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Basic and applied researches in microgravity/Recherches fondamentales et appliquées en microgravité
On the interest of microgravity experimentation for studying convective effects during the directional solidification of metal alloys
Comptes Rendus. Mécanique, Volume 345 (2017) no. 1, pp. 66-77.

Under terrestrial conditions, solidification processes are often affected by gravity effects, which can significantly influence the final characteristics of the grown solid. The low-gravity environment of space offers a unique and efficient way to eliminate these effects, providing valuable benchmark data for the validation of models and numerical simulations. Moreover, a comparative study of solidification experiments on earth and in low-gravity conditions can significantly enlighten gravity effects. The aim of this paper is to give a survey of solidification experiments conducted in low-gravity environment on metal alloys, with advanced post-mortem analysis and eventually by in situ and real-time characterization.

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DOI : 10.1016/j.crme.2016.10.007
Mots clés : Directional solidification, Microstructures, Convection, Microgravity, In situ characterization, Metallic alloys
Henri Nguyen-Thi 1 ; Guillaume Reinhart 1 ; Bernard Billia 1

1 Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, IM2NP UMR 7334, Campus Saint-Jérôme, case 142, 13397 Marseille, France
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Henri Nguyen-Thi; Guillaume Reinhart; Bernard Billia. On the interest of microgravity experimentation for studying convective effects during the directional solidification of metal alloys. Comptes Rendus. Mécanique, Volume 345 (2017) no. 1, pp. 66-77. doi : 10.1016/j.crme.2016.10.007. https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/mecanique/articles/10.1016/j.crme.2016.10.007/

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