Capillary rewetting of vaned containers: Spacecraft tank rewetting following thrust resettling

AIAA Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2551-2561

  Weislogel, M M ^a,c   Collicott, S H ^b,c  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTACT ANGLE; FUEL TANKS; LIQUID FUELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROPELLANTS; SURFACE TENSION;

CAPILLARY REWETTING; PROPELLANT-MANAGEMENT DEVICES (PMD); THERMAL CONTROL; VANED CONTAINERS;

CAPILLARY FLOW;

EID: 10944272123     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.3394     Document Type: Article

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