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% H2/O2 mass and volume. For H2 + 1/2 O2 = H2O fR = 0.8889. For the SSME fR ranges from 0.6 to 0.86. Type MassVolH2O2 for a demo of the Space Shuttle external tank. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Form: [mH2, mO2, vH2, vO2] = MassVolH2O2( m, fR, type ) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Inputs ------ m (1,:) Mass (kg) fR (1,:) Fuel ratio O2/H2 type '' