Tank pressure control experiment: Results of three space flights

33rd Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages

  Bentz, Michael D ^a   Albayyari, Jihad M ^b   Knoll, Richard H ^c   Hasan, Mohammad M ^c   Lin, Chin S ^d  

^a BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d ANALEX CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENICS; HEAT FLUX; MICROGRAVITY; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING; MIXING; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRESSURE CONTROL; PROPULSION; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE SHUTTLES; TANKS (CONTAINERS); THERMODYNAMICS;

ACCELERATION ENVIRONMENTS; CONTROL EXPERIMENTS; EFFECTIVE PRESSURE; EXPLOSIVE BOILING; MICROGRAVITY FLUID; NONCONDENSIBLE GAS; PRESSURE INCREASE; THERMAL EQUILIBRIUMS;

FIGHTER AIRCRAFT;

EID: 84962822345     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (10)

1. Bentz, M. D., Meserole, J. S., and Knoll, R. H., “Tank Pressure Control Experiment - A Low-G Mixing Investigation”, AIAA 90-2376, July 1990.
2. Poth, L. J.; Van Hook, J. R.; Wheeler, D. M.; and Kee, C. R., Jr.; “A Study of Cryogenic Propellant Mixing Techniques - Final Report,” General Dynamics FZA-439-1, Contract NAS8-20330, November 1968.
3. Bentz, M. D., “Tank Pressure Control in Low Gravity by Jet Mixing”, Boeing Defense & Space Group, NASA CR 191012, Contract NAS3-25363. Final Report, March 1993.
4. Bentz, M. D., Meserole, J. S., and Knoll, R. H., “Jet Mixing in Low Gravity: Results of the Tank Pressure Control Experiment”, AIAA 92-3060, July 1992.
5. Hasan, M. M., Lin, C. S., Knoll, R. H., and Bentz, M. D., “Explosive Boiling at Very Low Heat Fluxes: A Microgravity Phenomenon”, NASA TM 106325, ASME Winter Annual Meeting, November 1993.
6. Hasan, M. M., Lin, C. S., Knoll, R. H., Bentz, M. D., and Meserole, J. S., “Nucleate Pool Boiling hi the Long Duration Low Gravity Environment of the Space Shuttle”, AIAA-93-0465, January 1993.
7. Hasan, M. M., Lin, C. S., Knoll, R. H., and Bentz, M. D., “Tank Pressure Control Experiment: Thermal Phenomena in Microgravity,” NASA TP 3564, March 1996.
8. Bentz, M. D., Knoll, R. H., Hasan, M. M., and Lin, C. S., “Low-G Fluid Mixing: Further Results from the Tank Pressure Control Experiment,” AIAA-93-2423, June 1993.
9. Albayyari, J. M., Gerner, F. M., and Bentz, M. D., “Axial-Jet-Induced Mixing in Low Gravity: Results of the Reduced-Fill Tank Pressure Control Experiment,” Proc. 1st Pacific Symposium on Flow Visualization and Image Processing, pp. 296-300, February 1997.
10. Aydelott, J. C., “Modeling of Space Vehicle Propellant Tank Mixing”, NASA Technical Paper 2107, January 1983.