Modeling of the operation of the VTRE propellant management device

38th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Collicott, Steven H ^a   Weislogel, Mark M ^b  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; ORBITS; PROPELLANTS; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

CAPILLARY INTERFACES; COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE; ON-ORBIT TESTING; PROPELLANT MANAGEMENT DEVICES; QUANTITATIVE RESULT; SPACECRAFT DESIGN; SURFACE EVOLVER; SURFACE EVOLVER CODE;

SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

EID: 85088722232     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2002-4140     Document Type: Conference Paper

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