BASIC APPLIED RESEARCH IN FLUID POWER CONTROL.

Abstract

The report presents technical results and describes progress in several phases of continuing applied research and development related to the design and development of high-performance fluid control devices for advanced aerospace systems. Emphasis continues to be placed on pneumatic components and systems which are capable of performing, with high reliability, over wide ranges of temperature and in the presence of intense radiation. The report describes current work dealing with a pulselength modulated gas servo, the dynamics of fluid jet modulators, fluid jet modulation by electric spark discharge, electrostatic fluid jet modulation, vortex valve characteristics, jet-pipe inlet coupling, the transmission characteristics of flexible fluid-carrying tubes, and a bi-fluid pneumatic transformer. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0625729

Entities

People

  • D. N. Wormley
  • H. H. Richardson
  • R. J. Gurski
  • S. -y. Lee
  • S. E. Goldstein

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Contracts
  • Couplings
  • Dynamics
  • Fluid Control
  • High Reliability
  • Modulation
  • Modulators
  • Radiation
  • Reliability

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electronics Engineering
  • Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) Technology.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster