2019 Elijah High Altitude Balloon Payload: Electronic Failure at Altitude, Applications of Turbulence and Sonification of Data

Authors

  • Nicholas McWilliam Hennigan Milwaukee School of Engineering
  • Chance Beaty Carthage College
  • Eileen Endres Milwaukee School of Engineering
  • Daniel Schuler Milwaukee School of Engineering
  • D'Amoure Washburn Milwaukee School of Engineering
  • Katherine Wolfgramm Milwaukee School of Engineering

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17307/wsc.v1i1.305

Keywords:

Green Energy, Renewable Energy, Sound, Music Theory, Turbulence, Electronics, vacuum, ionization energy, radiation, Corona,

Abstract


The 2019 WSGC Elijah High-Altitude Balloon Payload Fellowship focused on 4 high-altitude phenomena: Modular Payload Design, Applications of Air Turbulence (power generation and visualization), Electronic Behavior at Altitude, and Sonification of Atmospheric Data. Modular payload design focused on user-accessibility by creating friction-reducing rings in-between insulation and the instrumentation capsule. Height-adjustable, modular shelving was also constructed. Turbulence and Electronics project both suffered data loss during flight. However, post-flight lab analysis showed the power generation apparatus produced 96J – 120J and turbulence visualization’s potential to assist in calculating Eddie dissipation rates. Additionally, Electronic Behavior observed corona discharges across large electrical gaps near-vacuum pressures. Sonification of Data used computer algorithms to transcribe data relationships into music. The intent was to allow users to perceive data relationships and patterns aurally.

Author Biographies

Nicholas McWilliam Hennigan, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Chance Beaty, Carthage College

Physics

Eileen Endres, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Daniel Schuler, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

D'Amoure Washburn, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Katherine Wolfgramm, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

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Published

2020-03-16

How to Cite

Hennigan, N. M., Beaty, C., Endres, E., Schuler, D., Washburn, D., & Wolfgramm, K. (2020). 2019 Elijah High Altitude Balloon Payload: Electronic Failure at Altitude, Applications of Turbulence and Sonification of Data. Proceedings of the Wisconsin Space Conference, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.17307/wsc.v1i1.305

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Physics and Engineering