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In Situ Observations of Interaction Between Particulate Agglomerates and an Advancing Planar Solid/Liquid Interface: Microgravity ExperimentsResults are reported of directional solidification experiments on particulate agglomerate pushing and engulfment by a planar solid/liquid (s/l) interface. These experiments were conducted on the Space Shuttle Columbia during the United States Microgravity Payload 4 (USMP-4) Mission. It was found that the pushing to engulfment transition velocity, V(sub cr) for agglomerates depends not only on their effective size but also their orientation with respect to the s,1 interface. The analytical model for predicting V(sub cr) of a single particle was subsequently enhanced to predict V(sub cr) of the agglomerates by considering their shape factor and orientation.
Document ID
20000104732
Acquisition Source
Marshall Space Flight Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Sen, S.
(Universities Space Research Association Huntsville, AL United States)
Juretzko, F.
(Alabama Univ. Tuscaloosa, AL United States)
Stafanescu, D. M.
(Alabama Univ. Tuscaloosa, AL United States)
Dhindaw, B. K.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL United States)
Curreri, P. A.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL United States)
Date Acquired
August 19, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1999
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Crystal Growth
Publisher: Elsevier Science B.V.
Volume: 204
ISSN: 0022-0248
Subject Category
Space Processing
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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