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1-Liquid wall vortex for inertial and for magnetic fusion applications.
In this context the work by Per Peterson and his grad student Phillip Bardet at UC Berkeley on the large diameter vortex that was stopped 1n 2005 needs somehow to be funded and restarted. Two topics are important:
1-create the vortex without splash
2-study the surface renewal kinetics to be able to predict surface temperature hence evaporation rates.

2-Heat transfer into a liquid droplet in vacuum by numerical calculations
A liquid droplet in vacuum heated from one side will develop a Hill’s Vortex-Marangoni convection cell. The stronger surface tension on the cold, back side will “pull” the surface from the hot side where its surface tension is lower. This surface motion will by viscosity set up internal circulation of a vortex nature. The heat input on the surface will heat up the interior. The objective of the numerical study would be to predict the surface temperature and interior temperature as a function of time for various liquids.

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