Space experiment and its analysis of Manangoni convection on Kibo in International Space Station.

在国际空间站上，利用日本“希望号”实验舱成功地进行了液体桥中马兰戈尼对流的一系列微重力实验。测试了具有各种宽高比（即高径比）的液体桥，这在地面上是无法实现的。得到了不同宽高比和普朗特数下稳态流向振荡流过渡的临界马兰戈尼数。此外，还对半球形液滴进行了微流体力学实验，其中表面张力起着至关重要的作用。

A series of microgravity experiment of the Marangoni convection in a liquid bridge was performed successfully using the Japanese experimental module Kibo on the International Space Station. The liquid bridges with a wide variety of the aspect ratios, i. e., height to diameter ratios, which cannot be achieved on the ground, were tested. Critical Marangoni numbers of the transition from the steady to the oscillatory flow were obtained for various apect ratios and Prandtl numbers. In addition, hydrodynamic experiment of a hemispherical droplet was made in relation to microhydrodynamics, where the surface tension plays a crucial role.