Physical Science Under Microgravity: Experiments on Board the SJ-10 Recoverable Satellite

Includes more than ten projects involving space experiments on microgravity sciences Involves topics from fluid physics, combustion and materials science

Provides an introduction to recoverable satellites, microgravity-level control and analyses, facilities and techniques for space microgravity science

Includes more than ten projects involving space experiments in the field of microgravity science Involves topics from fluid physics, combustion, and materials science Provides an introduction to recoverable satellites, microgravity-level control and analyses, facilities and techniques for space microgravity science

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Wenrui HU: Researcher at the Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), a Chinese Academy of Sciences and International Academy of Astronautics academic, and Chief Scientist of SJ-10 satellite engineering. His main interests are fluid physics, space science and microgravity fluid physics.

Qi KANG**:** Researcher at the Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), doctoral supervisor, Chief Designer of application systems, SJ-10 satellite engineering. His main interests are experimental mechanics, microgravity sciences and fluid physics.

Inhalt
Introduction.- Chinese recoverable satellite.- Space Experiment of Evaporation and Fluid Interfacial Effects.- Granular Clustering Studied in the SJ-10 Recoverable Satellite.- Thermal dynamics of growing bubble and heat transfer in microgravity pool boiling.- Space Microgravity Experimental Study on Thermocapillary Convection in an Open Annular Pool.- Study on the Colloidal Assembling in the SJ-10 Recoverable Satellite.- The influence of gravity on inorganic liquid crystal.- SCCO: Thermodiffusion for the oil and gas industry.- Ignition and combustion characteristics of overloaded wire insulation under weakly buoyancy or microgravity environments.- Coal combustion in microgravity.- Ignition and Burning of Solid Materials in microgravity.- Material Science Experiments in Space.