ESA Open Invitation To Tender AO8411
Open Date: 23/10/2015
Closing Date: 04/12/2015

Status: ISSUED
Reference Nr.: 15.129.15
Prog. Ref.: TRP
Budget Ref.: E/0901-01 – TRP
Special Prov.: BE+DK+FR+DE+IT+NL+ES+SE+CH+GB+IE+AT+NO+FI+PT+GR+LU+CZ+RO+PL
Tender Type: C
Price Range: 100-200 KEURO
Establishment: ESTEC
Directorate: Directorate of Technical & Quality Manag
Department: Mechanical Engineering Department
Division: Mechatronics and Optics Division
Contract Officer: Magne-Lie, Karine
Last Update Date: 23/10/2015
Update Reason: Tender issue

The FOAM-C instrument design with its optical diagnostics offers flexibility to develop sub-experiments, by exchange of cartridge in orbit, to investigate foams with high liquid fraction that are unstable on earth. Beyond the FOAM coarsening experiments on samples with a high liquid fraction already planned, there is a demand for applying a controlled mechanical load on the foam samples in order to relate the stimuli with the rate of coarsening. This must be implemented within defined boundary conditions and requirements,including in particular the coarse electromagnetic field employed to generate the foam samples. Beyond the scientific interest, there is a clear relevance of this research to e.g. the food industry. In this TRP project a new suitable cartridge demonstrator is developed for the investigation of foams using the FOAM-C instrument in μ-gravity. The results of this project will be used when entering the phase C/D of the FOAM-C development.

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