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Dynamic mode decomposition of oscillatory thermo-capillary flow in curved liquid bridges of high Prandtl number liquids under microgravity

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Abstract Three-dimensional and oscillatory thermo-capillary flow in a liquid bridge of 5 cSt silicone oil (Pr = 67) has been numerically investigated by performing dynamic mode decomposition (DMD) analysis applied… Click to show full abstract

Abstract Three-dimensional and oscillatory thermo-capillary flow in a liquid bridge of 5 cSt silicone oil (Pr = 67) has been numerically investigated by performing dynamic mode decomposition (DMD) analysis applied to the time-resolved thermal data generated by the ‘method of snapshots’. For various heat transfer conditions defined on the free surface of the curved liquid bridge, a series of dynamic modes has been extracted to unfold the underlying physical mechanism that governs the considered dynamical system. Unstable and neutral modes primarily accountable for the transition to the supercritical state established in the liquid bridge have been identified by decomposing the acquired temperature disturbances into spatial and temporal coherent structures. Under microgravity conditions, unsteady and three-dimensional computations are carried out in a liquid bridge of different volume ratio (VR = 0.9 and 1.1) using the finite volume method (FVM) to capture the dynamical evolution of temperature disturbances at the onset of oscillatory instability. The present numerical investigation is mainly aimed at providing broader insight into the complex fluid dynamic processes associated with the oscillatory thermal convection by determining the growth/ decay rate and frequency of each characteristic mode with the help of DMD spectra. For each oscillation pattern, the dominant behavior of oscillatory thermo-capillary flow is revealed by its coherent structures. The characteristic modes having more energy content (dominant modes) are also analyzed by the norm of modes || ϕ || by demonstrating the frequency spectra of DMD analysis.

Keywords: oscillatory thermo; capillary flow; thermo capillary

Journal Title: Advances in Space Research
Year Published: 2021

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