GOVERNMENT-INDUSTRY CONFERENCE ON MERCURY CONDENSING APRIL 18, 1961, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA

Abstract

Contents: Mercury Condenser Research and Development, by A. Koestel and J. J. Reinmann Pressure Drop in Two-Phase Flow, by C. Baroczy and J. Sells Snap-8 Radiator Development, by J. R. Payne Summary of Mercury Condensing Work, by J. Neustein and L. Hays Aeronatucal Systems Division Programs in Mercury Condensing, by Lloyd M. HedgepethAD270 8839N1 AD-270 884Div. 10, 9U (TISTA/SEB) OTS price $1.00 National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, D. C. SOME STUDIES OF LIQUID ROTATION AND VORTEXING IN ROCKET PROPELLANT TANKS, by H. Norman Abramson, Wen-Hwa Chu and others. Jan 62, 35p. incl. illus. 16 refs. (NASA Technical note D-1212) (In cooperation with Southwest Research Inst., San Antonio, tex.) Unclassified reportAlso available from NASA, Wash. 25, D. C., as NASA Technical note D-1212. DESCRIPTORS: (*Liquid rocket propellants in *Propellant tanks, Motion, Rotation, Vortices, Dynamics, Drainage, Fluid flow, Test, Theory.) (Fuel tanks, Configuration, Design.) Identifiers: Sloshing. Experimental and theoretical studies were performed on vortex formation while draining fluid from cylindrical tanks, and related liquid dynamic behavior. The experimental studies are largely visual, through motion picture films, but even so reveal many interesting details of vortex formation and behavior, and also include some data on time required for draining with various fluids, tank bottom shapes, and slosh and vortex suppression devices. An analytical study of vortex formation in cylindrical tanks is also presented in an attempt to understand and delineate better the flow mechanisms involved. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0270883

Entities

Organizations

  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Flow
  • Fluid Flow
  • Fuel Tanks
  • Liquid Rocket Propellants
  • Motion Picture Film
  • Motion Pictures
  • Propellant Tanks
  • Propellants
  • Rocket Propellants
  • Rotation
  • Two Phase Flow

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Petroleum Engineering
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Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster
  • Space - Orbital Debris