modelling, the science team could reproduce the patterns seen in GeoFlow-II. Based on this result,
it is concluded that nonlinear effects shifted the effective viscosity ratio.
PUBLICATION(S)
Futterer B, Kr ebs A, Plesa AC, et al. Sheet-like and plume-like thermal flow in a spherical
convection experiment performed under microgravity. J Fluid Mech. 2013.
Futterer B, Dahley N, Koch S, Scurtu N, Egbers C. From isoviscous convective experiment
‘G eoFlow I’ to temperature-dependent viscosity in ‘G eoFlow II’—Fluid physics experiments on-
board ISS for the capture of convection phenomena in Earth’s outer core and mantle. Acta
Astronautica. 2012;71:11-19.
This investigation is complete and all results are published.