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eppur_se_muova

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5. Sloshing was a big deal in early liquid-fuel rocket design.

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Sat Mar 16, 2019, 09:35 PM

Mar 2019

Baffles in the fuel and LOX tanks help prevent the buildup of resonances excited by the vibration of launch. Seems to be routine design now.

Oh, and if the engine is one that needs to restart, you gotta do something about where that fuel sloshes in zero-g ...

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A nice little open sourced paper on "Sloshing." [View all] NNadir Mar 2019 OP

Check your first character there in subject line mate :) mr_lebowski Mar 2019 #1

Thanks. Done. NNadir Mar 2019 #2

I never knew about liquid lead as a coolant for nuclear reactors. keithbvadu2 Mar 2019 #3

It is generally utilized as "LBE" - lead bismuth eutectic. It was used mostly in Soviet era... NNadir Mar 2019 #4

Thanks. More theory than I know but I catch the generics of your explanation. keithbvadu2 Mar 2019 #6

Sloshing was a big deal in early liquid-fuel rocket design. eppur_se_muova Mar 2019 #5

Yes, I saw that mentioned in the paper. I never thought much about it before now. NNadir Mar 2019 #7