Propellants for space vehicles were gaged by various techniques and instruments, none of which was satisfactory; General Dynamics/Astronautics established feasibility of using RF technique to measure quantity of remaining liquid propellant; technique is based on 2 characteristics of propellant tankage, shape of tank and dielectric properties of propellant; analyses performed on cylindrical and spherical propellant tanks to establish basis for selection of proper mode (electric and magnetic field configurations) of operation of cavity; results of measurements verified predictions and established feasibility of technique.


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    Title :

    Propellant gaging utilizing radio frequency techniques


    Additional title:

    SAE -- Paper


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    SAE Meeting ; 1964 Propellants



    Publication date :

    1964


    Size :

    12 pages


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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