The Simulation Test of Compression Mass Gauge for Liquid Propellant Measurement.

A liquid propellant gauging method named Compression Mass Gauge (CMG) with high accuracy 1s studied in this paper. Firstly, the theory of CMG and the ground test board system are introduced. The test system is composed of the compression construction, coder motor, data collection and processing subsystems. Then a test scheme is proposed. All tests are conducted under normal temperature and pressure and different excitation frequencies are selected. Finally, ground simulation tests are implemented and results are obtained. The results indicate that CMG measurement errors in different filling levels are less than 1% of the total tank volume. It is hoped that the present study can contribute to the liquid propellant gauge with high accuracy in future flight test and aerospace application. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]