Techniques for generating centimetric drops in microgravity and application to cavitation studies

Experiments in Fluids

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-48

  Kobel, Philippe ^a,b   Obreschkow, Danail ^a,c   De Bosset, Aurèle ^a   Dorsaz, Nicolas ^a,d   Farhat, Mohamed ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUT ROMAND DE RECHERCHE NUMÉRIQUE EN PHYSIQUE DES MATÉRIAUX IRRMA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE SIZE; CAVITATION BUBBLE; CONTACT SURFACE; DROP VOLUME; EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY; G-JITTER; PARABOLIC FLIGHT; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; SCIENTIFIC RESULTS; SURFACE PERTURBATIONS; TECHNICAL BACKGROUND; WATER DROP;

CAVITATION; JITTER; MICROGRAVITY; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STABILITY CRITERIA;

DROPS;

EID: 67650252733     PISSN: 07234864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00348-009-0610-0     Document Type: Article

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