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Thermal convection initiated by the quasistatic component of the microacceleration field on the “Mir” orbital station

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The three-dimensional unsteady thermal convection developing in a cubic cavity on board the “Mir” station under the action of the quasistatic component of the microacceleration caused by the earth’s gravity field strength gradient and the motion of the station about the centre of mass is investigated numerically. The calculations are carried out for two real time intervals of motion of the station about the centre of mass using actual values of the quasistatic component.

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Moscow, Sankt-Peterburg. Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 3, pp. 39–45, May–June, 2000.

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Sazonov, V.V., Yuferev, V.S. Thermal convection initiated by the quasistatic component of the microacceleration field on the “Mir” orbital station. Fluid Dyn 35, 346–350 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02697747

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