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:
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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