Fluid Sciences and Materials Science in Space
Subtitle: A European Perspective
By: edited by H. U. Walter
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 745
ISBN-13: 9783642466151; 9783642466137
Subjects: Engineering
Other titles: European Space Agency
Description: This volume gives a complete review of the present status of microgravity research. It includes the results of the D-1 Spacelab mission, the last microgravity-dedicated mission before the Challenger disaster. Close to 50 European scientists have cooperated in the book's preparation, and this synergetic approach has greatly enhanced the depth and the scope of the contributions. Each individual chapter first presents the theoretical background to justify microgravity experiments, then follows a review of the experiments performed and a critical discussion of the results obtained. Finally, recommendations for future activities are put forward.
Notes: Online full text is restricted to subscribers.

Also available in print.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Table of contents: title: Contents: The environment of Earth Orbiting Systems; title: Fluid Sciences: Fluid Physics: Fluid Statics and Capillarity. Fluid Dynamics; title: Physical Chemistry: Physical Chemistry - Overview and Selected Experiments. Mass Transport by Diffusion. Wetting and Adsorption Phenomena. Phase Transitions and Near- Critical Point Phenomena. Chemical Pattern Formation. Combustion; title: Materials Science: Crystal Growth: Crystal Growth from the Melt. Crystal Growth from the Vapour Phase. Crystal Growth from Solutions. Crystal Growth of Biological Materials; title: Alloys, Composites and Glasses: Metals and Alloys. Systems with a Miscibility Gap in the Liquid State. Composites. Glasses; title: Analysis of the Limitations of Microgravity and Applications: Influence of Residual Accelerations on Fluid Physics and Materials Science Experiments. Industrial Potential of Microgravity; title: Subject Index; title: Index of Contributors.