Interdisciplinary transport phenomena in the space sciences /

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Imprint:Boston, Mass. : Published by Blackwell Pub. on behalf of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2006.
Description:xiv, 682 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 0077-8923 ; v. 1077
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6123562
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Other authors / contributors:Sadhal, S. S.
ISBN:1573316156 (alk. paper)
Notes:"This volume is the result of a conference entitled Interdisciplinary Transport Phenomena in Microgravity and Space Sciences IV, held August 7-12, 2005, in Tomar, Portugal"--P. [vii].
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Standard no.:9781573316156
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Materials Technology: Containerless Processing
  • 1. Convection in Levitated Droplets and Its Effects on the Measurement of Thermophysical Properties
  • 2. Microgravity Experiments on the Effect of Internal Flow on Solidification of Fecrni Stainless Steels
  • 3. Study on Internal Flow and Surface Deformation of Large Droplet Levitated by Ultrasonic Wave
  • 4. Containerless Measurements of Thermophysical Properties of Ti8Zr54Cu20Al10Ni8
  • 5. Noncontact Thermophysical Property Measurement by Levitation of A Thin Liquid Disk
  • 6. Transient Dynamics and Directional Solidification Processes in Spacial Platforms
  • 7. A Numerical Analysis of Shear-Thinning in Heavy-Metal Fluoride Glasses
  • 8. Effect of Input Diffusivity in An Axisymmetric Mass Diffusivity Model for Liquid Metals With An Applied Magnetic Field
  • Part II. Crystal Growth
  • 9. Developing Quantitative, Multi-Scale Models for Microgravity Crystal Growth
  • 10. Effect of Microgravity and Magnetic Field on Metallurgical and Crystalline Structure of Magnetstictive Smfe2 Synthesized by Unidirectional Solidification
  • 11. Convection Effects on Crystallinity in the Growth of In 0.3Ga0.7 As Crystals by the Traveling Liquidus-Zone (TLZ) Method
  • Part III. Diffusion Processes
  • 12. Fluctuations in Diffusion Processes in Microgravity
  • 13. Effect of Gravity on the Dynamics of Fluctuations in A Free Diffusion Experiment
  • 14. Pre-Flight Diffusion Experiments on Liquid Metals Under 1g-Conditions for the Foton-M2 Mission
  • 15. A Numerical Study of the Influence of G-Jitter on Measurements of Liquid Diffusion Coefficients
  • Part IV. Protein Crystal Growth
  • 16. Bio-Molecular Crystal Growth: Does Gravity Play A Key Role?
  • 17. Hypergravity As A Crystallization Tool
  • 18. Macromolecular Crystallization in Microgravity Generated by A Superconducting Magnet
  • 19. Is the Crystal Growth Under Low Supersaturations Influenced by the Tendency To A Minimum of the Surface Free Energy?
  • 20. Upside Down Protein Crystallisation: Designing Microbatch Experiments for Microgravity
  • 21. Can Low Magnetic Field Improve the Quality of Macromolecular Crystals?
  • 22. Enhancement and Suppression of Protein Crystal Nucleation Under the Influence of Shear Flow
  • Part V. Biotransport Phenomena
  • 23. Modeling Heat and Mass Transfer for Living on Mars
  • 24. Heat and Gas Exchanges Between Plants and Atmosphere Under Microgravity Conditions
  • 25. Gas Embolism and Surfactant-Based Intervention: Implications for Long Duration Space Based Activity