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Effects Of Micro-Gravity On Thin-Wire Subcooled Nucleate Boiling Dynamics, Troy Munro, Andrew Fassmann
Effects Of Micro-Gravity On Thin-Wire Subcooled Nucleate Boiling Dynamics, Troy Munro, Andrew Fassmann
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Nucleate boiling is a highly effective means of transferring heat, and as space exploration begins to reach farther from Earth, efficient heat management systems in microgravity are becoming increasingly important. In the summer of 2010, members of the USU Get Away Special (GAS) team flew aboard NASA’s Weightless Wonder in order to study the effect of various system parameters on nucleate boiling heat transfer behavior in microgravity. This one dimensional study of boiling used a new geometry never tried before and concluded that heat transfer rates during boiling in microgravity do not significantly differ from those observed on Earth. These …
A Systemic Study Of Nucleate Boiling, Justin Koeln
A Systemic Study Of Nucleate Boiling, Justin Koeln
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Nucleate boiling is a heavily researched form of heat transfer due to its associated high heat transfer rates. Applying two-phase heat transfer to space systems would allow these systems to become more capable, efficient, and compact. However, a fundamental understanding of boiling dynamics in the absence of buoyancy is yet to be developed. This study intends to analyze the effects of gravity, power input, and surface geometry during successive periods of microgravity provided by NASA’s “vomit comet” through the Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities Program.
Funboe - Follow-Up Nucleate Boiling On-Flight Experiment: A Systematic Study Of Nucleate Boiling In Microgravity, Jt Farnsworth, Frank Mccown
Funboe - Follow-Up Nucleate Boiling On-Flight Experiment: A Systematic Study Of Nucleate Boiling In Microgravity, Jt Farnsworth, Frank Mccown
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Utah State University’s Get Away Special (GAS) team was awarded the opportunity to participate in Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities program administered by NASA. Six members of the GAS team will fly in a specialized jet which will simulate microgravity where the experiment can be performed in 30 second intervals. The purpose of the experiment is to determine the properties of nucleate boiling of water in weightlessness. The experiment will be monitored with temperature sensors, accelerometers, and high definition cameras and the results will be analyzed frame by frame. This will provide important information related to the dynamics of heat …
Improved Methods For Teaching Science, Stephanie Peterson, Sara Scott
Improved Methods For Teaching Science, Stephanie Peterson, Sara Scott
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Utah State University’s Get Away Special (GAS) team will conduct research aboard NASA's microgravity research aircraft, the “vomit comet,” through the Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities program. Team members come from mechanical and aerospace engineering, computer science, physics, science education, and business backgrounds. The team will spend ten days this summer at NASA’s Johnson Space Center and perform experiments on the aircraft to better understand nucleate boiling, a potential method of efficient heat transfer in space.