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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Henri Nguyen-Thi 1; Guillaume Reinhart 1; Bernard Billia 1
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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, Basic and applied researches in microgravity – A tribute to Bernard Zappoli’s contribution, 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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