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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"cryogenic thermal conduction switch"”.
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Design, Fabrication And Testing Of A Shape Memory Alloy Based Cryogenic Thermal Conduction Switch
… of this work is to develop an SMA based cryogenic thermal conduction switch for operation between dewars of liquid methane and liquid oxygen in a common bulk head arrangement for NASA. The design of the thermal conduction switch is based on a biased, two-way SMA actuator and utilizes a …
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Cryogenic Shape Memory Alloy Actuators For Spaceport Technologies: Materials Characterization And Prototype Testing
… work is the further development and testing of a cryogenic thermal conduction switch as part of NASA funded projects. The switch was developed to provide a variable conductive pathway between liquid methane and liquid oxygen dewars in order to passively regulate the methane temperature. …
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Commissioning Of An Arc-melting/vacuum Quench Furnace Facility For Fabrication Of Ni-ti-fe Shape Memory Alloys, And The Characterization
… memory alloys in order for them to be used in cryogenic switches, seals, valves, fluid-line repair and self-healing gaskets for space related technologies. The Ni-Ti-Fe alloy system, previously used in Grumman F-14 aircrafts and activated at 120 K, is further developed through arc-melting a …