The impulsive propellant reorientation process is modeled using the (Energy Calculations for Liquid Propellants in a Space Environment (ECLIPSE) code. A brief description of the process and the computational model is presented. Code validation is documented via comparison to experimentally derived data for small scale tanks. Predictions of reorientation performance are presented for two tanks designed for use in flight experiments and for a proposed full scale OTV tank. A new dimensionless parameter is developed to correlate reorientation performance in geometrically similar tanks. Its success is demonstrated.
Modeling of impulsive propellant reorientation
Aerospace Sciences Meeting ; 1989 ; Reno, NV, United States
1988-01-01
Conference paper
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English
Modeling of impulsive propellant reorientation
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