Abstract
Thermocapillary-driven convection in a half-zone liquid bridge has been extensively examined hitherto. The dynamic free-surface deformation was often observed in the experiments. Influence of the deformation upon the flow in the bridge, however, have not been understood yet. The three-dimensional thermocapillary convection has been simulated numerically with taking the dynamic deformation of the free surface into account. The shape of the liquid bridge was determined by the stress balance over the surface.
