Propellant management in space
| When: | Tuesday, 16 February 2016 - Tuesday, 16 February 2016 |
| Where: | Braamfontein Campus East SWE 118, South West Engineering Building |
| Start time: | 13:15 |
Dr Phillip Behruzi, senior expert and team leader: Fluid Mechanics in Thermal Engineering at Airbus Defence and Space, will deliver this lecture.
This lecture, hosted by the National Aerospace Centre and the School of Mechanical, Industrial and Aeronautical Engineering at Wits will cover aspects such as:
- Propellant management in spacecraft tanks;
- Propellant behaviour during thrust phases as well as ballistic flight phases;
- Liquid sloshing in spacecraft tanks; tools and models and their limitations;
- Cooperation with South Africa and next steps and;
- Behaviour of cryogenic propellants in spacecraft tanks.
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