Balloon Design for Mars, Venus, and Titan Atmospheres
This paper studies the specifications of balloons for the exploration of bodies with different atmospheric conditions. Three types of balloons, i.e., zero-pressure, super-pressure, and over-pressurized, with four different shapes, i.e., sphere, oblate, prolate, and airship, were analysed. First, the...
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| description | This paper studies the specifications of balloons for the exploration of bodies with different atmospheric conditions. Three types of balloons, i.e., zero-pressure, super-pressure, and over-pressurized, with four different shapes, i.e., sphere, oblate, prolate, and airship, were analysed. First, the development of a simulation tool is described, which was used for analysing the behaviour of balloons for different exploration missions. Next, the developed software was verified by comparing its output with recorded data from a set of flights at the Esrange Space Center. Based on the simulation results, recommendations are given for different balloon types and shapes for operation on Mars, Venus, and Titan. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7da46f8e779d4cf3890602bb06978aea2023-11-19T23:29:19ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172020-05-01109320410.3390/app10093204Balloon Design for Mars, Venus, and Titan AtmospheresKanika Garg0Thomas Kuhn1Onboard Space Systems, Department of Computer Science, Electrical and Space Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, 981 28 Kiruna, SwedenAtmospheric Science, Department of Computer Science, Electrical and Space Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, 981 28 Kiruna, SwedenThis paper studies the specifications of balloons for the exploration of bodies with different atmospheric conditions. Three types of balloons, i.e., zero-pressure, super-pressure, and over-pressurized, with four different shapes, i.e., sphere, oblate, prolate, and airship, were analysed. First, the development of a simulation tool is described, which was used for analysing the behaviour of balloons for different exploration missions. Next, the developed software was verified by comparing its output with recorded data from a set of flights at the Esrange Space Center. Based on the simulation results, recommendations are given for different balloon types and shapes for operation on Mars, Venus, and Titan.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/9/3204balloonMarsVenusTitanzero-pressuresuper-pressure |
| spellingShingle | Kanika Garg Thomas Kuhn Balloon Design for Mars, Venus, and Titan Atmospheres Applied Sciences balloon Mars Venus Titan zero-pressure super-pressure |
| title | Balloon Design for Mars, Venus, and Titan Atmospheres |
| title_full | Balloon Design for Mars, Venus, and Titan Atmospheres |
| title_fullStr | Balloon Design for Mars, Venus, and Titan Atmospheres |
| title_full_unstemmed | Balloon Design for Mars, Venus, and Titan Atmospheres |
| title_short | Balloon Design for Mars, Venus, and Titan Atmospheres |
| title_sort | balloon design for mars venus and titan atmospheres |
| topic | balloon Mars Venus Titan zero-pressure super-pressure |
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