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9781573315630

Transport Phenomena in Microgravity

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    9781573315630

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    157331563X

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2004-12-01
  • Publisher: New York Academy of Sciences
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Table of Contents

Preface xi
Satwindar Singh Sadhal
Naomi Chayen
Vijay K. Dhir
Haruhiko Ohta
Reginald W. Smith
Part I: Protein Crystal Growth
Effects of Buoyancy-Driven Convection on Nucleation and Growth of Protein Crystals
1(9)
Christo N. Nanev
Anita Penkova
Naomi Chayen
Numerical Analysis of the Depletion Zone Formation Around a Growing Protein Crystal
10(10)
Hiroaki Tanaka
Koji Inaka
Shigeru Sugiyama
Sachiko Takahashi
Satoshi Sano
Masaru Sato
Susumu Yoshitomi
Size and Shape Determination of Proteins in Solution by a Noninvasive Depolarized Dynamic Light Scattering Instrument
20(8)
Naomi Chayen
Matthias Dieckmann
Karsten Dierks
Petra Fromme
Scientific Approach to the Optimization of Protein Crystallization Conditions for Microgravity Experiments
28(20)
Izumi Yoshizaki
Hirohiko Nakamura
Seijiro Fukuyama
Hiroshi Komatsu
Shinichi Yoda
High Resolution Imaging as a Characterization Tool for Biological Crystals
48(8)
Vivian Stojanoff
B. Cappelle
Y. Epelboin
J. Hartwig
A.B. Moradela
F. Otalora
Nucleation of Insulin Crystals in a Wide Continuous Supersaturation Gradient
56(8)
Anita Penkova
Ivaylo Dimitrov
Christo Nanev
Part II: Biotransport Phenomena
Bone Cell Survival in Microgravity: Evidence that Modeled Microgravity Increases Osteoblast Sensitivity to Apoptogens
64(10)
M.A. Bucaro
J. Fertala
C.S. Adams
M. Steinbeck
P. Ayyaswamy
K. Mukundakrishnan
I.M. Shapiro
M.V. Risbud
The Importance of Being Asymmetric: The Physiology of Digesta Propulsion on Earth and in Space
74(11)
C.P. Arun
Modeling of Phosphate Ion Transfer to the Surface of Osteoblasts under Normal Gravity and Simulated Microgravity Conditions
85(14)
Karthik Mukundakrishnan
Portonovo S. Ayyaswamy
Makarand Risbud
Howard H. Hu
Irving M. Shapiro
Magnetic Microspheres and Tissue Model Studies for Therapeutic Applications
99(11)
Narayanan Ramachandran
Konstantin Mazuruk
Part III: Crystal Growth and Materials Technology
The Measurement of Solute Diffusion Coefficients in Dilute Liquid Alloys: The Influence of Unit Gravity and G-Jitter on Buoyancy
110(19)
R.W. Smith
B.J. Yang
W.D. Huang
Effects of Gravity on ZBLAN Glass Crystallization
129(9)
Dennis S. Tucker
Edwin C. Ethridge
Guy A. Smith
Gary Workman
Space Radiation Transport Properties of Polyethylene-Based Composites
138(12)
R.K. Kaul
A.F. Barghouty
H.M. Dahche
The Study of Devitrification Processes in Heavy-Metal Fluoride Glasses
150(8)
Ian R. Dunkley
Reginald W. Smith
Sudhanshu Varma
Effect of Magnetic Field on the Crystalline Structure of Magnetostrictive TbFe2 Alloy Solidified Unidirectionally in Microgravity
158(11)
Takeshi Okutani
Yoshinori Nakata
Hideaki Nagai
Ground-Based Diffusion Experiments on Liquid Sn--In Systems Using the Shear Cell Technique of the Satellite Mission Foton-M1
169(13)
Shinsuke Suzuki
Kurt-Helmut Kraatz
Gunter Frohberg
Part IV: Boiling Phenomena
Microgravity Experiments on Boiling and Applications: Research Activity of Advanced High Heat Flux Cooling Technology for Electronic Devices in Japan
182(14)
Koichi Suzuki
Hiroshi Kawamura
Momentum Effects in Steady Nucleate Pool Boiling During Microgravity
196(21)
Herman Merte, Jr.
