Free Surface Flows under Compensated Gravity Conditions

• Main Author: Dreyer, Michael E. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Series: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics, 221
• Subjects: Physics.; Continuum physics.; Space sciences.; Condensed matter.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Classical Continuum Physics.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.

This book considers the behavior of fluids in a low-gravity environment with special emphasis on application in PMD (propellant management device) systems . In the compensated gravity environment of a spacecraft, the hydrostatic pressure decreases to very low values depending on the residual acceler...

Table of Contents:

• State of the Art
• Basic Equations and Dimensionless Numbers
• Orders of Magnitude of the Dimensionless Numbers
• Literature Review
• Surface Oscillations upon Step Reduction of the Bond Number
• Static Surface Shapes
• Scaling of the Dynamic Behavior
• Experiments on Surface Oscillations
• Numerical Calculations
• Conclusions
• Capillary Rise in Cylindrical Tubes
• Experiments on Capillary Rise
• Mathematical Model for the Capillary Rise
• Results and Discussion
• Summary
• Critical Velocities in Open Capillary Channel Flows
• and Background
• Mathematical Model for the Flow Between Parallel Plates
• Experimental Results
• Results and Discussion
• Perspectives
• Conclusion
• Future Projects
• Entrance Flow Problems.