Free Surface Flows under Compensated Gravity Conditions
By: Dreyer, Michael E [author.].
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BookSeries: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics: 221Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.Description: X, 270 p. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783540446286.Subject(s): Physics | Continuum physics | Space sciences | Condensed matter | Physics | Condensed Matter Physics | Classical Continuum Physics | Extraterrestrial Physics, Space SciencesDDC classification: 530.41 Online resources: Click here to access online | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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State of the Art -- Basic Equations and Dimensionless Numbers -- Orders of Magnitude of the Dimensionless Numbers -- Literature Review -- Surface Oscillations upon Step Reduction of the Bond Number -- Static Surface Shapes -- Scaling of the Dynamic Behavior -- Experiments on Surface Oscillations -- Numerical Calculations -- Conclusions -- Capillary Rise in Cylindrical Tubes -- Experiments on Capillary Rise -- Mathematical Model for the Capillary Rise -- Results and Discussion -- Summary -- Critical Velocities in Open Capillary Channel Flows -- and Background -- Mathematical Model for the Flow Between Parallel Plates -- Experimental Results -- Results and Discussion -- Perspectives -- Conclusion -- Future Projects -- Entrance Flow Problems.
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.
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