The Fluid Physics Module
Abstract
The Fluid Physics Module (FPM) to be flown aboard Spacelab will be used to study the effects of zero-gravity on fluid phenomena such as free convection, damping of oscillations, kinetics of propagation of liquids on solids, stability of floating liquid columns, capillary forces, and motion of liquids inside vessels. The main parts of the apparatus are two disks that can move axially. One of the disks can move laterally and be subject to axial vibrations. Temperature gradients and electrical potential differences can be produced between the disks. The functional scheme, control system, data acquisition, and visualization techniques are briefly described.
- Publication:
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Associazione Italiana di Aeronautica e Astronautica
- Pub Date:
- September 1977
- Bibcode:
- 1977itaa.reptR....C
- Keywords:
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- Fluid Dynamics;
- Rotating Disks;
- Spacecraft Modules;
- Spacelab Payloads;
- Weightlessness;
- Capillary Flow;
- Clean Rooms;
- Cooling;
- Data Acquisition;
- Flow Stability;
- Flow Velocity;
- Flow Visualization;
- Free Convection;
- Oscillating Flow;
- Space Commercialization;
- Spacecraft Design;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer