Estimating zero-g flow rates in open channels having capillary pumping vanes

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 389-417

  Srinivasan, Radhakrishnan ^a  

^a IBM INDIA RESEARCH LAB   (India)

Author keywords

Capillary pumping vanes; Propellant flow rates; Semi analytical solution; Stokes flow; Zero g

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CAPILLARITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FUEL TANKS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SATELLITES; SURFACE TENSION;

PROPELLANT-GAS INTERFACE;

CHANNEL FLOW;

CHANNEL FLOW; OPEN CHANNEL; PROPELLANT; STOKES FLOW; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 0037429169     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.446     Document Type: Article

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