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Attitude-Adjustment-Induced Sloshing Characteristics in a Satellite Propellant Tank

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 May 2012

A.-S. Yang
A.-S. Yang*
Affiliation:
Department of Energy and Refrigerating Air-Conditioning Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan 10608, R.O.C.
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*Corresponding author (asyang@ntut.edu.tw)
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Abstract

The fluid sloshing behavior in a propellant tank is a major concern for the control and stabilization of a spacecraft. This research aims to investigate the attitude-adjustment-induced sloshing phenomenon in a satellite propellant tank under microgravities. In the analysis, the complicated interfacial flow was simulated using the transient three-dimensional conservation equations of mass and momentum with treatment of the surface tension effect at the interface boundary by the continuum surface force (CSF) model. The volume-of-fluid (VOF) method in conjunction with the piecewise linear interface construction (PLIC) technique was also utilized to describe the fluid interface motions. Computations were performed to simulate the sloshing process in the FORMOSAT-2 propellant tank for determining the impact disturbance properties generated during the pitch maneuver. Because the predicted disturbance moments were well below the design control moments, the attitude-adjustment-induced sloshing effect would not cause any performance deterioration for satisfactory attitude modification of the satellite.

Keywords

Sloshing flowLiquid-gas interfaceSurface tension
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Journal of Mechanics , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , June 2012 , pp. 261 - 268
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Copyright © The Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, R.O.C. 2012

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