Akira Hirata1
FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.3, No.3, pp. 203-230, 2007, DOI:10.3970/fdmp.2007.003.203
Abstract This article is a summary of author's typical research works (over the last four decades) on interphase transport phenomena in the presence of interfacial fluid motion and surface tension gradients on liquid-fluid interfaces, and related applications to single crystal growth and microgravity sciences. A unified theory for momentum, heat and mass transfer on liquid-fluid and solid-fluid interfaces is proposed, which takes into account interface mobility. It is shown that interface contamination and turbulence can be well explained, respectively, by suppression and enhancement of the interfacial velocity induced by surface tension gradients. Transport phenomena on solid spheres, liquid drops and gas… More >
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