Space shuttle propellant dynamics during ET/Orbiter separation in the RTLS (return to launch site) mission abort sequence were investigated in a test program conducted in the NASA KC-135 "Zero G" aircraft using a 1/10th-scale model of the ET LOX Tank. Low-g parabolas were flown from which thirty tests were selected for evaluation. Data on the nature of low-g propellant reorientation in the ET LOX tank, and measurements of the forces exerted on the tank by the moving propellent will provide a basis for correlation with an analytical model of the slosh phenomenon.


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    Title :

    Analysis and test for space shuttle propellant dynamics (1/10th scale model test results). Volume 1: Technical discussion


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    Publication date :

    1979-05-01


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English