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Space experimental studies of microgravity fluid science in China

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Microgravity fluid physics is an important part of microgravity sciences, which consists of simple fluids of many new systems, gas-liquid two-phase flow and heat transfer, and complex fluid mechanics. In addition to the importance of itself in sciences and applications, microgravity fluid physics closely relates to microgravity combustion, space biotechnology and space materials science, and promotes the developments of interdisciplinary fields. Many space microgravity experiments have been performed on board the recoverable satellites and space ships of China and pushed the rapid development of microgravity sciences in China. In the present paper, space experimental studies and the main results of the microgravity fluid science in China in the last 10 years or so are introduced briefly.

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  1. National Microgravity Laboratory, Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China

    WenRui Hu, Mian Long, Qi Kang, JingChang Xie, JianFu Zhao, Li Duan & ShuangFeng Wang

  2. Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China

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Supported by the Knowledge Innovation Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. KJCX2-L08), and National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 10872202, 10672171 and 30730032)

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Hu, W., Long, M., Kang, Q. et al. Space experimental studies of microgravity fluid science in China. Chin. Sci. Bull. 54, 4035–4048 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-009-0680-7

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