Complex dynamics of evaporation-driven convection in liquid layers
Fluid Dynamics
2010-10-20 v2
Abstract
The spontaneous convective patterns induced by evaporation of a pure liquid layer are studied experimentally. A volatile liquid layer placed in a cylindrical container is left free to evaporate into air at rest under ambient conditions. The liquid/gas interface of the evaporating liquid layer is visualized using an infrared (IR) camera. The phenomenology of the observed convective patterns is qualitatively analysed, showing in particular that the latter can be quite complex especially at moderate liquid thicknesses. Attention is also paid to the influence of the container diameter on the observed patterns sequence.
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@article{arxiv.1010.3276,
title = {Complex dynamics of evaporation-driven convection in liquid layers},
author = {F. Chauvet and S. Dehaeck and P. Colinet},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1010.3276},
year = {2010}
}
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