Asymmetric propellant positions in symmetric tanks and vanes

39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Collicott, Steven H ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE CONTROL; CAPILLARY FLOW; CONTACT ANGLE; FILLING; LIQUID PROPELLANTS; LIQUIDS; ORBITS; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

ASYMMETRIC INTERFACE; CAPILLARY FLUIDS; EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH; LIQUID-VAPOR INTERFACE; PROPELLANT MANAGEMENT DEVICES; SATELLITE ATTITUDE CONTROL; SLOSH FREQUENCIES; SYMMETRIC SOLUTION;

SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

EID: 85088724278     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2003-4892     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (15)

1. J. R. Rollins, R. K. Grove, and D. E. Jeakle, Jr. Twenty-three years of surface tension propellant management system design, development, manufacture, test, and operation. In AIAA 21st Joint Propulsion Conference, 1985. AIAA paper number AIAA-85-1199.
2. D. E. Jaekle, Jr. Propellant management device conceptual design and analysis-Vanes. In 27th AIA A/A SME/SA E/A SEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Sacramento, CA, July 1991. AIAA-91-2172.
3. Steven H. Collicott, Robert L. Bayt, and Scott D. Courtney. Ullage bubble stability in the Gravity Probe-B helium tank. In 30th AIAA Joint Propuslion Conference, Indianapolis, IN, June 1994. AIAA paper number AIAA-94-3026.
4. Robert L. Bayt and Steven H. Collicott. Effects of an elliptic end-cap on the ullage bubble stability in the Gravity Probe-B satellite. In 34th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV, January 1996. AIAA-96-0596.
5. P. Concus, R. Finn, and M. M. Weislogel. Capillary surfaces in an exotic container: results from space experiments. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 394: 119-135, 1999.
6. R. Finn and R. W. Neel. C-singular solutions of the capillary problem. Journal fur die Reine und Angewandte Mathematik, 512: 1-25, 1999.
7. J. Tegart. A vane-type propellant management device. In 33rd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Seattle, WA, July 1997. AIAA-97-3028.
8. S. H. Collicott and M. M. Weislogel. Modeling the operation of the VTRE propellant management device. In 38th AIAA Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, July 2002. AIAA-2002-4140.
9. K. A. Brakke. The Surface Evolver. Experimental Mathematics, 1(2): 141-165, 1992.
10. K. A. Brakke. Surface Evolver. Surface Evolver manual and code available at http://www. susqu. edu/facstaff/b/brakke.
11. S. H. Collicott and M. M. Weislogel. Computing existence and stability of capillary surfaces using surface evolver. Accepted by AIAA Journal, July 2003.
12. S. H. Collicott and M. M. Weislogel. Corner radius effects on capillary instability in tank geometries. In 37th AIAA Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, Salt Lake City, UT, July 2001. AIAA-2002=1-3824.
13. Y. Chen and S. H. Collicott. Investigation of the wetting behavior of a vane-wall gap in propellant tanks. In 38th AIAA Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, July 2002. AIAA-2002-3986.
14. S. H. Collicott. Convergence behavior of Surface Evolver applied to a generic propellant management device. In 37th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV, 1999. AIAA-99-0846, also in press at Journal of Propulsion and Power, expected June 2001.
15. J. Ambrose, B. Yendler, and S. H. Collicott. Modeling to evaluate a spacecraft propellant gauging system. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 372333435, Nov-Dec 2000.