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Author Koster, Jan N

Title Low-Gravity Fluid Dynamics and Transport Phenomena
Published Reston : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2000

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Description 1 online resource (763 pages)
Series Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics ; v. 130
Progress in astronautics and aeronautics.
Contents ""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter 1. Applied Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics""; ""Fluid Management in Low Gravity""; ""Introduction""; ""Stability Considerations""; ""Surface Tension Systems""; ""Design Principles for Fine Mesh-Screen Capillary Devices""; ""Considerations for PMDs Used with Cryogenic Liquids""; ""Conclusions""; ""References""; ""Nucleate Pool Boiling in Variable Gravity""; ""Introduction""; ""Basic Mechanisms of Nucleate Pool Boiling""; ""Status of Understanding""; ""Experimental Technique""; ""Experimental Results""
""Steady-State Thermal-Solutal Convection and Diffusion in a Simulated Float Zone""""Nomenclature""; ""Introduction""; ""Model Formulation""; ""Scaling""; ""Asymptotic Analysis""; ""Results""; ""Summary and Conclusions""; ""References""; ""Thermosolutal Convection in Liquid HgCdTe Near the Liquidus Temperature""; ""Introduction""; ""The Model""; ""Results and Discussion""; ""Conclusions""; ""References""; ""Transport Phenomena During Vapor Growth of Optoelectronic Material: A Mercurous Chloride System""; ""Introduction""; ""Experimental Methods""; ""Results and Discussion""; ""Summary""
""Liquid-Liquid Interface""""Nonlinear Capillary-Gravity Oscillations""; ""Solitons Excited by the Marangoni Effect""; ""References""; ""Chapter 4. Gravity Modulation Effects""; ""Gravity Jitters: Effects on Typical Fluid Science Experiments""; ""Introduction""; ""Reference Scenario for the Microgravity Environment""; ""Equivalence Criteria and Tolerability Limits""; ""Study Cases""; ""Results of the Fluid Dynamic Modelings""; ""Conclusions""; ""References""; ""Effect of Gravity Jitter on Natural Convection in a Vertical Cylinder""; ""Introduction""; ""Presentation of the Problem""
Bibliography ""References""""Chapter 2. Transport Phenomena in Crystal Growth""; ""Application of Energy-Stability Theory to Problems in Crystal Growth""; ""Introduction""; ""Stability Theory""; ""Model Half-Zone""; ""References""; ""Bridgman Crystal Growth in Low Gravity: A Scaling Analysis""; ""Nomenclature""; ""Introduction""; ""Previous Work Related to Transport in Bridgman-Type Systems""; ""Numerical Analysis of Crystal Growth Under Low-Gravity Conditions""; ""Order-of-Magnitude Analysis and Discussion""; ""Conclusions""; ""References""
""References""""Chapter 3. Capillary Phenomena""; ""Capillary Surfaces in Microgravity""; ""Capillary Tube""; ""Uniqueness and Nonuniqueness""; ""Stability""; ""Convexity""; ""References""; ""Thermohydrodynamic Instabilities and Capillary Flows""; ""Nomenclature""; ""General Introduction""; ""Heat Flux Perpendicular to the Liquid-Gas Interface: The Marangoni-Bénard Problem""; ""Marangoni-Bénard Thermosolutal Instabilities""; ""References""; ""Interfacial Oscillators""; ""Introduction""; ""Case of a Liquid Open to Air and the Role of Surfactants (Marangoni Effect) ""
Notes ""Governing Equations""
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Subject Fluid mechanics.
Liquids -- Effect of reduced gravity on.
Capillarity.
Capillary Action
capillarity.
Capillarity
Fluid mechanics
Liquids -- Effect of reduced gravity on
Form Electronic book
Author Sani, R. L
ISBN 9781600863844
1600863841