Free Surface Flows under Compensated Gravity Conditions

• Main Author: Dreyer, Michael E. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Series: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics, 221
• Subjects: Physics.; Continuum physics.; Space sciences.; Condensed matter.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Classical Continuum Physics.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.

This book considers the behavior of fluids in a low-gravity environment with special emphasis on application in PMD (propellant management device) systems . In the compensated gravity environment of a spacecraft, the hydrostatic pressure decreases to very low values depending on the residual acceler...