The European Low Gravity Research Association (ELGRA) is a non-profit international society devoted to the promotion of scientific research under various gravity conditions in Europe. The organization, established in 1979, provides a networking platform for all scientists interested in life and physical sciences and technology in space or on ground. ELGRA aims at representing and strengthening the scientific community of gravity-related research and helping young scientists and engineers get involved in low- and hyper-gravity research through educational programs.
The members and the addressees of ELGRA are:
- Scientists at universities working in µg
- Scientists of non-educational research organizations working in µg
- Space science managers at national and international agencies (e. g. ESA, CNES, DLR)
- Flight opportunities and operations managers and engineers (e. g. ESA, NASA)
- Upcoming payload providers (e. g. Space X)
- Engineers and business developers of Space Industries (big and small ones)
Partial particle accumulation in a liquid bridge (strange PAS):
Experiment versus Numerics
T. Sano, R. Mukin, I. Ueno, H. C. Kuhlmann. Science Univ. Tokyo / Vienna Univ. Tech.
Phototropism of plants in space
J. Z. Kiss, Dpt Biology, Univ. Mississippi
A Whole Universe in a Cell
V. Pereda-Loth, V. Legué.
Univ. Toulouse / Univ. Lorraine, France
A Bit of Spin !
V. Pereda-Loth
Univ. Toulouse
Microgravity simulation of a C3H10T1/2 mouse fibroblast 3D culture. M.C. de Geest, J. Boonstra. Utrecht Univ. The Netherlands
Sheet-like and plume-like thermal flow in a spherical convection experiment performed under microgravity
B. Futterer, A.-C. Plesa, F. Zaussinger, A. Krebs, R.
Hollerbach, D. Breuer, C. Egbers
Otto von Guericke Univ. Magdeburg / Brandenburg Univ. Tech. Cottbus / German Aerospace Center Berlin / ETH Zürich
Invariant streamtubes of a hydrothermal wave in a thermocapillary liquid bridge
Invariant streamtubes of a hydrothermal wave in a thermocapillary liquid bridge
F. H. Muldoon and H. C. Kuhlmann. Vienna Univ. Tech.
Gravity wheel
F. Suñol, R. Gonzalez-Cinca.
Univ. Politècnica de Catalunya – Barcelona, Spain.
Development and structure of a Marangoni convection pattern under microgravity. D. Schwabe
Physical Inst., Justus-Liebig-Univ. Giessen