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The JEREMI-Project on Thermocapillary Convection in Liquid Bridges. Part A: Overview of Particle Accumulation Structures

H. C. Kuhlmann¹, M. Lappa², D. Melnikov³, R. Mukin¹,F. H. Muldoon¹, D. Pushkin⁴, V. Shevtsova², I. Ueno⁵

1 Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
2 Telespazio, Naples, Italy
3 Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
4 University of Oxford, United Kingdom
5 Tokyo University of Science, Chiba, Japan

Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing 2014, 10(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.3970/fdmp.2014.010.001

Abstract

The rapid accumulation of particles suspended in a thermocapillary liquid bridge is planned to be investigated during the JEREMI experiment on the International Space Station scheduled for 2016. An overview is given of the current status of experimental and numerical investigations of this phenomenon.

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