The characteristics, control and uses of liquid streams in space
Abstract
The potential applications of free flying recoverable liquid streams in space are identified. The results of recent investigations of the directional and speed stability of droplet streams in a vacuum are discussed, and stream bursting due to cavitation or flashing is considered within the context of potential applications. Some of these potential applications include: a liquid droplet radiator; a planetary gas scavenging system, and an aeroassist brake control. Other applications are: a fluid disposal system for the Shuttle or Space Station crews; and a material transport system for the construction of the Space Station.
- Publication:
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AIAA, Aerospace Sciences Meeting
- Pub Date:
- January 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985aiaa.meetU....M
- Keywords:
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- Aerospace Environments;
- Drops (Liquids);
- Fluid Dynamics;
- High Vacuum;
- Liquid Flow;
- Vapor Pressure;
- Cavitation Flow;
- Crews;
- Evaporation;
- Fluid Mechanics;
- Materials Handling;
- Space Commercialization;
- Space Processing;
- Specific Heat;
- Streams;
- Waste Disposal;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer