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Acoustic Control of a Fluid in Microgravity
1999 NASA Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities Program |
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Acoustic Control of a Fluid in Microgravity
1999 NASA Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities Program |
This is the webpage for one of Georgia Tech NASA Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities Program project teams. Our experiment, entitled "Acoustic Control of a Fluid in Microgravity," proposes to study the acoustic control of liquids in a microgravity environment by examining the effect of acoustic fields on the position and movement of water. More information about our team and our experiment can be found by following the links to the left.
Georgia Tech also has another microgravity team, with an experiment entitled "Acoustic Shaping in Microgravity." Their webpage contains more information about their work.
In March 1999, both teams traveled to Houston, Texas to fly their experiments aboard NASA's KC-135 aircraft. This airplane, nicknamed the "Vomit Comet," provides researchers with approximately 25-second long periods of weightlessness. It is operated by NASA's Johnson Space Center and flown out of Ellington Field. The RGSFO program is sponsored by NASA and administered by the Texas Space Grant Consortium, and provides undergraduate students with an opportunity to propose, design, fabricate, fly and assess a reduced-gravity experiment of their choice. The experience includes scientific scholarship, hands-on test operations and education/outreach activities.