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NASA NTRS2002

Electron-phonon interaction on optical spectra of nanoelectronic devices

Information obtained on the solid-state lattice dynamics by electron-phonon interaction between lattice phonons and electrons could open up to learn more about lattice dynamics and to apply it in nanoelectronic devices including software reliability, nano-size capacitors, master clock sources, as well as non-contact temperature probes on nano-electronic and photonicdevices.

electron-phonon interactions lattice dynamics SrTi↗
NASA NTRS1994

GPS Data Analysis for Earth Orientation at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Beginning June 1992 and continuing indefinitely as part of our contribution to FLINN (Fiducial Laboratories for an International Natural Science Network), DOSE (NASA's Dynamics of the Solid Earth Program), and the IGS (International GPS Geodynamics Service), analysts at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have routinely been reducing data from a globally-distributed network of Rogue Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers.

GPS satellite ephemerides polar motion↗
NASA NTRS1977

Aerodynamic performance of conventional and advanced design labyrinth seals with solid-smooth abradable, and honeycomb lands

Labyrinth air seal static and dynamic performance was evaluated using solid, abradable, and honeycomb lands with standard and advanced seal designs. The effects on leakage of land surface roughness, abradable land porosity, rub grooves in abradable lands, and honeycomb land cell size and depth were studied using a standard labyrinth seal. The effects of rotation on the optimum seal knife pitch were also investigated. Selected geometric and aerodynamic parameters for an advanced seal design were evaluated to derive an optimized performance configuration. The rotational energy requirements were also measured to determine the inherent friction and pumping energy absorbed by the various seal knife and land configurations tested in order to properly assess the net seal system performance level. Results indicate that: (1) seal leakage can be significantly affected with honeycomb or abradable lands; (2) rotational energy absorption does not vary significantly with the use of a solid-smooth, an abradable, or a honeycomb land; and (3) optimization of an advanced lab seal design produced a configuration that had leakage 25% below a conventional stepped seal.

Stocker, H. L.↗
NASA NTRS1975

Post-ejection impacts of the space shuttle solid rocket booster nose cap

The dynamics of impacts between the nose cap ejected from the space shuttle solid rocket booster and the drogue parachute pack are analyzed. The analysis is restricted to planar impact, and assumes the law of restitution and the possible occurrence of three types of impact, depending on the friction behavior of the colliding surfaces: forward slip; backward slip; no slip (normal rebound). The positions of both bodies and their velocities at the time of impact are required. Seven successive impacts, representing all three types, detected and simulated for the case of nose cap ejection at 20 fps normal to the direction of airflow, with selected coefficients of friction (0.25) and restitution (0.85).

Banerjee, A. K.↗
NASA NTRS1992

Tenth Workshop for Computational Fluid Dynamic Applications in Rocket Propulsion, part 2

Presented here are 59 abstracts and presentations and three invited presentations given at the Tenth Workshop for Computational Fluid Dynamic Applications in Rocket Propulsion held at the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, April 28-30, 1992. The purpose of the workshop is to discuss experimental and computational fluid dynamic activities in rocket propulsion. The workshop is an open meeting for government, industry, and academia. A broad number of topics are discussed, including a computational fluid dynamic methodology, liquid and solid rocket propulsion, turbomachinery, combustion, heat transfer, and grid generation.

Computational Fluid Dynamics↗
NASA NTRS1994

Wetting and spreading at the molecular scale

We have studied the microscopic aspects of the spreading of liquid drops on a solid surface by molecular dynamics simulations of coexisting three-phase Lennard-Jones systems of liquid, vapor and solid. We consider both spherically symmetric atoms and chain-like molecules, and a range of interaction strengths. As the attraction between liquid and solid increases we observed a smooth transition in spreading regimes, from partial to complete to terraced wetting. In the terraced case, where distinct monomolecular layers spread with different velocities, the layers are ordered but not solid, with qualitative behavior resembling recent experimental findings, but with interesting differences in the spreading rate.

Koplik, Joel↗
NASA NTRS1975

Inertia forces in robots and manipulators

A method is described for the simulation of the dynamic behavior (inertia forces) of a solid performing a tridimensional motion, wherein a discrete system of mass points rigidly attached to the solid is used. Three postulates are necessary and sufficient for dynamical equivalence: (1) the mass of the solid and the total of the concentrated masses should be equal, (2) the center of gravity of the solid and of the discrete system should coincide, and (3) the inertial ellipsoid of the solid and of the discrete system should be equal.

Konstantinov, M. S.↗
NASA NTRS1964

Rocket motor spin data

Flight tests of solid propellant rockets in dynamic spin or roll environments

SOLID PROPELLANT ROCKET ENGINE↗
NASA NTRS1992

Planetary geosciences, 1989-1990

NASA's Planetary Geosciences Programs (the Planetary Geology and Geophysics and the Planetary Material and Geochemistry Programs) provide support and an organizational framework for scientific research on solid bodies of the solar system. These research and analysis programs support scientific research aimed at increasing our understanding of the physical, chemical, and dynamic nature of the solid bodies of the solar system: the Moon, the terrestrial planets, the satellites of the outer planets, the rings, the asteroids, and the comets. This research is conducted using a variety of methods: laboratory experiments, theoretical approaches, data analysis, and Earth analog techniques. Through research supported by these programs, we are expanding our understanding of the origin and evolution of the solar system. This document is intended to provide an overview of the more significant scientific findings and discoveries made this year by scientists supported by the Planetary Geosciences Program. To a large degree, these results and discoveries are the measure of success of the programs.

