Three main causes of evaporation losses are tank breathing, air sweeping through tank, and air evolving from fuel; variables affecting evaporation losses; fuel characteristics and temperature, altitude pressure, and tank and flight conditions; equations derived to calculate losses at altitudes lower than boiling altitude by known initial fuel characteristics and known flight and tank conditions.


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    Title :

    Preboiling evaporation losses in aircraft fuel tanks


    Additional title:

    J Aeronautical Sciences


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1947


    Size :

    4 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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