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Microgravity combustion science: Progress, plans, and opportunitiesAn earlier overview is updated which introduced the promise of microgravity combustion research and provided a brief survey of results and then current research participants, the available set of reduced gravity facilities, and plans for experimental capabilities in the space station era. Since that time, several research studies have been completed in drop towers and aircraft, and the first space based combustion experiments since Skylab have been conducted on the Shuttle. The microgravity environment enables a new range of experiments to be performed since buoyancy induced flows are nearly eliminated, normally obscured forces and flows may be isolated, gravitational settling or sedimentation is nearly eliminated, and larger time or length scales in experiments are feasible. In addition to new examinations of classical problems, (e.g., droplet burning), current areas of interest include soot formation and weak turbulence, as influenced by gravity.
Document ID
19920017954
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Technical Memorandum (TM)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
April 1, 1992
Subject Category
Materials Processing
Report/Patent Number
NASA-TM-105410
E-6816
NAS 1.15:105410
Accession Number
92N27197
Funding Number(s)
PROJECT: RTOP 674-22-05
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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