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Liquid rocket propellants in weightlessness are positioned in the propellant tanks by wicking. This paper describes surprisingly common situations for which customary assumptions about symmetry of the geometry fail to produce the proper results for predicting propellant positions.

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This page is a summary of: Asymmetric Propellant Positioning in Symmetric Tanks and Propellant Management Devices, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, October 2021, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA),
DOI: 10.2514/1.a35095.
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