In this experiment, thermal time constant measurements were taken from a system consisting of a heater, He gas, and a sensitive, low temperature resistance thermometer. The resistance thermometer [3] was made of a Ge film deposited on a GaAs substrate. The data from this experiment will be used to design a mass measurement system for hydrogen storage tanks in micro-gravity environments. INTRODU...

Electric vehicles are considered as technology which can significantly reduce the problems related to road transport such as increasing GHG emissions, air pollutions and energy import dependency. The core objective of this paper is to analyze the current energetic, ecological and economic characteristics of different types of electric vehicles. The major conclusions of this analysis are: The hi...

NASA researchers were tasked to study the potential for radio signals to excite an aircraft fuel quantity indication system (FQIS) enough to cause arcing, sparking or excessive heating within a fuel tank. Computational techniques were used to determine the threat from external high intensity radiated field (HIRF) transmitters nearby, like shipboard and airborne RADAR systems. Experimental metho...

This paper presents a Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy model-based controller which stabilizes the attitude of spacecraft with a partially-filled fuel tank. First, the nonlinear equations of motion of spacecraft containing a liquid fuel store is presented briefly. Then, the fuzzy modeling and the parallel distributed compensation control technique are applied. The proposed fuzzy controller is a nonlinear co...

Environmental effects and hazards in combustion ....................................................................................... 1 Fire safety. Protection and remediation .................................................................................................... 2 Fire safety education .................................................................................................

Environmental effects and hazards in combustion ....................................................................................... 1 Fire safety. Protection and remediation .................................................................................................... 2 Fire safety education .................................................................................................

With a compliant structure and excellent bending properties, continuum robot has hyper-redundant degrees of freedom, and can be used in space-constrained environments as the aircraft fuel tank. Therefore, a continuum robot is designed to help crews inspect aircraft fuel tanks, which can improve maintenance efficiency and reduce the intensity of crews. According to the requirements of aircraft f...

On-Board Diagnostics (OBD) regulations require that the fuel system in personal vehicles must be supervised for leakages. Legislative requirement on the smallest leakage size that has to be detected is decreasing and at the same time the requirement on number of leakage checks are increasing. A consequence is that detection must be performed under more and more diverse operating conditions. Thi...

Present off-highway vehicle market demands low cost and light weight component to meet the NVH, Durability and need of cost effective vehicle with fuel efficient. This in turn gives the rise to more effective use of materials for vehicle parts which can reduce the overall weight with enhanced utility of vehicle for various applications. This paper briefs about how topology optimization techniqu...