Self-pressurization and thermal stratification in a liquid hydrogen tank under varying gravity conditions

AIAA Paper

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 10844-10854

  Venkat, S ^a   Sherif, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; GRAVITATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL CONVECTION; OPTIMIZATION; PRESSURIZATION; SURFACE TENSION; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

LIQUID HYDROGEN STORAGE SYSTEM; REDUCED-GRAVITY CONDITIONS; SELF-PRESSURIZATION;

THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

EID: 2942735299     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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