Amplification of the Thermocapillary Convection during Evapo-Condensation Cycle in Heat Pipes
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Published:2007-08
Issue:
Volume:553
Page:209-214
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ISSN:1662-9752
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Container-title:Materials Science Forum
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language:
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Short-container-title:MSF
Author:
Bennacer Rachid1,
El Ganaoui Mohammed2
Affiliation:
1. LMT-ENS Cachan
2. University of Limoges
Abstract
The control of a process dealing with heat pipe exploitation needs the thermal analysis of
the evaporation-condensation cycle and noticeably the imposed external conditions (in instance
modeling the heating). In this work a numerical model has been developed to describe the local
coupling near the liquid/vapour interface. Simulations exhibits and quantify the response of the
capillary motion to the thermal conditions.
Publisher
Trans Tech Publications, Ltd.
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,Mechanics of Materials,Condensed Matter Physics,General Materials Science