Flow visualization and temperature measurements in a half-zone silicon bridge on board the TR-IA-6 rocket

Microgravity Science and Technology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 56-60

  Nakamura, S ^a   Hibiya, T ^a   Imaishi, N ^b   Yoda, S ^c   Nakamura, T ^c   Koyama, M ^d  

^a NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^d Japan Space Utilization Promotion Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; HALF-ZONE SILICON BRIDGE; MARANGONI NUMBER;

FLOW VISUALIZATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; MOLTEN MATERIALS; OSCILLATIONS; ROCKETS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL EFFECTS; WEIGHTLESSNESS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

EID: 0032620072     PISSN: 09380108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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