This project involves the integration of a small vacuum chamber (SVaC) facility and the analysis of planned microflow experiments. A steel table structure to support the base-well, the bell jar, the hoist, and associated equipment is designed and fabricated for a maximum load of 544 kg and a 1-mm maximum deflection of its top surface. Flow analysis is performed for nitrogen supplied from a 7.6-7,600 Torr reservoir through a 1-100 micron-diameter orifice into the 10-5-10-2 Torr bell-jar connected to the SVaC's diffusion pump.

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Creator

• Del Vecchio, Anthony Joseph
• Loomis, Lawrence Everett

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042309-123038

Advisor

• Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.

Year

• 2009

Date created

• 2009-04-23

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Aerospace Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright