Hardware development for the surface tension driven convection experiment

Autor:	A. D. Pline, T. P. Jacobson, D. A. Petrarca, J. S. Wanhainen
Rok vydání:	1990
Předmět:	Flow visualization Natural convection Computer science business.industry Aerospace Engineering Video camera Temperature measurement law.invention Space and Planetary Science law Control system Emissivity Transient (oscillation) Space Transportation System business Computer hardware
Zdroj:	Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. 27:312-317
ISSN:	1533-6794 0022-4650
DOI:	10.2514/3.26141
Popis:	The Surface Tension Driven Convection Experiment is a Space Transportation System flight experiment to study both transient and steady thermocapillary fluid flows aboard the USML-1 Spacelab mission planned for March 1992. Hardware is under development to establish the experimental conditions and to perform the specified measurements for both ground-based research and the flight experiment in a Spacelab single rack. Major development areas include an infrared thermal imaging system for surface temperature measurement, a CO2 laser and control system for surface heating, and, for flow visualization, a He-Ne laser and optical system in conjunction with an intensifed video camera. For ground-based work, the components of each system have been individually purchased or designed and tested. The three systems will be interfaced with the balance of the experimental hardware and will constitute a working engineering model.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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