Influences of support fibers on shapes of heptane/hexadecane droplets in reduced gravity

This paper describes analytical and experimental results related to the effects of support fibers on shapes of heptane/hexadecane mixture droplets (both burning and evaporating) in reduced gravity. The experimental results were obtained from large droplets (a few mm) investigated during the MSL-1 Flight of Spacelab. Theoretical (asymptotic) analyses are developed to predict droplet shapes. These analyses, which predict droplet shapes very well,...