Capillary fluid loop developments in Astrium

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 9 SPEC., 2003, Pages 1085-1098

  Figus, C ^a   Ounougha, L ^a   Bonzom, P ^a   Supper, W ^a,b   Puillet, C ^a,c  

^a AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c CNES   (France)

Author keywords

Capillary; Dissipation; Fluid; Loop; Space; Thermal

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; EVAPORATORS; FLUIDS; SPACECRAFT;

FLUID LOOP;

HEAT LOSSES;

EID: 0038219680     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-4311(03)00038-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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