Dynamic particle accumulation structure of Marangoni convection in liquid bridge : 2. Numerical simulation

When the flow pattern is observed in a fluid experiment, it is visualized by adding tracer particles into fluid. In Marangoni convection in a liquid bridge, a phenomenon called 'twisted loop PAS' is observed, in which particles gather along a 3-dimensional closed orbit. In this study, the three dimensional numerical simulation of the thermocapillary convection in a liquid bridge is performed. Tracer particles are initially dispersed uniformly in...