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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781433503321

Titolo

Opportunities for academic research in a low-gravity environment [[electronic resource] /] / edited by George A. Hazelrigg, Joseph M. Reynolds

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, N.Y., : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc., c1986

ISBN

1-60086-582-8

1-60086-363-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (333 p.)

Collana

Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ; ; v. 108

Altri autori (Persone)

HazelriggGeorge A

ReynoldsJoseph M

Disciplina

629.1 s

500.5

Soggetti

Science - Experiments

Engineering - Experiments

Space environment - Research

Research in reduced gravity environments

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Based on papers presented at a workshop held in Washington, D.C., July 10-11, 1985, sponsored by the National Science Foundation.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter 1 Facilities and Programs for Research""; ""Chapter 2A Very High Resolution Phase Transition Experiments at Low Temperatures in Low Gravity""; ""Chapter 2B Low-Gravity Experiments In Critical Phenomena""; ""Chapter 2C Comments on Critical Phenomena""; ""Chapter 3A Gravity, Microgravity, and the Approach to Picogravity""; ""Chapter 3B Comments on Gravitation""; ""Chapter 4A Opportunity for Academic Research in a Low-Gravity Environment: Crystal Growth""; ""Chapter 4B Comments on Crystal Growth""

""Chapter 5A Opportunities for Metals and Alloys Research in a Low-Gravity Environment""""Chapter 5B Comments on Metals and Alloys""; ""Chapter 6A Research on Containerless Melts in Space""; ""Chapter 6B Comments on Containerless Processing""; ""Chapter 7A Combustion Studies In Low Gravity""; ""Chapter 7B Comments on Combustion"";



""Chapter 8A Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Physics in a Low-Gravity Environment""; ""Chapter 8B Electrodynamic Buoyancy Flows as Models of Planetary and Stellar Circulations. ""; ""Chapter 8C Comments on Fluid Dynamics""; ""Appendix A. Acronyms and Abbreviations""

""Appendix B. Microgravity Science and Applications: Experiment Apparatus""""Author Index""