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    This document discusses fuel levels in a spherical tank and provides solutions to related problems. It begins by describing how liquid fuel will settle in a spherical tank based on gravity. It then presents three problems: 1) deriving the radius formula for vertically stacked disks of liquid, 2) setting up and solving the integral for total liquid volume, and 3) deriving an equation to model how the liquid height changes over time as fuel is withdrawn. The document provides detailed solutions to each problem and graphs the height over time for a specific example.

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    This document discusses fuel levels in a spherical tank and provides solutions to related problems. It begins by describing how liquid fuel will settle in a spherical tank based on gravity. It then presents three problems: 1) deriving the radius formula for vertically stacked disks of liquid, 2) setting up and solving the integral for total liquid volume, and 3) deriving an equation to model how the liquid height changes over time as fuel is withdrawn. The document provides detailed solutions to each problem and graphs the height over time for a specific example.

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    This document discusses fuel levels in a spherical tank and provides solutions to related problems. It begins by describing how liquid fuel will settle in a spherical tank based on gravity. It then presents three problems: 1) deriving the radius formula for vertically stacked disks of liquid, 2) setting up and solving the integral for total liquid volume, and 3) deriving an equation to model how the liquid height changes over time as fuel is withdrawn. The document provides detailed solutions to each problem and graphs the height over time for a specific example.

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    Spherical Tank Volume Calculation

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    This document discusses fuel levels in a spherical tank and provides solutions to related problems. It begins by describing how liquid fuel will settle in a spherical tank based on gravity. It then presents three problems: 1) deriving the radius formula for vertically stacked disks of liquid, 2) setting up and solving the integral for total liquid volume, and 3) deriving an equation to model how the liquid height changes over time as fuel is withdrawn. The document provides detailed solutions to each problem and graphs the height over time for a specific example.

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    Fuel Level in a Spherical Tank 45

    Spherical tanks are found in many


    different situations, from the storage of
    cryogenic liquids, to fuel tanks. Under
    the influence of gravity, or acceleration,
    the liquid will settle in a way such that it
    fills the interior of the tank up to a height,
    h. We would like to know how full the
    tank is by measuring h and relating it to
    the remaining volume of the liquid. A
    sensor can then be designed to measure
    where the surface of the liquid is, and
    from this derive h.

    Problem 1 - Slice the fluid into a series of vertically stacked disks with a radius r(h) and
    a thickness dh. What is the general formula for the radius of each disk?

    Problem 2 - Set up the integral for the volume of the fluid and solve the integral.

    Problem 3 - Assume that fluid is being withdrawn from the tank at a fixed rate
    dV/dt = -F. What is the equation for the change in the height of the fluid volume with
    respect to time? A) Solve for the limits h<<R and h>>R. B) Solve graphically for R=1
    3
    meter, F=100 cm /min. (Hint: select values for h and solve for t).

    Space Math http://spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov


    Answer Key 45
    2 2 2 2 2
    Problem 1 - r(h) = R - (R-h) so r(h) = 2Rh - h

    2 2 3
    Problem 2 - The integrand will be π (2Rh - h ) dh and the solution is πRh -1/3πh

    Problem 3 -

    dV dh dh dV dh
    2 2
    ---- = 2 π R h ---- - π h ---- so ----- = (2 π R h - π h ) ---- = -F
    dt dt dt dt dt

    Then

    dh -F
    ----- = ------------------
    2
    dt (2 π R h - π h )

    2
    The integrands become: (2 π R h - π h ) d h = - F d t . This can be integrated from t=0
    2 3
    to t = T to obtain π R h - 1/3 π h = - F T and simplified to get
    3 2
    h - 3 R h - (3 F T)/π = 0
    3
    We would normally like to invert this equation to get h(T), but cubic equations of the form x -
    2
    α x + β = 0 cannot be solved analytically. We can solve it for two limiting cases. Case 1 for a
    1/2
    tank nearly empty where h << R. This yields h(T) = (F T/R) Case 2 is for a tank nearly full
    3 1/3
    so that h >> R, and we get h = 3 F T/π and h(T) = (3 F T/π ) . The full solution for h(T)
    can be solved graphically. Since R is a constant, we can select a new variable U = h/R and re-
    write the equation in terms of the magnitude of h relative to the radius of the tank.
    3 2 3
    U - 3 U = (3 F T)/π R and plot this for selected combinations of (U,T) where time, T, is
    3
    the dependent variable. The solution below is for F = 100 cm /minute, R = 1 meter, with the
    intervals in h spaced 10 cm. The plot was generated using an Excel spreadsheet.

    250

    200
    Height (cm)

    150

    100

    50

    0
    0 200 400 600 800 1000
    Time (minutes)

    Space Math http://spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov

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