EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS: SURFACE TENSION DRIVEN CONVECTION FLOW IN A MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT

(a) Localized depression (dry spot).

(b) Localized elevation (high spot).

(c) Dry spot with hexagons.

(d) Hexagons.

Thin liquid layer heated from below (0.25 mm-0.45 mm).

Microgravity conditions due to thin liquid layer.

Project Director: Graham F. Carey, CFDLab, UT Austin.
Experiments: S. Van Hook, H Swinney, Center for Nonlinear Dynamics, UT, Austin.

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