models of fiber-supported droplets. In this paper, a numerical study of the Marangoni forces on a methanol droplet supported by a fiber has been carried out for an evaporating methanol droplet in both dry air and humid air environments, with the focus being the development of instabilities that form early in the...