Print Email Facebook Twitter Icy moon plume simulator chamber Title Icy moon plume simulator chamber: The design of a laboratory recreation of an icy moon plume Author Becx, Tom (TU Delft Aerospace Engineering) Contributor Cazaux, Stephanie (mentor) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Programme Aerospace Engineering | Space Flight Date 2019-02-21 Abstract Since the discovery of plumes on Saturn's icy moon Enceladus' southern pole by Cassini in 2005, these phenomena have been observed and simulated by computer models. This study takes a next step in icy-moon plume research and proposes a design for a laboratory set-up that recreates such a plume here on Earth. This set-up consists of a cylindrical ice-block with a crevasse reaching from the top to the reservoir of liquid water at the bottom, tailored such that a hypersonic plume will form when placed in a vacuum chamber. This laboratory set-up can for example assist in proving current hypotheses on the plumes’ mechanism, subsurface ocean content, grain growth, organic macromolecular material origin, serve as a test ground for future landers and much more. Subject Enceladusicy moonplumesimulatorvacuum chambergeyserwatericeoceanorganic To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:f1742769-f281-4de6-acd6-23a3c73694a5 Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights © 2019 Tom Becx Files PDF Icy_Moon_Plume_Simulator_ ... essed_.pdf 2.64 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:f1742769-f281-4de6-acd6-23a3c73694a5/datastream/OBJ/view