title: The CFVib Experiment: control of fluids in microgravity with vibrations
creator: Fernandez Fraile, Jose Javier
creator: Salgado Sanchez, Pablo
creator: Tinao Perez-miravete, Ignacio
creator: Porter, Jeffrey Brent
creator: Ezquerro Navarro, Jose Miguel
subject: Mechanics
description: The Control of Fluids in Microgravity with Vibrations (CFVib) experiment was selected for the 2016 Fly Your Thesis! programme as part of the 65th ESA Parabolic Flight Campaign. The aim of the project is to observe the potentially complex behaviour of vibrated liquids in weightless environments and to investigate the extent to which small-amplitude vibrations can be used to influence and control this behaviour. Piezoelectric materials are used to generate high-frequency vibrations to drive surface waves and large-scale reorientation of the interface. The theory of vibroequilibria, which treats the quasi-stationary surface configurations achieved by this reorientation, was used to predict interesting parameter regimes and interpret fluid behaviour. Here we describe the scientific motivation, objectives, and design of the experiment.
publisher: E.T.S. de Ingeniería Aeronáutica y del Espacio (UPM)
rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/
date: 2017-10
type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
type: Article
source: Microgravity Science and Technology, ISSN 0938-0108, 2017-10, Vol. 29, No. 5
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: eng
relation: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12217-017-9556-7
relation: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO//ESP2013-45432-P
relation: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO//ESP2015-70458-P
rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
relation: info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1007/s12217-017-9556-7
identifier: http://oa.upm.es/53508/