Capillary wetting analysis of the CFE-Vane gap geometry

46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Chen, Yongkang ^a   Jenson, Ryan M ^a   Weislogel, Mark M ^a   Collicott, Steven H ^b  

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

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS (CONTAINERS); GEOMETRY; SPACE STATIONS;

CAPILLARY SURFACE; CAPILLARY WETTING; CYLINDRICAL CONTAINERS; ELLIPTIC CROSS-SECTIONS; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONS; LARGE LENGTH-SCALE; WETTING CONDITIONS; WETTING PHENOMENON;

WETTING;

EID: 77950468401     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2008-817     Document Type: Conference Paper

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