| Notation | p. XV |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Space Missions | p. 1 |
| Interdisciplinary Stimuli | p. 6 |
| Problems of Fluid Physics | p. 9 |
| Zero Mass Acceleration or Weightlessness | p. 13 |
| Flight Selection and Simulation | p. 15 |
| References | p. 18 |
| Interface Tension and Contact Angle | p. 21 |
| Molecular Attraction and Condensation | p. 21 |
| The Interface Tension | p. 24 |
| Theoretical Aspects | p. 24 |
| Experimental Methods | p. 25 |
| Qualitative Rules for the Interface Energy | p. 27 |
| The Static Contact Angle | p. 30 |
| The Dynamic Contact Angle | p. 31 |
| Merging of Drops and Bubbles | p. 35 |
| Adhesion Forces in Liquid Films | p. 37 |
| References | p. 38 |
| Capillary Shape and Stability | p. 41 |
| Balance of Forces | p. 41 |
| Minimization of Energy | p. 44 |
| Analytical Solutions of the Capillary Equation | p. 47 |
| Rise of Liquid in a Tube | p. 47 |
| Spherical Surfaces | p. 49 |
| Rise of a Liquid in Contact with an Infinite Plane | p. 51 |
| Axisymmetric Surfaces | p. 52 |
| Container Shape and Wetting | p. 57 |
| Drops at Low Bond Numbers | p. 59 |
| Representations of the Capillary Equation | p. 61 |
| Cartesian Coordinates z(x,y) | p. 62 |
| Polar Coordinates r($, y>) | p. 62 |
| Cylindrical Coordinates r(ip, z) | p. 63 |
| Cylindrical Coordinates z(r, y>) | p. 63 |
| Axisymmetry | p. 64 |
| References | p. 65 |
| Stability Criteria | p. 67 |
| Stability of Capillary Surfaces | p. 67 |
| Breakage of Cylindrical Surfaces | p. 69 |
| Second Variation of Energy | p. 73 |
| Normal Deformations of Liquid Zones | p. 75 |
| Instabilities of Periodic Surfaces | p. 75 |
| Normal Deformations of a Circular Cylinder | p. 76 |
| The Symmetric Instability of the Catenoid | p. 77 |
| Nonaxisymmetric Instabilities | p. 79 |
| Lateral Deformations of the Center Line | p. 79 |
| Liquid Rings | p. 81 |
| The Minimum-Volume Condition | p. 83 |
| Linear Stability Analysis | p. 85 |
| References | p. 87 |
| Axisymmetric Liquid Columns at Rest and Under Rotation | p. 89 |
| Introduction | p. 89 |
| The Normal Deformations | p. 90 |
| The Symmetric Mode D{2,0} | p. 92 |
| The Antimetric Mode D{1,0} | p. 94 |
| The Lateral Instability D{0,1} | p. 96 |
| Stability of a Liquid Ring | p. 98 |
| Nearly Cylindrical Surfaces | p. 101 |
| Fourier Expansion of an Axisymmetric Surface | p. 101 |
| The Symmetric Instability D{2, 0} | p. 102 |
| The Antimetric Instability d{1, 0} | p. 102 |
| The Lateral Mode D{0, 1} | p. 103 |
| Nonzero Bond Number | p. 104 |
| Rotating Free Drops | p. 106 |
| Motivation | p. 106 |
| Shape of Rotating Drops | p. 107 |
| Stability | p. 110 |
| Conservation of Angular Momentum | p. 113 |
| Finite-Element Analysis | p. 114 |
| References | p. 117 |
| Liquid Zones | p. 119 |
| Liquid Bridges Between Parallel Plates | p. 119 |
| Introduction | p. 119 |
| Branches of Solutions of the Capillary Equation | p. 120 |
| Properties of the Inflection Point | p. 123 |
| The Instability Due to the Bifurcation (Due to D{1, 0}) | p. 125 |
| The Instability Due to the Minimum Volume (Due to D{2, 0}) | p. 127 |
| Differing Contact Angles | p. 129 |
| Gravity | p. 129 |
| Key Points | p. 134 |
| Double Float Zones | p. 135 |
| Introduction | p. 135 |
| Unduloids and Nodoids | p. 137 |
| Branches of Solutions | p. 138 |
| Results of the Spacelab Experiments | p. 141 |
| The Stability Diagram | p. 143 |
| Key Points | p. 145 |
| References | p. 147 |
| Canthotaxis/Wetting Barriers/Pinning Lines | p. 149 |
| Introduction | p. 149 |
| Straight Wetting Barriers | p. 151 |
| The Wetting Tile | p. 151 |
| The Wetting Stripe | p. 153 |
| The Wetting Cross | p. 154 |
| Circular Tubes | p. 155 |
| Large Liquid Volumes | p. 157 |
| Liquid Surfaces in Wedges | p. 158 |
| Taylor Expansions at Small Radü | p. 162 |
| Alternative Winding Functions | p. 162 |
| Liquid Surfaces in Square Cylinders, cos ¿1 + cos ¿2 =0 | p. 164 |
| Towards Modeling Canthotaxis | p. 169 |
| Helicoid and Catenoid | p. 169 |
| Winding Rates <$$> | p. 170 |
| Winding Rate of Infinity | p. 171 |
| Circular Tube with Complementary Contact Angles | p. 172 |
| References | p. 177 |
