FSL: a fluid science laboratory for the International Space Station - the software Environment for the experiment execution

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Jul 2002

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002esasp.509e...5p&link_type=abstract

In: Proceedings of DASIA 2002, 13 - 16 May 2002, Dublin, Ireland. Ed.: R. A. Harris. ESA SP-509, Noordwijk, Netherlands: ESA Pub

Physics

International Space Station, Columbus Laboratory, Iss Utilisation, Microgravity Payload, Fluid Science, Laser Interferometry

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The FSL (Fluid Science Laboratory) is a flexible, highly modular facility for the COF (Columbus Orbital Facility) - the European module of the International Space Station (ISS) - to support scientific microgravity research in fluid physics. Housed in an International Standard Payload Rack (ISPR), FSL will allow triggering and observation of phenomena inside transparent fluid matrices and at the surface of opaque media. Some possible FSL experiment fields are: Fluid convection and heat transfer, Marangoni motion of inclusions (drops or bubbles) in fluid matrix, Liquid bridges in fluid or gas matrix, Experiments on boiling, Experiments on critical point, Melting and solidification front and interaction with inclusions, Coalescence, Multilayer systems, Colloids, emulsions and aerosols, Particle agglomeration, Plasma crystal physics. The FSL is developed under contract with the European Space Agency (ESA). Alenia Spazio S.p.A. Turin (I) is Prime Contractor for the project. This paper briefly addresses the FSL architecture, then focuses on the set of instrumentation, services and utilities provided to the user to conceive, develop and conduct experiments, focusing in particular on the on-board software environment.

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