Development of a High-Performance Boiling Heat Exchanger by Improved Liquid Supply to Narrow Channels
217(18)
Haruhiko Ohta
Toshiyuki Ohno
Fumiaki Hioki
Yasuhisa Shinmoto
Numerical Simulation and Experimental Validation of the Dynamics of Multiple Bubble Merger During Pool Boiling Under Microgravity Conditions
235(24)
H.S. Abarajith
V.K. Dhir
G. Warrier
G. Son
A Study of Subcooled Pool Boiling of Water: Contact Area of Boiling Bubbles with a Heating Surface During a Heating Process
259(10)
Koichi Suzuki
Saika Takahashi
Haruhiko Ohta
Microgravity Experiments on Phase Change of Self-Rewetting Fluids
269(17)
Yoshiyuki Abe
Akira Iwasaki
Kotaro Tanaka
Part V: Interfacial Phenomena
Unsteady Near-Critical Flows in Microgravity
286(17)
V.I. Polezhaev
A.A. Gorbunov
E.B. Soboleva
Thermocapillary Migration of a Drop: An Exact Solution with Newtonian Interfacial Rheology and Stretching/Shrinkage of Interfacial Area Elements for Small Marangoni Numbers
303(8)
R. Balasubramaniam
R. Shankar Subramanian
The Formation of Spikes in the Displacement of Miscible Fluids
311(6)
N. Rashidnia
R. Balasubramaniam
R.T. Schroer
Experimental Study of a Constrained Vapor Bubble Fin Heat Exchanger in the Absence of External Natural Convection
317(13)
Sumita Basu
Joel L. Plawsky
Peter C. Wayner, Jr.
Surfactant Effect on the Buoyancy-Driven Motion of Bubbles and Drops in a Tube
330(12)
Eisa AlMatroushi
Ali Borhan
Part VI: Fluid Dynamics
Miscible, Porous Media Displacements with Density Stratification
342(18)
Amir Riaz
Eckart Meiburg
Effect of Gravity on the Caloric Stimulation of the Inner Ear
360(11)
Mohammad Kassemi
Dimitri Deserranno
John G. Oas
Gravitational Effects on Structure Development in Quenched Complex Fluids
371(12)
V.E. Badalassi
H.D. Ceniceros
S. Banerjee
Density-Driven Instabilities of Variable-Viscosity Miscible Fluids in a Capillary Tube
383(20)
Eckart Meiburg
Surya H. Vanaparthy
Matthias D. Payr
Dirk Wilhelm
An Experimental Study of the Richtmyer--Meshkov Instability in Microgravity
403(11)
Charles E. Niederhaus
Jeffrey W. Jacobs
Part VII: Acoustic, Electrostatic, and Electromagnetic Levitation
Manipulation of Fluid Objects with Acoustic Radiation Pressure
414(21)
Philip L. Marston
David B. Thiessen
Contrasting Electrostatic and Electromagnetic Levitation Experimental Results for Transformation Kinetics of Steel Alloys
435(12)
Douglas M. Matson
David J. Fair
Robert W. Hyers
Jan R. Rogers
Shape Relaxation of Liquid Drops in a Microgravity Environment
447(17)
S.S. Sadhal
A. Rednikov
K. Ohsaka
Property Measurements and Solidification Studies by Electrostatic Levitation
464(10)
Paul-Francois Paradis
Jianding Yu
Takehiko Ishikawa
Shinichi Yoda
Convection in Containerless Processing
474(21)
Robert W. Hyers
Douglas M. Matson
Kenneth F. Kelton
Jan R. Rogers
Active Electrostatic Control of Liquid Bridge Dynamics and Stability
495(16)
David B. Thiessen
Wei Wei
Philip L. Marston
Part VIII: Space Systems
Ventless Pressure Control of Two-Phase Propellant Tanks in Microgravity
511(18)
Mohammad Kassemi
Charles H. Panzarella
Gravitational Effects on the Weld Pool Shape and Microstructural Evolution During Gas Tungsten Arc and Laser Beam Welding of 304 Stainless Steel and A1--4wt% Cu Alloy
529(21)
Namhyun Kang
Jogender Singh
Anil K. Kulkarni
Design and Preparation of a Particle Dynamics Space Flight Experiment, SHIVA
550(17)
James D. Trolinger
Drew L'Esperance
Roger H. Rangel
Carlos F.M. Coimbra
William K. Witherow
Index of Contributors 567

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