Collapse of large vapor bubbles
Abstract
The refilling of propellant tanks while in a low-gravity environment requires that entrapped vapor bubbles be collapsed by increasing the system pressure. Tests were performed to verify the mechanism of collapse for these large vapor bubbles with the thermodynamic conditions, geometry, and boundary conditions being those applicable to propellant storage systems. For these conditions it was found that conduction heat transfer determined the collapse rate, with the specific bubble geometry having a significant influence.
- Publication:
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2d International Colloquium on Drops and Bubbles
- Pub Date:
- March 1982
- Bibcode:
- 1982drbu.coll..187T
- Keywords:
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- Bubbles;
- Propellant Tanks;
- Reduced Gravity;
- Conductive Heat Transfer;
- Experimentation;
- Rocket Propellants;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer