Experimental setup building and test for a drop tower

Abstract

This document presents an experiment that will be carried out in the ZARM's drop tower. It has been developed at the Microgravity Laboratory located at the School of Telecommunications and Aerospace Engineering of Castelldefels. Following the research line of the laboratory, the experiment aims to study the feasibility of using acoustic waves to manage boiling processes under microgravity conditions. The tasks shown in this work are the ones that I have carried out during the development of the project. My responsibility within this experiment has been to perform tasks as diverse as the definition of the requirements, the selection and distribution of the devices and elements that make it up, the design and manufacture of the electronics that were necessary for its correct performance, a proposal of the structural design and finally, make some validations. Although all the parts of the experiment are not still joined, the steps to follow in order to successfully complete its assembly and to guarantee the desired results are included in this memory. Finally, a series of discussions on the obtained results are included that wil