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    Investigation of Propellant Sloshing and Zero Gravity Equilibrium for the Orion Service Module Propellant Tanks

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    2012-08-09
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    Bakkum, Amber
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    Physics; microgravity
    Abstract
    We study fluid slosh in the Orion Service Module propellant tanks. Resonant slosh frequencies were measured as a function of tank fill-fraction in a scaled model of the tanks. We carry out both computational and theoretical calculations of resonant slosh frequencies, and nd reasonable agreement between experiment and prediction. We measured fluid slosh in 2-g, 1-g, Martian gravity (1/3 g) and lunar gravity (1/6 g). Using the software FLOW-3D, we established free-surface configurations in zero gravity of both the model and the full scale Orion SM tank. In addition, we measured formation times of the equilibrium free surface configuration. FLOW-3D calculations suggest that the zero-g free surface configuration consists of two separated fluid volumes.
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