Space experiment and its analysis of Manangoni convection on Kibo in International Space Station.

2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21360101
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Thermal engineering
• Research Institution: Tokyo University of Science, Suwa
• Principal Investigator: KAWAMURA Hiroshi 諏訪東京理科大学, 工学・マネジメント研究科, 教授 (80204783)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): NISHINO Kouichi 横浜国立大学, 工学研究院, 教授 (90192690) ; UENO Ichirou 東京理科大学, 理工学部, 准教授 (40318209) ; FUJIMURA Kaoru 鳥取大学, 工学研究科, 教授 (70294337)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): KATOU Yuki 鳥取大学, 工学研究科, 助教 (10304198)
• Project Period (FY): 2009 – 2011
• Keywords: 対流 / マランゴニ対流 / 宇宙利用

Research Abstract

A series of microgravity experiment of the Marangoni convection in a liquid bridge was performed successfully using the Japanese experimental module Kibo on the International Space Station. The liquid bridges with a wide variety of the aspect ratios, i. e., height to diameter ratios, which cannot be achieved on the ground, were tested. Critical Marangoni numbers of the transition from the steady to the oscillatory flow were obtained for various apect ratios and Prandtl numbers. In addition, hydrodynamic experiment of a hemispherical droplet was made in relation to microhydrodynamics, where the surface tension plays a crucial role.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Report on Microgravity Experiments of Marangoni Convection Aboard International Space Station (2012)
  • Author(s): Kawamura, H., Nishino, K., Matsumoto, S. & Ueno, I.
  • Journal Title: ASME J. Heat Transfer 134 Volume: 031005 Pages: 13
  • DOI: DOI:10.1115/1.4005145
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 3-D flow structure of oscillatory thermocapillary convection in liquid bridge in MEIS (2011)
  • Author(s): Yano, T., Nishino, K., Kawamura, H., Ohnishi, M., Ueno, I., Matsumoto, S. and Yoda, S.
  • Journal Title: Journal of The Japan Society of Microgravity Application Volume: Vol.28, No.2 Pages: 126-131
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 3-D PTV Measurement of Marangoni Convection in Liquid Bridge in Space Experiment (2011)
  • Author(s): Yano, T., Nishino, K., Kawamura, H., Ueno, I., Matsumoto, S., Ohnishi, M.
  • Journal Title: Exp. Fluids
  • DOI: DOI:10.1007/s00348-011-1136-9
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Flow transition in a free rectangular liquid film under a temperature gradient (2011)
  • Author(s): Ueno, I. & Watanabe, T.
  • Journal Title: Int. J. Transport Phenomena Volume: 12 Pages: 301-306
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Effect of ambient-gas forced flow on oscillatory thermocapillary convection of half-zone liquid bridge (2010)
  • Author(s): Ueno, I., Kawazoe, A. & Enomoto, H.
  • Journal Title: Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing(FDMP) Volume: 6 Pages: 99-108
  • DOI: DOI:10.3970/fdmp.2010.006.099
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Thermocapillary-driven flow in a thin liquid film sustained in a rectangular hole with temperature gradient (2010)
  • Author(s): Ueno, I. & Torii, T.
  • Journal Title: Acta Astronautica Volume: 66 Pages: 1017-1021
  • DOI: DOI:10.1016/j.actaastro.2009.09.027
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Range of validity of weakly nonlinear theory in the Rayleigh-B' enard problem (2009)
  • Author(s): S. C. Generalis and K. Fujimura
  • Journal Title: J. Phys. Soc. Jpn Volume: 78 Pages: 1-11
  • DOI: DOI:10.1143/JPSJ.78.084401
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Dynamic Particle Accumulation Structure(PAS) due to Thermocapillary Effect in Non-Cylindrical Half-Zone Liquid Bridge (2009)
  • Author(s): Abe, Y., Ueno, I. & Kawamura, H. Sadhal, S
  • Journal Title: Interdisciplinary Transport Phenomena 1161 Pages: 240-245
  • DOI: DOI:10.1111/j.1749-6632.2008.04073.x
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Space experiment on the instability of Marangoni convection in large liquid bridge-MEIS-4 : effect of Prandtl number-
  • Author(s): T. Yano, K. Nishino, H. Kawamura, I. Ueno, S. Matsumoto, M. Ohnishi
  • Journal Title: Journal of Physics : Conference Series Volume: 327 Pages: 1-7
  • DOI: DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/327/1/012029
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Non-linear thermocapillary convection in half-zone liquid bridge-on-orbit experiments on Kibo aboard the ISS (2011)
  • Author(s): Ueno, I., Nishino, K., Kawamura, H., Ohnishi, M. & Matsumoto, S.
  • Organizer: 6th Int. Conf. Two-Phase Systems for Ground & Space Applications
  • Place of Presentation: Salerno, Italy
  • Year and Date: 20110925-28
• [Presentation] Outcomes and Perspective of JAXA Marangoni Research Project Onboard Kibo (2011)
  • Author(s): Matsumoto, S., Yoda, S., Kawamura, H., Nishino, K., Ueno, I.
  • Organizer: 4th Int. Symp Physical Sciences in Space(ISPS4)
  • Place of Presentation: Bonn, Germany
  • Year and Date: 20110711-15
• [Presentation] Space Experiment of Marangoni Convection on International Space Station (2010)
  • Author(s): Kawamura, H., Nishino, K. & Ueno, I.
  • Organizer: 14th Int. Heat Transfer Conf
  • Place of Presentation: Washington DC, USA
  • Year and Date: 20100808-13
• [Presentation] Marangoni Convection Experiments in'KIBO' on ISS-The Second Series of Experiments-, Proc (2010)
  • Author(s): Nishino, K., Kawamura, H., Ueno, I., Ohnishi, M., Matsumoto
  • Organizer: 5th Conf. of the International Marangoni Association(IMA5)
  • Place of Presentation: Florence, Italy
  • Year and Date: 20100707-10
• [Presentation] The First Space Experiment on KIBO (2009)
  • Author(s): Kawamura, H., Nishino, K., Ueno, I., Matsumoto, S.
  • Organizer: 27th Int. Symp on Space Technology and Science
  • Place of Presentation: Tsukuba
  • Year and Date: 20090708-10
• [Remarks]
  • URL: http://murasun.me.noda.tus.ac.jp/