The conquest of Weightlessness Collection of Presentations Danail Obreschkow, Feb. 2006
Feel Weightlessness & Gravity Insight in 0g-Research GOALS
1 Weightlessness 2 Cavitation 3 Sensations 4 Results 5 Next Step 6 Beyond
Weightlessness and Free Fall 1
Weightlessness = Free Fall Weightlessness = Free Fall ≠ Zero Gravity Inertial force Gravitational force Gravitational force Inertial force Net Force Weightlessness = Free Fall = Zero Gravity Gravitational force Gravitational force No net Force
Free Fall Trajectories
Free Fall Technologies Drop Tower 5 seconds Parabolic Flight 25 seconds Sounding Rocket 12 minutes Space Ship weeks
Who ? etc.
Why ? BiologyFluid dynamics Medicine & Psychology Physics & Chemistry
About Cavitation 2
Phenomenon of Cavitation Tiger Pistol Shrimp: Shockwave kills small fish in 2 meters distance !
Cavitation in Technology Damage Concerned Technologies Questions: Last Stage of Cavity Collapse ? Interactions with Surfaces ?
Last Stage of Collapse Shock WaveMicrojetSonoluminescence”Cold” Fusion Supersonic GPa Subsonic-sonic Sharp Point-like K Erosion Vibration Efficiency loss ???
Interaction with Free Surface
Experimental Access Problems: Water volume never isolated Free surfaces always flat + – Electrical discharge Laser
Goal Confined shockwave Observe all liquid jets Interaction with spherical free surface Water Drop Cavitation Bubble NB: Drawn before the experiment !
Setup
Functional Units
Drop Formation & Fixation
Here we go !
Sensation of Weightlessness 3
Flight Maneuver 31 parabolas per flight inside a military flight zone
Movies
Phenomenology Initial stomach lift No up, no down Feather weight – Stone mass
Below and above
Above and below
Medical aspects Scopolamin Promethazin
Results 4
Real Motion 10 mm
Slow Motion 10 mm
Ultra Slow Motion 10 mm
Drop Formation 1/e damp out time = 0.7s Negligible interaction Repulsion by electrodes Attraction by electrodes
Stability of Drop and Free Surface
Bubble Size Evolution Model Experiment Validation Prediction
Counterjet Geometry Planar free surface (ground experiment) Spherical free surface (microgravity experiment) bubble [Robinson et al. 01] Free Surface High pressure Numerical Simulation
Shockwave-Nuclei Interaction 0.0ms0.08ms0.16ms Shockwave Energy New channel for erosion
Jet-pair Instabilities Counterjet Geometry Bubble Collapse Shock Wave Unexpected Hair-jets
Next Step 5
Catch the Shock Wave !
Sparkling Water
Beyond… 6
Dilemma of Choice
Symbol of Political Power
Ozone Hole Sep 18, 1979Sep 17, 2001
UESCO World Heritage Site Iguaçu