Engineers preparing to launch space station projects.Metalcasting will soon expand its role in space travel thanks to investigations conducted at the University College Dublin Dublin, city, Republic of Ireland Dublin, Irish Baile Átha Cliath, county borough (1991 pop. 915,516), Leinster, capital of the Republic of Ireland, on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the Liffey River. , Ireland Ireland, Irish Eire (âr`ə) [to it are related the poetic Erin and perhaps the Latin Hibernia], island, 32,598 sq mi (84,429 sq km), second largest of the British Isles. , as reported in the Irish Times, Dublin. With the assistance of research partners from several countries, engineers are working on two programs designed to improve the understanding of gravity's effect on metalcasting and solidification so·lid·i·fy v. so·lid·i·fied, so·lid·i·fy·ing, so·lid·i·fies v.tr. 1. To make solid, compact, or hard. 2. To make strong or united. v.intr. . Once set in place, the studies will be performed inside the International Space Station. |
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