Abstract
The behavior of fluids in micro-gravity conditions is examined, with particular regard to applications in the growth of single crystals. The effects of gravity on fluid behavior are reviewed, and the advent of Shuttle flights are noted to offer extended time for experimentation and processing in a null-gravity environment, with accelerations resulting solely from maneuvering rockets. Buoyancy driven flows are considered for the cases stable-, unstable-, and mixed-mode convection. Further discussion is presented on g-jitter, surface-tension gradient, thermoacoustic, and phase-change convection. All the flows are present in both gravity and null gravity conditions, although the effects of buoyancy and g-jitter convection usually overshadow the other effects while in a gravity field. Further work is recommended on critical-state and sedimentation processes in microgravity conditions.
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GeologyGravity currentMechanicsPhysicsOceanographyInternal wave
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- 1982
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- 14
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- 1
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- 313-345
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S. Ostrach
(1982).
Low-Gravity Fluid Flows.
Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics
, 14
(1)
, 313-345.
https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.fl.14.010182.001525
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- 10.1146/annurev.fl.14.010182.001525