Journal Articles

 

List of our most recently published papers:

 

2021

• Acoustic effects on heat transfer on the ground and in microgravity conditions. Quintana, G.; Gonzalez, R.

• International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer  178, 121627 (2021)

• Analysis of bubble management at different gravity levels by means of an acoustic field. Huber, F.; Garcia-Sabaté, A.; Legendre, D.; Gonzalez, R.

• International Journal of Multiphase Flow 142, 103733 (2021)

• Trade-off analysis of phase separation techniques for advanced life support systems in space. T. Fili, F. Gòdia, and R. González-Cinca.

• Acta Astronautica 178, 571 (2021)

2020

• Performance assessment of ultrasonic waves for bubble control in cryogenic fuel tanks. F. Suñol, D.A. Ochoa, M. Granados, R. González-Cinca, and J.E. García.

• Microgravity Science and Technology 32, 609 (2020). 

• Lunar ISRU energy storage and electricity generation. M. F. Palos, P. Serra, S. Fereres, K. Stephenson, and R. González-Cinca.

• Acta Astronautica 170, 4012 (2020).

• Effects of gravity level on bubble detachment, rise, and bouncing with a free surface. F. Suñol and R. González-Cinca.

• International Journal of Multiphase Flow 113, 191 (2019).

• A sounding rocket experiment to control boiling by means of acoustics waves. G. Quintana-Buil, A. Garcia-Sabaté, S. Batlle, G. López, V. Sierra, O. Casas, and R. González-Cinca.

• Microgravity Science and Technology (2018).

2016

• Analysis of the characteristic lengths in the bubble and slug flow regimes generated in a capillary T -junction. S. Arias and R. González-Cinca

• International Journal of Multiphase Flow 87, 167 (2016).

2015

• Liquid jet breakup and subsequent droplet dynamics under normal gravity and in microgravity conditions. F. Suñol and R. González-Cinca.

• Physics of Fluids 27, 077102 (2015).

• Effects of gravity level on bubble formation and rise in low-viscosity liquids. F. Suñol and R. González-Cinca.

• Physical Review E 91, 053009 (2015).

2014

• Experimental study on inter-particle acoustic forces. A. Garcia-Sabaté, A. Castro, M. Hoyos, and R. González-Cinca.

• Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 135, 1056 (2014).

• Heat storage and electricity generation in the Moon during the lunar night. B. Climent, O. Torroba, R. González-Cinca, N. Ramachandran, and M.D. Griffin.

• Acta Astronautica 93, 352 (2014), invited paper.

2013

• Effects of momentum flux and separation distance on bubbly jet impingement in microgravity conditions. F. Suñol and R. González-Cinca.

• Chemical Engineering Science 97, 272 (2013).

• Experimental analysis of the bubble-slug transition in a flow generated by a T-junction in a minichannel with air/water and air/ethanol mixtures in conditions relevant to microgravity. S. Arias and R. González-Cinca.

• Chemical Engineering Science 91, 5 (2013).

2012

• Numerical simulations of bubble generation in a T-junction. S. Arias, D. Legendre, and R. González-Cinca.

• Computers and Fluids 56, 49 (2012).

2011

• Numerical study of bubble dynamics with the Boundary Element Method. N. Méndez and R. González-Cinca.

• Journal of Physics: Conf. Series 327, 012028 (2011).

2010

• Opposed bubbly jets at different impact angles: Jet structure and bubble properties. F. Suñol and R. González-Cinca.

• International Journal of Multiphase Flow 36, 682 (2010).

2009

• Design of an Experiment for the Study of Bubble Jet Interactions in Microgravity. F. Suñol, O. Maldonado, R. Pino, and R. González.

• Microgravity Science and Technology, 21, 95-99 (2009).