Containerless processing technology experiment report
Abstract
The stability and manipulability of liquid drops at zero gravity are investigated. The center of mass motion in an acoustic chamber, the rotation capability of the chamber, the natural resonant frequencies and damping mechanism of drop oscillation, and the drop shape change due to rotation were investigated. The apparatus used on the SPAR 6, and the theoretical background for the experiment are described. The data obtained from free and forced oscillation, from combined oscillation and rotation, during the relaxation of the drop, and as a rotating drop is spun up from rest are analyzed. The computer data translation program developed for the image processing and computerized simulations of the analysis of similar data are described.
- Publication:
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In NASA. Marshall Space Flight Center Space PRocess. Appl. Rocket Proj. (SPAR) 6 104 p (SEE N82-10088 01-15
- Pub Date:
- October 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981parp.nasa.....W
- Keywords:
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- Containerless Melts;
- Drops (Liquids);
- Low Gravity Manufacturing;
- Space Processing;
- Spaceborne Experiments;
- Acoustics;
- Computerized Simulation;
- Data Conversion Routines;
- Data Reduction;
- Image Processing;
- Microgravity Applications;
- Morphology;
- Space Commercialization;
- Space Processing Applications Rocket;
- Theoretical Physics;
- Launch Vehicles and Space Vehicles