The Surface Tension Driven Convection Experiment is a Space Transportation System flight experiment to study both transient and steady thermocapillary fluid flows aboard the USML-1 Spacelab mission planned for March 1992. Hardware is under development to establish the experimental conditions and perform the specified measurements, for both ground based research and the flight experiment in a Spacelab single rack. Major development areas include an infrared thermal imaging system for surface temperature measurement, a CO2 laser and control system for surface heating, and for flow visualization, a He-Ne laser and optical system in conjunction with an intensified video camera. For ground based work the components of each system were purchased or designed, and tested individually. The three systems will be interfaced with the balance of the experimental hardware and will constitute a working engineering model. A description of the three systems and examples of the component performance is given along with the plans for the development of flight hardware.


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    Title :

    Hardware development for the surface tension driven convection experiment aboard the USML-1 spacelab mission


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Aerospace Sciences Meeting ; 1989 ; Reno, NV, United States


    Publication date :

    1988-01-01


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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