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Asymmetric gravity jitter excited slosh waves at a liquid-vapor-solid interface in microgravityThe dynamical behavior of fluids affected by the asymmetric gravity jitter oscillations is investigated focusing on the surface tension effect on partially filled rotating fluids in a sub-scale gravity probe-B spacecraft propellant dewar tank. Data obtained revealed that the lower frequency gravity jitter imposed on the time-dependent variations of the background gravity direction induced a greater amplitude of oscillations and a stronger degree of asymmetry in liquid-vapor interface geometry than that caused by the higher frequency gravity jitter. It is also found that the greater the components of background gravity in radial and circumferential directions the greater the contribution to driving more toward increasing amplitude and degrees of asymmetry of the liquid-vapor interface profiles, which in turn modify the disturbance of moment of inertia and angular momentum of spacecraft.
Document ID
19920074674
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Hung, R. J.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Pan, H. L.
(Alabama, University Huntsville, United States)
Leslie, F. W.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
August 1, 1992
Subject Category
Fluid Mechanics And Heat Transfer
Report/Patent Number
IAF PAPER 92-0920
Accession Number
92A57298
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG8-035
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG8-129
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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