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Demonstrating Reduced GravityA miniature drop tower, Reduced-Gravity Demonstrator is developed to illustrate the effects of gravity on a variety of phenomena including the way fluids flow, flames burn, and mechanical systems (such as pendulum) behave. A schematic and description of the demonstrator and payloads are given, followed by suggestions for how one can build his (her) own.
Document ID
19970022278
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Pearlman, Howard
(NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH United States)
Stocker, Dennis
(NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH United States)
Gotti, Daniel
(NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH United States)
Urban, David
(NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH United States)
Ross, Howard
(NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH United States)
Sours, Thomas
(NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
March 1, 1996
Publication Information
Publication: The Physics Teacher
Volume: 34
Subject Category
Materials Processing
Report/Patent Number
NASA-TM-112471
NAS 1.15:112471
Report Number: NASA-TM-112471
Report Number: NAS 1.15:112471
Accession Number
97N22852
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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