Physics of Fluids in Microgravity (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780415275811)

In a microgravity experiment, the conditions prevalent in fluid phases can be substantially different from those on the ground and can be exploited to improve different processes. Fluid physics research in microgravity is important for the advancement of all microgravity scients: life, material, and engineering. Space flight provides a unique laboratory that allows scientists to improve their understanding of the behaviour of fluids in low gravity, allowing the investigation of phenomena and processes normally masked by the effects of gravity and thus difficult to study on Earth. Physics of Fluids in Microgravity provides a clear view of recent research and progress in the different fields of fluid research in space. The topics presented include bubles and drops dynamics, Maragoni flows, diffustion and thermodiffusion, solidfication, a nd crystal growth. The results obtained so far are, in some cases, to be confirmed by extensive research activities on the International Space station, where basic and applied microgravity experimentation will take place in the years to come.

Author: Rodolfo Monti
ISBN-10: 0415275814
ISBN-13: 9780415275811
Publisher: CRC Press
Language: English
Published: 01/10/2002
Pages: 624
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 3.00lbs
Size: 9.40h x 7.66w x 1.31d