Development and Implementation of the SPHERES-Slosh Experiment

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Hayhurst, Dustin Luke
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
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Alvar Saenz-Otero.
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Abstract
Understanding fluid slosh in a microgravity environment has the potential to make liquid-fueled spacecraft more effective. The SPHERES-Slosh Experiment gathers benchmarking data that can be used to validate computational fluid dynamics models for microgravity environments. This thesis discusses the design of the SSE hardware and the control theory used on the International Space Station during test sessions. This thesis proposes future control theory and design work.
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Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2014.
 
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. "June 2014." "This material is declared a work of the United States Government and is not subject to copyright protection in the United States."
 
Includes bibliographical references (pages 101-102).
 
Date issued
2014
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/90668
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Keywords
Aeronautics and Astronautics.
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