Review of existing research on microgravity boiling and two-phase flow: Future experiments on the international space station

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 974, Issue , 2002, Pages 410-427

  Ohta, Haruhiko ^a   Baba, Atsushi ^b   Gabriel, Kamiel ^c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flow boiling; International space station; Microgravity; Pool boiling; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; MICROGRAVITY; SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 0037024580     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb05922.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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