Project №26-12Capstone

Microgravity Fluid Behavior Simulation

An aerospace engineering effort needed to understand how water behaves during storage, transfer, docking, and sloshing in microgravity, and to produce usable evidence for future design. Built and validated an OpenFOAM computational simulation to test fluid behavior and document findings.

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Microgravity Fluid Behavior Simulation
Brief

Determine how water behaves during storage, transfer, docking, and sloshing in microgravity and produce usable engineering evidence for future design.

Approach

Built and validated an OpenFOAM computational simulation, testing fluid behavior under microgravity conditions and documenting findings and future refinement needs.

Outcome

Validated OpenFOAM simulation of microgravity fluid behavior, with documented findings and a refinement roadmap delivered to the engineering team.

OpenFOAM
Validated CFD simulation
4 behaviors
Storage · transfer · docking · sloshing
Documented
Findings + refinement roadmap