Re: Fw: tank slosh baffle comment

Russell McMahon wrote:
  > What about making such baffles from a moderately extensible (ie 
"stretchy")
> material

No, stretchy is likely to be bad. It's more likely to oscillate.

> or even one with SOME ability to pass fluid such that energy is
> dissipated in the process and/or you get damping?

Might work. Would tend to reduce the useable propellent fraction though; 
the propellent will tend to cling.

> Such a system could
> (perhaps) be both lighter weight and more effective than rigid baffles. The
> potential for gas entrainmentn (frothing) of the fluid may need to be
> considered. A really sophisticated version could attempt dynamic damping,

That's usually called 'thrust vectoring' isn't it?

>         Russell McMahon