-> Növelt gravitációs kísérletek
Növelt gravitációs kísérletek
Infilrtation Measurement System (IMS)
Infiltration is a process when a fluid find its way into pores of a solid material. Some examples are when mopping, when brick-wall gets saturated, or when watering the plants (I mean the soil).
A project of us (with Miskolc University as expert partner and funded by Hungarian Space Agency) aimed to create some mathematical model of this extraordinarily complicated process. The model revealed the important role of gravity among others impacting infiltration progress. To explore conditions Admatis developed and fabricated an equipment for infiltration experiments in macrogravity.
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IMS integrated into huge centrifuge |
Experiment was performed in Germany (ZARM Institute - Bremen) using their huge centrifuge installed in 2004. Two experiment campaign was completed in 2005. Two fluids, four granulatums were under investigation on six gravity levels applying three infiltration methods. Evaluation of gained data showed the special role played by different level gravity. Scientist Tamás Bárczy will submit detailed results soon. Obviously the research process in this important field must be prolonged.
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Experimental results in case of SiO2 and H2O paralell with gravity. Different colours reperesent the different garvity levels. |
