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Effect of baffle on gravity-gradient-excited slosh waves and spacecraft moment and angular-momentum fluctuations in microgravity
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Lee, C. C. Hung, R. J. |
| Copyright Year | 1995 |
| Description | The dynamical behavior of fluids affected by the asymmetric gravity gradient acceleration has been investigated. In particular, the effects of surface tension on partially filled rotating fluids applicable to a full-scale Gravity Probe-B Spacecraft dewar tank with and without baffles are studied. Results of slosh wave excitation along the liquid-vapor interface induced by gravity gradient acceleration indicate that the gravity gradient acceleration is equivalent to the combined effect of a twisting force and a torsional moment acting on the spacecraft. The results are clearly seen from one-up one-down and one-down one-up oscillations in the cross-section profiles of two bubbles in the vertical (r, z)-plane of the rotating dewar, and from the eccentric contour of the bubble rotating around the axis of the dewar in a horizontal (r, theta)-plane. As the viscous force, between liquid and solid interface, greatly contributes to the damping of slosh wave excitation, a rotating dewar with baffles provides more areas of liquid-solid interface than that of a rotating dewar without baffles. Results show that the damping effect provided by the baffles reduces the amplitude of slosh wave excitation and lowers the degree of asymmetry in liquid-vapor distribution. Fluctuations of angular momentum and fluid moment caused by the slosh wave excited by gravity gradient acceleration with and without baffle boards are also investigated. It is also shown that the damping effect provided by the baffles greatly reduces the amplitudes of angular momentum and fluid moment fluctuations. |
| File Size | 942135 |
| Page Count | 18 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19970011095 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t3zs7p34f |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1995-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Fluid Mechanics And Heat Transfer Damping Cryogenic Equipment Twisting Gravity Probe B Oscillations Liquid-vapor Interfaces Rotating Fluids Bubbles Liquid-solid Interfaces Gravitational Effects Asymmetry Baffles Interfacial Tension Angular Momentum Wave Excitation Microgravity Torsion Liquid Sloshing Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
