Since the inception of 3D printing, an evolutionary process has taken place in which specific
user and customer needs have crossed paths with the capabilities of a growing number of …

Metal fuels have a high potential for applications in space propulsion owing to their superior
energy density and distinct combustion characteristics. Therefore, research into the …

Vapor condensation is extensively used in applications that demand the exchange of a
substantial amount of heat energy or the vapor-liquid phase conversion. In conventional …

With the construction and future operation of the China Space Station (CSS), requirements
of extensive preliminary ground experiments for projects onboard CSS, as well as those of …

Drop tower is the most common ground-based facility to provide microgravity environment
and widely used in many science experiments. A differential space accelerometer has been …

Ground-based freefall facilities are to create microgravity environment on earth for studying
the space-related or fundamental sciences, which have been widely used in the field of …

The behavior of liquid that rises to the top of a short tube depends on the Weber number We
defined as the ratio of the kinetic energy of the liquid and a reference surface energy. In …

Auto-ejection of liquid is an important process in engineering applications, and is also very
complicated since it involves interface moving, deforming, and jet breaking up. In this work, a …

The current needs for food in space missions are restricted to the time limits of supplying the
International Space Station (ISS) and it can be covered by preparation/processing …

A variety of contemplative demonstrations concerning intermediate-to-large length scale
capillary fluidic phenomena were made possible by the brief weightless environment of a …