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Usml-1 glovebox experiments
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Naumann, Robert J. |
| Copyright Year | 1995 |
| Description | This report covers the development of and results from three experiments that were flown in the Materials Science Glovebox on USML-1: Marangoni convection in Closed Containers (MCCC), Double Float Zone (DFZ), and Fiber Pulling in Microgravity (FPM). The Glovebox provided a convenient, low cost method for doing simple 'try and see' experiments that could test new concepts or elucidate microgravity phenomena. Since the Glovebox provided essentially one (or possibly two levels of confinement, many of the stringent verification and test requirements on the experiment apparatus could be relaxed and a streamlined test and verification plan for flight qualification could be implemented. Furthermore, the experiments were contained in their own carrying cases whose external configurations could be identified early in the integration sequence for stowage considerations while delivery of the actual experiment apparatus could be postponed until only a few months before flight. This minimized the time fluids must be contained and reduced the possibility of corrosive reactions that could ruin the experiment. In many respects, this exercise was as much about developing a simpler, cheaper way of doing crew-assisted science as it was about the actual scientific accomplishments of the individual experiments. The Marangoni Convection in Closed Containers experiment was designed to study the effects of a void space in a simulated Bridgman crystal growth configuration and to determine if surface tension driven convective flows that may result from thermal gradients along any free surfaces could affect the solidification process. The Fiber Pulling in Microgravity experiment sought to separate the role of gravity drainage from capillarity effects in the break-up of slender cylindrical liquid columns. The Stability of a Double Float Zone experiment explored the feasibility of a quasi-containerless process in which a solidifying material is suspended by two liquid bridges of its own melt. |
| File Size | 2715689 |
| Page Count | 60 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19950017608 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t02z6592d |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1995-01-31 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Materials Processing Crystal Growth Liquid Bridges Temperature Gradients Spaceborne Experiments Convective Flow Capillary Flow Fiber Pullout Solidification Voids Corrosion Gravitational Effects Interfacial Tension Float Zones Microgravity Bridgman Method Marangoni Convection Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
