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Free Surface Flows under Compensated Gravity Conditions
โ Scribed by Michael E. Dreyer (auth.)
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 268
- Series
- Springer Tracts in Modern Physics 221
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
This book considers the behavior of fluids in a low-gravity environment with special emphasis on application in PMD (propellant management device) systems . In the compensated gravity environment of a spacecraft, the hydrostatic pressure decreases to very low values depending on the residual acceleration, and surface tension forces become dominant. Consequently, surface tension can be used to transport and position liquids if the residual acceleration and the resulting hydrostatic pressure are small compared to the capillary pressure. One prominent application is the use of PMDs in surface-tension satellite tanks. PMDs must ensure that the tank outlet is covered with liquid whenever outflow is demanded. Furthermore, PMDs are used to ensure expulsion and refilling of tanks for liquids and gases for life support, reactants, and experiment supplies. Since most of the PMD designs are not testable on ground and thus rely on analytical or numerical concepts, this book treats three different flow problems with analytical, numerical and experimental means: the transient contour change between two static surface configurations (free surface oscillations), the capillary rise in tubes (capillary rise), and the flow through open capillary channels (choking). These problems are linked together by the same set of equations and boundary conditions which are necessary to model the fluid behavior, and by the same set of characteristic numbers.
โฆ Table of Contents
Introduction....Pages 1-3
Front Matter....Pages I-X
Basic Equations and Dimensionless Numbers....Pages 7-12
Orders of Magnitude of the Dimensionless Numbers....Pages 13-15
Literature Review....Pages 17-48
Front Matter....Pages I-X
Static Surface Shapes....Pages 51-55
Scaling of the Dynamic Behavior....Pages 57-62
Experiments on Surface Oscillations....Pages 63-90
Numerical Calculations....Pages 91-100
Conclusions....Pages 101-132
Front Matter....Pages I-X
Introduction....Pages 135-137
Experiments on Capillary Rise....Pages 139-143
Mathematical Model for the Capillary Rise....Pages 145-154
Results and Discussion....Pages 155-167
Summary....Pages 169-170
Front Matter....Pages I-X
Introduction and Background....Pages 173-175
Mathematical Model for the Flow Between Parallel Plates....Pages 177-192
Experimental Results....Pages 193-218
Results and Discussion....Pages 219-223
Front Matter....Pages I-X
Conclusion....Pages 227-228
Future Projects....Pages 229-233
Front Matter....Pages I-X
Entrance Flow Problems....Pages 237-263
โฆ Subjects
Condensed Matter;Mechanics, Fluids, Thermodynamics;Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences
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