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Jacobs, M.

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Experiments on plasma arcs at a water–air interface

An exploding water plasma experiment at UCLA investigated the expansion and morphology of a fireball with and without an external magnetic field. Diagnostics include photographs and movies (which may be downloaded) acquired with a framing camera, magnetic probes, and visible light spectra. The expansion and internal magnetic fields are very different from the unmagnetized case when a magnetic field of order 300G is applied along the expansion axis. Visible light spectra are brighter and additional lines are seen in the presence of the magnetic field. The experiment can serve as a platform for studies of interfacial mixing and possibly shed light on very different processes such as laser target physics.

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY↗
NASA NTRS1992

Engine system assessment study using Martian propellants

A feasibility study was performed that identified and characterized promising chemical propulsion system designs that utilize two or more of the propellant combinations: LOX/H2, LOX/CH4 and LOX/CO. The engine systems examined focused on the usage of common subsystem/component hardware where feasible. From the evaluation baseline employed, tripropellant MTV LOX cooled and bipropellant LEV and MEV engine systems are identified.

Pelaccio, D.↗
NASA NTRS1973

Helium-cold induced hypothermia in the white rat.

Hypothermia was induced in white rats by exposing them to low ambient temperatures (about 0 C) and a gaseous atmosphere of 80% helium and 20% oxygen (helox). Biological survival, in which revival from hypothermia to normothermia is achieved, and clinical survival, in which one or more functional attributes are monitored in the hypothermic animal until it dies, are examined. The helium-cold method appears to produce a hypothermic state in the rat quite similar to that resulting from such techniques as ice water immersion or hypercapnia + hypoxia. There is a direct relationship between body weight and percent survival. Despite the fact that they require a longer period to become hypothermic, the heavier animals are better able to survive.

Musacchia, X. J.↗