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Fluid Dynamics

Portland State University

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1998

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Water Balloon Rupture In Low‐G, Mark M. Weislogel, S. Lichter Sep 1998

Water Balloon Rupture In Low‐G, Mark M. Weislogel, S. Lichter

Mechanical and Materials Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

A qualitative study of the bursting of water balloons in a simulated low-gravity environment was conducted aboard NASA Lewis’s DC-9 aircraft.

The tests were performed to develop techniques to rapidly deploy large liquid drops in a microgravity environment.