Results of numerical modelling and experimental activities in preparation of the maxus-5 experiment

Abstract The present paper reports on the research activities in both experimental and numerical field carried out at MARS center for the realization of an experiment on the thermo-solutal-capillary migration of a dissolving drop, composed by a liquid binary mixture having a miscibility gap. The experiment will be carried out onboard of the sounding rocket MAXUS 5, by using the INEXMAM facility. The main goals of the analysis are ensuring that the diagnostic equipment performances cope with the stringent resolution requirements dictated by the physics and assessing of the experiment time profile.