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The flow structure in vicinity of the adjacent solid baffles (width b 0 / R 0 = 0,2) when Re = 920: 1-stagnant zones;2-circuit; 3-area of influence on the baffle edge for quasi-solid; 4-tank wall
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Purpose. Research of hydrodynamic mechanism of internal fuel flows in the spacecraft tanks with internal baffles for effective control. Methodology and approach. In the paper it is shown experimental and numerical simulation results of internal fuel flows in the spacecraft tanks with internal baffles, moving on the Earth's orbit. The structure of n...
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... a basic accepted baffle width b = 0,2 • R, adjacent to the tank walls [4]. A more detailed evaluation of the wake structure behind the adjacent wall, a schematic representation of which is shown in fig.3, the characteristic size of the circulation areas: the partition length l and the width b 1 , and b 2 the width of the inner edge of the baffle effect on space flow [5] . ...
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The proposed material presents the results of experimental and theoretical studies of the hydrodynamic mechanism for the development of secondary circulating flows in spherical geometry tanks as applied to the tasks of ensuring flight stability and effective controllability of a spacecraft at near-Earth orbit. It has been established that secondary flows arising in the reservoir meridional planes have the form of circulations (one or several) and are capable to influence the distribution of velocity vector components—azimuthal, radial, and meridional.
