NASA Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports

development of a new performance-based and compliance-certifiable package as a candidate for replacement of the
obsolescent DOT 6M/6L specification package.
NTIS
Fissionable Materials; Radioactive Materials; Transportation
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SPACE PROCESSING
Includes space-based development of materials, compounds, and processes for research or commercial application. Also includes the
development of materials and compounds in simulated reduced-gravity environments. For legal aspects of space commercialization see
84 Law, Political Science and Space Policy.
20040111383 NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH, USA
Mission Success for Combustion Science
Weiland, Karen J.; [2004]; 8 pp.; In English; Payload Safety and Mission Success Conference 2004, 19-22 Apr. 2004, Cape
Canaveral, FL, USA
Contract(s)/Grant(s): 22-101-42-02; No Copyright; Avail: CASI; A02, Hardcopy
This presentation describes how mission success for combustion experiments has been obtained in previous spaceflight
experiments and how it will be obtained for future International Space Station (ISS) experiments. The fluids and combustion
facility is a payload planned for the ISS. It is composed of two racks: the fluids Integrated rack and the Combustion INtegrated
Rack (CIR). Requirements for the CIR were obtained from a set of combustion basis experiments that served as surrogates
for later experiments. The process for experiments that fly on the ISS includes proposal selection, requirements and success
criteria definition, science and engineering reviews, mission operations, and postflight operations. By following this process,
the microgravity combustion science program has attained success in 41 out of 42 experiments.
Author
Combustion Chambers; International Space Station; Spaceborne Experiments
20040111386 NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH, USA
An Overview of the NIRA 2003 Vibratory Analysis
Hughes, Bill; Larko, Jeff; Hewston, Alan; Yu, Albert; McNelis, Jark; [2004]; 53 pp.; In English; JAXA/NASAnternation
Space Station (ISS)Microgravity TIM, 1-4 Mar. 2004, Tsukuba, Japan
Contract(s)/Grant(s): WBS 546-00-10; No Copyright; Avail: CASI; A04, Hardcopy
The results of GRC’s recently completed ‘NIRA (Non-Isolated Rack Assessment) 2003’ analysis are reported. The NIRA
2003 analysis is a major deliverable that predicts the microgravity environment for non-isolated rack and external payloads
for the entire ISS. The results are used by both US and international partners to evaluate their scientific experiments under this
predicted low-level vibration environment. This presentation provides insight as to how specific disturbers in the JAXA ISS
modules affect the other ISS modules and how the rest of the ISS affects the JAXA ISS modules.
Derived from text
Payloads; Vibration; International Space Station; Spaceborne Experiments
20040111957 NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH, USA
Design of a Microgravity Spray Cooling Experiment
Baysinger, Kerri M.; Yerkes, Kirk L.; Michalak, Travis E.; Harris, Richard J.; McQuillen, John; [2004]; 12 pp.; In English;
42nd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Conference and Exhibit, 5-8 Jan. 2004, Reno, NV, USA
Contract(s)/Grant(s): 22-101-53-01
Report No.(s): AIAA Paper 2004-0966; Copyright; Avail: CASI; A03, Hardcopy
An analytical and experimental study was conducted for the application of spray cooling in a microgravity and high-g
environment. Experiments were carried out aboard the NASA KC-135 reduced gravity aircraft, which provided the
microgravity and high-g environments. In reduced gravity, surface tension flow was observed around the spray nozzle, due
to unconstrained liquid in the test chamber and flow reversal at the heat source. A transient analytical model was developed
to predict the temperature and the spray heat transfer coefficient within the heated region. Comparison of the experimental
transient temperature variation with analytical results showed good agreement for low heat input values. The transient analysis
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