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A fabulous thread - thanks, CRG, for starting it, and thanks to all who posted. This topic is very "close to home" for me. I have a B.S. and Ph.D. in aerospace engineering, pursuing the latter because I honestly believed that a more advanced degree would improve my chances at...
monkeydog: Aerospace engineering is a defined major at many universities and the term "aerospace industry" is well-known. In my opinion, that defines the field fairly well. Is there any other definition?
BJC: Well, I had the feeling that civilian aerospace - commercial fixed-wing aircraft and...
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First, I just have to say... this is a great forum *thumbs up*. I've been on Eng-Tips (and Tek-Tips) for a while, but only now discovered this one - and it's been very useful in helping me plan some important future life/career steps. Hopefully the question I have now is...
Thanks for all your input, everyone - and thanks for your offer, Markkevin! I wound up finding a couple of unused pressure vessels in our institute. Incidentally, I work at a research institute in Germany; the vessels are to be used for a "quick-n-dirty attempt" at some results, and...
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I am hoping you can refer me to a manufacturer of a pressure vessel. I need a cylindrical pressure vessel made out of metal, between 5 and 7 inches inner diameter, between 12 and 18 inches tall, with detachable cover (of some sort), rated up to about 20 atmospheres. I do not...
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I'm having a hard time understanding something about the concept of vapor pressure. I've heard everywhere that VP is a function of temperature only. So let's say I have a liquid in a container and I know its vapor pressure plot - VP versus temperature. Is this info relative to any...
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I have a question concerning the design of a "bubbler", i.e., a vessel full of a liquid through which a gas is bubbled to pick up some liquid vapor. In my research, I have successfully used a two-stage bubbler system with nitrogen gas flowing through acetone liquid. I was...
Thanks for the insight, kenvlach! The matrix is bronze, and I am using it in a laboratory combustion setup (the flame gases pass through the matrix). A typical flow rate through the matrix is 15 sl/min. I don't have the equipment to perform the porosity measurements you suggest, but think I...
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This is my first time posting to this forum... I'm wondering if any of you can help me with a nagging question...
I have a flow of gases through a porous metal matrix with 12 micron pore size. As I understand it, this thing consists of small metal spheres that were bonded together...