Fluid Experiments

  • Alain Gonfalone
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Abstract

This chapter contains a brief description of techniques for measuring fluid properties current in space. A selection of instruments representative of the latest technology are presented and briefly described. Some of these instruments have already been flown. The scientific results that have been obtained with them are reported by Langbein in Chapter 16 and elsewhere [11.1], and will not be discussed here in any detail.

Keywords

Marangoni Convection Fresnel Lens Power Conditioning Fluid Physic Holographic Interferometer 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Alain Gonfalone
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  1. 1.European Space AgencyNoordwijkThe Netherlands

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