accumulators

Schematics of accumulators that successfully suppressed pogo on various vehicles. The concept of introducing bubbles near the tank outlet (panel f) was proposed for the Saturn V first stage, but this approach was rejected in favor of the one shown in panel e. Inadvertent effervescing of nitrogen gas from the oxidizer exiting the first-stage tank on Titan IIIE-2 had previously led to pogo instability.

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