Study of wetting in an asymmetrical vane-wall gap in propellant tanks

AIAA Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 859-867

  Chen, Yongkang ^a,b,c,d   Collicott, Steven H ^a,b,d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Purdue University   (United States)

^c Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL COMPUTATIONS; OBLIQUITY ANGLE; SURFACE EVOLVER; VANE THICKNESS;

CAPILLARITY; CONTACT ANGLE; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROPELLANTS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); VANE PUMPS;

WETTING;

EID: 33646400024     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.15729     Document Type: Article

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