Liquid-vapor interface fluctuations induced by gravity gradient and jitter accelerations in microgravity

摘要

The dynamical behavior of fluids affected by the asymmetric combined gravity gradient and jitter accelerations, in particular the capillary effect governed surface tension on partially-filled rotating fluids with an example applicable to a full-scale Gravity Probe-B Spacecraft dewar tank have been investigated. Three different cases of accelerations, one with gravity gradient-dominated, one with equally weighted between gravity gradient and jitter, and the others with gravity jitter-dominated accelerations are studied.