Materials processing under microgravity conditions using drop tubes

Chattopadhyay, K and Tiwari, MK (1992) Materials processing under microgravity conditions using drop tubes. In: Bulletin of Materials Science, 15 (2). pp. 91-110.

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Abstract

Drop tube provides a low-cost alternative to study the influence of microgravity in materials processing. In the present paper, the current status of the drop tubes and associated experiments on materials processing are reviewed. Emphasis is placed on the advantages and limitations of these studies. It is pointed out that despite size limitation, large opportunities exist to study the fundamental aspects of the influence of gravity in materials processing.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Bulletin of Materials Science
Publisher:	Indian Academy of Sciences
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Indian Academy of Sciences.
Keywords:	Materials processing;microgravity;drop tubes;drop towers; solidificatlo
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Materials Engineering (formerly Metallurgy)
Date Deposited:	05 May 2011 06:18
Last Modified:	05 May 2011 06:18
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/37200

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