Zuber, Maria T.↗
NASA NTRS1984

Dynamics of variable mass systems with application to the star 48 solid rocket motor

Existing methods for the derivation of equations of motion of variable mass systems are reviewed and compared, the end product being a system of general dynamical equations for variable mass systems. These equations are used to study the lateral stability problem associated with the Star 48 solid rocket engine. It is shown that the shape of the combustion chamber could have a significant effect on the lateral stability of the rocket; specifically, a short and wide combustion chamber is destabilizing, while a long and narrow chamber is stabilizing.

Eke, F. O.↗
NASA NTRS1980

Rolling-element bearings

In contrast to hydrodynamic bearings, which depend for low-friction characteristics on a fluid film between the journal and the bearing surfaces, roller-element bearings employ a number of balls or rollers that roll in an annular space. The paper briefly outlines the advantages and disadvantages of roller-element bearings as compared to hydrodynamic bearings. The discussion covers bearing types, rolling friction, friction losses in rolling bearings, contact stresses, deformations, kinematics (normal and high speeds), bearing dynamics including elastohydrodynamics, load distribution, lubrication (grease, solid oil, oil-air mist), specific dynamic capacity and life, specific static capacity, and fatigue or wearout (elastohydrodynamics, wear). Rolling bearing wear factor as a function of operating environment is plotted and discussed.

Anderson, W. J.↗
NASA NTRS1992

Asymmetric gravity jitter excited slosh waves at a liquid-vapor-solid interface in microgravity

The dynamical behavior of fluids affected by the asymmetric gravity jitter oscillations is investigated focusing on the surface tension effect on partially filled rotating fluids in a sub-scale gravity probe-B spacecraft propellant dewar tank. Data obtained revealed that the lower frequency gravity jitter imposed on the time-dependent variations of the background gravity direction induced a greater amplitude of oscillations and a stronger degree of asymmetry in liquid-vapor interface geometry than that caused by the higher frequency gravity jitter. It is also found that the greater the components of background gravity in radial and circumferential directions the greater the contribution to driving more toward increasing amplitude and degrees of asymmetry of the liquid-vapor interface profiles, which in turn modify the disturbance of moment of inertia and angular momentum of spacecraft.

Hung, R. J.↗
NASA NTRS2012

Disruption of an Aligned Dendritic Network by Bubbles During Re-Melting in a Microgravity Environment

The quiescent Microgravity environment can be quite dynamic. Thermocapillary flow about "large" static bubbles on the order of 1mm in diameter was easily observed by following smaller tracer bubbles. The bubble induced flow was seen to disrupt a large dendritic array, effectively distributing free branches about the solid-liquid interface. "Small" dynamic bubbles were observed to travel at fast velocities through the mushy zone with the implication of bringing/detaching/redistributing dendrite arm fragments at the solid-liquid interface. Large and small bubbles effectively re-orient/re-distribute dendrite branches/arms/fragments at the solid liquid interface. Subsequent initiation of controlled directional solidification results in growth of dendrites having random orientations which significantly compromises the desired science.

Grugel, Richard N.↗
NASA NTRS2025

Simulations of Large-Scale Zero Boiloff, Densification, and Solidification of Hydrogen

An Integrated Refrigeration and Storage (IRAS) experimental system called the Ground Operations and Demonstration Unit for Liquid Hydrogen (GODU-LH2) demonstrated the ability store cryogens in a zero boiloff (ZBO) process, and to densify liquid hydrogen by reducing the temperature and pressure down to the triple point resulting in solidification. The incompressible Navier-Stokes was utilized to simulate ZBO, densification, and solidification of liquid hydrogen (LH2) in the IRAS tank. The simulations were performed using a commercially available Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) pressure-based mass and momentum flow model and an enthalpy-porosity energy model. Results demonstrated the simulation’s ability to predict time-dependent flow and temperature fields and solid-liquid phase locations for hydrogen during ZBO, densification, and solidification. The simulations showed good agreement with experimental data, with errors within acceptable ranges for temperature and pressure predictions, provided detailed insights into natural convection and solid-liquid phase change dynamics. These findings are critical for the design of future cryogenic fluid management systems.

Computational Fluid Dynamics↗
NASA NTRS1992

Terraced spreading of simple liquids on solid surfaces

We have studied the spreading of liquid drops on a solid surface by molecular-dynamics simulations of coexisting three-phase Lennard-Jones systems of liquid, vapor, and solid. We consider both spherically symmetric atoms and diatomic molecules, and a range of interaction strengths. As the attraction between liquid and solid increases we observe a smooth transition in spreading regimes, from partial to complete to terraced wetting. In the terraced case, where distinct monomolecular layers spread with different velocities, the layers are ordered but not solid, with substantial molecular diffusion both within and between layers. The quantitative behavior resembles recent experimental findings, but the detailed dynamics differ. In particular, the layers exhibit an unusual spreading law, where their radii vary in time as R-squared approximately equal to log10t, which disagrees with experiments on polymeric liquids as well as recent calculations.

Yang, Ju-Xing↗
NASA NTRS1964

Rocket-motor spin-test apparatus

Rocket motor spin test apparatus capable of subjecting solid rocket motors to dynamic spin or roll environments encountered in flight

FLIGHT TEST INSTRUMENT↗