Author(s): Akshay Kundan, Joel L. Plawsky, Peter C. Wayner, Jr., David F. Chao, Ronald J. Sicker, Brian J. Motil, Tibor Lorik, Louis Chestney, John Eustace, and John Zoldak
In the absence of gravity, surface tension forces affect how fluids flow in heat pipes and may limit the device’s cooling performance on spacecraft missions.
[Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 146105] Published Tue Apr 07, 2015