Abstract
Research into fluid physics under reduced gravity conditions has been stimulated by basic research and numerous applications. For example, research includes the shape and stability of liquid surfaces; the bifurcation of convective flows; the stability of Marangoni flows; and with respect to applications, surface tension tanks; spacecraft dynamics; crystal growth; the production of composite materials and the extremely large field of life sciences. The stability criteria of liquid bridges between coaxial circular discs are discussed. The stability of liquid volumes at edges is considered. Respective experiments performed in parabolic flights of a KC-135 aircraft, in sounding rockets and in the Spacelab are reported. Special attention is paid to the various effects of Marangoni convection on crystal growth and on the separation of binary liquid mixtures exhibiting a miscibility gap.
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