文档介绍：Contents
Notation ...................................................... XV
1. Introduction ............................................. 1
Space Missions ....................................... 1
Interdisciplinary Stimuli ............................... 6
Problems of Fluid Physics ............................. 9
Zero Mass Acceleration or Weightlessness ................ 13
Flight Selection and Simulation ........................ 15
References ................................................. 18
2. Interface Tension and Contact Angle ..................... 21
Molecular Attraction and Condensation .................. 21
The Interface Tension .................................. 24
Theoretical Aspects ............................. 24
Experimental Methods .......................... 25
Qualitative Rules for the Interface Energy ......... 27
The Static Contact Angle .............................. 30
The Dynamic Contact Angle ............................ 31
Merging of Drops and Bubbles .......................... 35
Adhesion Forces in Liquid Films ........................ 37
References ................................................. 38
3. Capillary Shape and Stability ............................. 41
Balance of Forces ..................................... 41
Minimization of Energ