Titre : The interest of microgravity for the study of fluid interfaces 

Auteurs : Roger Prud’homme
, Kwassi Anani,  

Revue : Thermodynamics of Interfaces and Fluid Mechanics 

Numéro : Issue 1 

Volume : 6 

Date : 2024/01/10 

DOI : 10.21494/ISTE.OP.2024.1065 

ISSN : 2514-4642 

Résumé : We discuss here the interest that experimentation in microgravity can represent for the study of fluid interfaces. First, we must know the situations where gravity is likely to exert an action on the interfaces. We will limit ourselves to two cases: the first is that of capillary interfaces where surface tension is present even at equilibrium, the second is that of thin flames which only exist outside of equilibrium, but which can be considered as generalized interfaces. A quick presentation of the means offered for the experiment is made. Concrete examples are treated by theory, numerical calculation and experimentation. 

Éditeur : ISTE OpenScience