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The Action of One-dimensional Spatial Temperature Modulation on Dynamics of a Floating Droplet Heated from Below 一维空间温度调制对自下而上加热的漂浮液滴动力学的影响

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Microgravity Science and Technology Pub Date : 2024-03-02 DOI: 10.1007/s12217-024-10103-1

Ilya Simanovskii, Alexander Nepomnyashchy, Antonio Viviani, Patrick Queeckers

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Controlling a Free Surface With Thermocapillary Flows and Vibrations in Microgravity 在微重力环境下利用热毛细管流动和振动控制自由表面

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Microgravity Science and Technology Pub Date : 2024-02-17 DOI: 10.1007/s12217-024-10099-8

Jose Plaza, Dan Gligor, Pablo Salgado Sánchez, Jacobo Rodríguez, Karl Olfe

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Friction Properties of Journal-bearing-like Conformal Contacts in Microgravity Environment 微重力环境下类似滑动轴承的共形接触的摩擦特性

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Microgravity Science and Technology Pub Date : 2024-02-16 DOI: 10.1007/s12217-024-10096-x

Shujia Wan, Bing Han, Li He, Ruiting Tong, Jingyan Wang, Baobao Qiang, Menghe Zhou

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Profiles of free Surfaces in Revolved Containers Under Microgravity 微重力下旋转容器中自由表面的轮廓

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Microgravity Science and Technology Pub Date : 2024-02-15 DOI: 10.1007/s12217-023-10093-6

Shuyang Chen, Li Duan, Wen Li, Shangtong Chen, Qi Kang

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Stability of One-Dimensional Vertical Flow Through a Porous Domain Under Pumping of a Finite Volume of Impurity 在抽吸有限体积杂质的情况下，一维垂直流经多孔域的稳定性

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Microgravity Science and Technology Pub Date : 2024-02-15 DOI: 10.1007/s12217-023-10089-2

Boris S. Maryshev, Lyudmila S. Klimenko, Nikolay V. Kolchanov

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Pressure Drop Predicting Model for Gas and Oil-Based Drilling Fluid Two Phase Flow in Vertical Annulus 垂直环空天然气和石油钻井液两相流压降预测模型

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Microgravity Science and Technology Pub Date : 2024-01-24 DOI: 10.1007/s12217-023-10090-9

Bangtang Yin, Tianbao Ding, Xuxin Zhang, Zhiyuan Wang, Baojiang Sun

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Dissipation Behaviors of Vibrated Granular Balls in Different Gravity Environments 不同重力环境下振动颗粒球的耗散行为

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Microgravity Science and Technology Pub Date : 2024-01-24 DOI: 10.1007/s12217-024-10097-w

Kai Zhang, Meng Chen, Farong Kou, Wenzhe Li

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Phase Separation through Screen Channel Liquid Acquisition Devices in Microgravity 在微重力条件下通过筛道液体采集装置进行相分离

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Microgravity Science and Technology Pub Date : 2024-01-22 DOI: 10.1007/s12217-023-10085-6

Prithvi Shukla, Michael E. Dreyer

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Collision Behaviors of Two Successive Compound Droplets in an Abrupt Expansion Microchannel 突然膨胀微通道中两个连续复合液滴的碰撞行为

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Microgravity Science and Technology Pub Date : 2024-01-20 DOI: 10.1007/s12217-023-10095-4

Nang X. Ho, Hung V. Vu, Truong V. Vu

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Research on Ground Microgravity Simulation System Based on Parallel Mechanism 基于并行机制的地面微重力模拟系统研究

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Microgravity Science and Technology Pub Date : 2024-01-20 DOI: 10.1007/s12217-023-10094-5

Jiaxi Jin, Xuan Sun, Dong Yu, Zhaobo Chen

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