Magnetic retention of LO2 in an accelerating environment

Magnetic Positive Positioning: Toward the application in space propulsion

“…3D ANSYS Fluent-based simulations have also been built by making use of User-Defined Functions [22,23]. Alternatively, the retention of LOX in an accelerating environment has been studied by implementing an additional magnetic energy term in the equilibrium model of Surface Evolver [24]. In all cases, the magnetic field generated by the source is computed or measured as a fixed external input.…”

“…Although this problem has been comprehensively studied since the Apollo era, its magnetic equivalent remains practically unexplored. Exceptions are the numerical works by Marchetta and coworkers [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25] or, more recently, by the authors [41].…”

“…Such ferrofluids were selected to approximate the linear magnetization curve of liquid oxygen for different magnetic field intensities. Subsequent publications presented refined numerical models and numerical results of technical relevance [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]. The axisymmetric and lateral sloshing of water-based ferrofluids was characterized in microgravity when subjected to an inhomogeneous magnetic field as part of the ESA Drop Your Thesis!…”