Study of thermocapillary flow in a liquid bridge towards an on-orbit experiment aboard the international space station

被引：16

作者：

Kawamura, H

Ueno, I

Ishikawa, T

机构：

[1] Tokyo Univ Sci, Chiba 2788510, Japan

[2] Natl Space Agcy Japan, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3058505, Japan

来源：

IMPACT OF THE GRAVITY LEVEL ON MATERIALS PROCESSING AND FLUID DYNAMICS | 2002年 / 29卷 / 04期

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D O I：

10.1016/S0273-1177(01)00651-2

中图分类号：

V [航空、航天];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0825 ;

摘要：

The Japan Experimental Module (JEM) is now under construction to be installed aboard the International Space Station (ISS) in 2005. The Fluid Physics Experiment Facility (FPEF) is one of the test facilities constituting JEM. Specifications of FPEF are outlined. A thermocapillary convection experiment is now planned and prepared by the authors' group for an on-orbit experiment with the use of FPEP at JEM. A series of terrestrial experiments is now being conducted for the preparation of the on-orbit experiment. Among the obtained results, the critical condition of the steady-unsteady transition and the modal structure of oscillation are described. An observed peculiar phenomenon of the particle accumulation is also reported and the types of accumulation structures which were encountered are discussed. (C) 2002 COSPAR. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：611 / 618

页数：8

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