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Seamus May 30, 2007 07:16

Thermocapillary/Marangoni Convection in CFX
 
Hi, I'm trying to simulate the Marangoni convection caused by the presence of a bubble situated on a heated surface, but I'm having many problems. Firstly, how should I try to model this? Should I use two domains, one for air and one for my liquid, or should I represent the bubble by a volume fraction? I need to specify a fluid pair to have the surface tension option become available, but how can you specify a varying surface tension (one that varies with temperature)? I have tied a simple linear variance, but get an error stating I need some prefix for phase or particle.

Any help will be greatly appreciated,

Seamus

Phil May 30, 2007 07:33

Re: Thermocapillary/Marangoni Convection in CFX
 
Have you successfully validated a bubble free maragoni convection simulation?

Seamus May 30, 2007 08:10

Re: Thermocapillary/Marangoni Convection in CFX
 
Do you mean a free-surface model? I have not been able to specify a varying surface tension coefficient, so I can't include Marangoni forces,

Gert-Jan May 30, 2007 09:03

Re: Thermocapillary/Marangoni Convection in CFX
 
I should use one domain and a volume fraction for the bubble. However, I doubt if CFX can do the job. You need to know that surface tension is implemented explicitly and that you need a very fine mesh. Therefore you will need a lot of iterations and a very small timestep.

Perhaps you could consider Fluent or Star CD with a VOF method. Or an academic tool specifically created for this type of problem?

Good luck, Gert-Jan

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Joe May 30, 2007 11:15

Re: Thermocapillary/Marangoni Convection in CFX
 
I dont think CFX even has a facility for varying the ST coef.

Seamus May 30, 2007 11:19

Re: Thermocapillary/Marangoni Convection in CFX
 
In the modelling notes it says the Marangoni force will be automatically included if the surface tension is variable. I have asked for technical support from CFX but am yet to get any feedback.

Phil May 30, 2007 21:38

Re: Thermocapillary/Marangoni Convection in CFX
 
Have you successfully validated a bubble free maragoni convection simulation?


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