Example impact of nonuniform acceleration fields on liquids in spacecraft

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 725-727

  Collicott, Steven H ^a,b,c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; LIQUID PROPELLANTS; SPACECRAFT; SURFACE TENSION;

GRAVITY GRADIENT EFFECTS; MASS DENSITY; PROPELLANT MANAGEMENT DEVICES; SCALING ANALYSIS;

ACCELERATION;

EID: 34547326037     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.28561     Document Type: Article

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