| Cylindrical Containers | p. 179 |
| Introduction | p. 179 |
| Fields of Application | p. 179 |
| Liquids in Edges | p. 180 |
| The Integral Theorem for Cylindrical Vessels | p. 182 |
| Application of Divergence Theorem | p. 182 |
| Minimization of Energy with Respect to Height | p. 183 |
| Evaluation of Wedge Contributions | p. 185 |
| Examples | p. 186 |
| Ice Cream Cone | p. 186 |
| Rhombic Cylinder | p. 188 |
| Regular Polygon | p. 190 |
| Liquid in a Rotating Wedge | p. 192 |
| No Wetting of Wedge | p. 193 |
| Liquid Volume Pressed into a Wedge | p. 195 |
| Stability of Convex Cylindrical Surfaces | p. 199 |
| Longitudinal Normal Deformations | p. 199 |
| Axially Periodic Meniscus Shapes | p. 200 |
| Adjustment to Fit Solid Edges | p. 201 |
| Volume and Energy | p. 203 |
| Rotating Wedges | p. 205 |
| The MAXUS Experiment DYLCO | p. 205 |
| References | p. 211 |
| Liquid Surfaces in Polyhedral Containers | p. 213 |
| Spherical Surfaces at Edges and Corners | p. 213 |
| Nonwetting Drops | p. 213 |
| Drops in Planar Wedges | p. 214 |
| Drops in Spherical Wedges | p. 216 |
| Liquid Drops in a Tripod | p. 217 |
| Regular W-Pods | p. 217 |
| Transition Between the Corner and the Wedge | p. 222 |
| Liquid Volumes in Polyhedra | p. 222 |
| Exponential Piling-Up in Corners | p. 223 |
| Numerical Calculation of Corner Volume | p. 225 |
| Similarity of Corner Volumes | p. 228 |
| Finite Wedge Length | p. 229 |
| Accuracy of the Present Approach | p. 231 |
| Prospects | p. 232 |
| References | p. 233 |
| Playing with Stability | p. 235 |
| Proboscides | p. 235 |
| Finite Rhombic Prisms | p. 235 |
| Canonical Proboscides | p. 238 |
| Interface Configuration Experiment | p. 241 |
| Exotic Containers | p. 246 |
| Circular Tubes with Unusual Properties | p. 246 |
| Adjustment of Container Shape | p. 249 |
| Integration of Container Shape | p. 251 |
| Mismatch of Volume and/or Contact Angle | p. 253 |
| Residual Gravity | p. 254 |
| Drop Tower Tests | p. 256 |
| References | p. 258 |
| Liquid Penetration into Tubes and Wedges | p. 259 |
| About the Momentum, or Navier-Stokes, Equation | p. 259 |
| Penetration into Capillaries | p. 261 |
| Cylindrical Vessels | p. 261 |
| Liquid Rise in Capillaries | p. 263 |
| Liquid Penetration into Wedges | p. 264 |
| Similarity Solutions for Long Times | p. 266 |
| Numerical Solution | p. 269 |
| Dynamics of Liquids in Edges and Corners | p. 272 |
| The DYLCO Experimental Module | p. 272 |
| Drop Towers Tests for DYLCO | p. 273 |
| Conduct of the IML-2 Experiment | p. 274 |
| Results of the DYLCO IML-2 Experiment | p. 276 |
| The Geometric Friction Coefficient ¿ | p. 278 |
| Flow in Rectangular Tubes | p. 278 |
| Flow in Parallelograms | p. 283 |
| References | p. 285 |
| Oscillations of Liquid Columns | p. 287 |
| Introduction | p. 287 |
| Theory | p. 288 |
| Infinite Liquid Columns | p. 290 |
| The Free Fluid Surface | p. 291 |
| Natural Frequencies | p. 292 |
| Finite Liquid Columns | p. 292 |
| Axially Damped Oscillations | p. 294 |
| Symmetric and Antimetric Oscillations | p. 295 |
| Resonance Detection and Flow Patterns | p. 297 |
| Experiments | p. 302 |
| Short Liquid Columns | p. 302 |
| Plateau Simulation | p. 303 |
| Automatic Resonance Detection | p. 305 |
| The LICOR Runs | p. 308 |
| Lateral Oscillations of Liquid Bridges | p. 312 |
| Damped Harmonic Oscillations | p. 312 |
| Periodic Lateral Deformations | p. 314 |
| Coupled Damped Oscillations | p. 316 |
| References | p. 321 |
| Microgravity Experiments in Sounding Rockets, Spacelab and EURECA | p. 323 |
| TEXUS 1-39 | p. 323 |
| MAXUS 1-4 | p. 336 |
| MiniTEXUS 1-6 | p. 337 |
| MASER 1-8 | p. 338 |
| SPAR I-X | p. 340 |
| TR-IA 1-7 | p. 343 |
| Skylab, May 1973 | p. 345 |
| Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) | p. 346 |
| Spacelab 1 (STS-9) | p. 347 |
| Spacelab 3 (STS-51B) | p. 348 |
| Spacelab D-1 (STS-61A) | p. 349 |
| Spacelab D-2 (STS-55) | p. 351 |
| IML-1 (STS-42) | p. 353 |
| Spacelab J (STS-47) | p. 354 |
| IML-2 (STS-65) | p. 355 |
| EURECA | p. 357 |
| MIR and FOTON | p. 357 |
| Bibliography | p. 358 |
| Subject Index | p. 361 |
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