Flight results on Marangoni flow instability in liquid bridges

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 325-334

  Monti, R ^a   Savino, R ^a   Lappa, M ^a   Carotenuto, L ^b   Castagnolo, D ^b   Fortezza, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b MARS srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONVECTION; PULSATILE FLOW; ROTATIONAL FLOW; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

MARANGONI FLOW INSTABILITY;

SOUNDING ROCKETS;

EID: 0034223760     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-5765(00)00074-6     Document Type: Article

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