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Simulation of Geophysical Fluid Flow Under Microgravity - 2 (Geoflow-2)
03.22.12

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Experiment/Payload Overview

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Brief Summary

Simulation of Geophysical Fluid Flow under Microgravity - 2 (Geoflow-2) studies heat and fluid flow currents within the Earth's mantle. Geoflow-2 aims to improve computational methods that scientists and engineers use to understand and predict the processes in the Earth's mantle that lead to volcanic eruptions, plate tectonics and earthquakes.

Principal Investigator

  • Christoph Egbers, Ph.D., Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus, , Germany

    • Co-Investigator(s)/Collaborator(s)

  • B. Futterer, , Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus, , Germany
  • Philippe Beltrame, Ph.D., Max-Planck-Institut fur Physik Komplexer Systeme, Dresden, , Germany
  • Pascal Chossat, , Centre International Rencontres Mathematiques, Marseille, , France
  • Frederik Feudel, , University of Potsdam, Potsdam, , Germany
  • Rainer Hollerbach, Ph.D., University of Leeds, Leeds, , United Kingdom
  • Innocent Mutabazi, , University of Le Havre, Le Havre, , France
  • Laurette Tuckerman, Ph.D., Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles, Paris, , France

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    Sponsoring Space Agency

    European Space Agency (ESA)

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    ISS Expedition Duration:

    March 2011 - March 2012



    Expeditions Assigned

    27/28, 29/30

    Previous ISS Missions

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    Experiment/Payload Description

    Research Summary

    • Simulation of Geophysical Fluid Flow Under Microgravity - 2 (Geoflow-2) investigates the flow of a fluid between two rotating spheres, where the smaller sphere sits inside of the larger sphere. The spheres rotate about a common axis under the influence of a simulated gravitational force field (the gravity field simulated with an applied electric field).


    • Geoflow-2 differs from Geoflow-1 in that the fluid in Geoflow-2 is designed to change its inherent resistance to flow (viscosity) when the temperature of the fluid changes.


    • This experimental design will help to show how fluids flow in a configuration similar to the one found in the liquid nuclei of planets.


    • Understanding the fluid flow in this experiment will not only enhance computer models in predicting earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, but also could be useful in a variety of engineering applications, such as improving spherical gyroscopes and bearings, and centrifugal pumps.

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    Applications

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    Operations

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    Results/More Information

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    Images

    Information provided by the investigation team to the ISS Program Scientist's Office.
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