Slosh dynamics
In fluid dynamics, slosh refers to the movement of liquid inside another object. Slosh is an important effect for spacecraft, ships, and some aircraft. Anti-slosh devices such as baffles are widely used in order to limit the adverse liquid slosh effect on partially-filled tank vehicles.
About Slosh dynamics in brief
In fluid dynamics, slosh refers to the movement of liquid inside another object. Slosh is an important effect for spacecraft, ships, and some aircraft. It was a factor in the Falcon 1 second test flight anomaly, and has been implicated in various other spacecraft anomalies, including a near-disaster with the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous satellite. Liquid sloshing strongly influences the directional dynamics and safety performance of highway tank vehicles in a highly adverse manner. Anti-slosh devices such as baffles are widely used in order to limit the adverse liquid slosh effect on directional performance and stability of partially-filled tank vehicles.
The Bloodhound 1,000mph project utilizes a specially-fuelled rocket that requires a liquid-baffled oxidizer tank to prevent slosh instability. The European Space Agency has advanced these investigations with the launch of SLOSHSAT. ULA has additional small-scale demonstrations of cryogenic fluid management are planned with project CRYOTE in 2012–2014 leading to a large-scale cryo-sat propellant depot test under the NASA flagship technology demonstrations program in 2015.
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