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Weightlessness—Physical Phenomena and Biological Effects

Proceedings of the Symposium on Physical and Biological Phenomena Under Zero G Conditions Held July 1, 1960 at Hawthorne, California

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  • © 1961

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  1. Elliot T. Benedikt
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Table of contents (12 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Hydrodynamics at Zero Gravity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. General Behavior of a Liquid in a Zero or Near-Zero Gravity Environment

      • Elliot T. Benedikt
      Pages 3-32

    3. On the Mathematical Aspects of Benedikt’s Representation of the Equations of Epihydrodynamics

      • M. Z. v. Krzywoblocki
      Pages 33-52

    4. Behavior of Liquids in Free Fall

      • William C. Reynolds
      Pages 53-55

    5. Experimental Production of a Zero or Near-Zero Gravity Environment

      • E. T. Benedikt, R. Lepper
      Pages 56-72

  3. Heat Transfer and Boiling Phenomena Under Zero Gravity Conditions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73
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    2. An Experimental Study of Boiling in Reduced and Zero Gravity Fields

      • C. M. Usiskin, R. Siegel
      Pages 75-96

    3. The Effect of Gravity upon Nucleate Boiling Heat Transfer

      • Marvin Adelberg, Kurt Forster
      Pages 97-101

    4. Liquid Behavior Investigations under Zero and Low Gravity Conditions

      • E. W. Schwartz
      Pages 102-110

    5. An Experimental Study of the Transition from Nucleate to Film Boiling under Zero Gravity Conditions

      • Hans F. Steinle
      Pages 111-120

    6. Orbital Force Field Boiling and Condensing Experiment

      • Robert L. Cummings, Paul E. Grevstad, John G. Reitz
      Pages 121-132

  4. Zero Gravity Research in Bioastronautics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133
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    2. Zero Gravity Simulation

      • Raphael B. Levine
      Pages 135-153

    3. Current WADD Weightless Research

      • J. C. Simons
      Pages 154-155

    4. Human Performance and Behavior During Zero Gravity

      • Edward L. Brown
      Pages 156-170
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Weightlessness—Physical Phenomena and Biological Effects

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the Symposium on Physical and Biological Phenomena Under Zero G Conditions Held July 1, 1960 at Hawthorne, California

  • Editors: Elliot T. Benedikt

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6279-9

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1961

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-6152-5Published: 01 January 1961

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-6279-9Published: 17 December 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 170

  • Number of Illustrations: 59 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Human Physiology

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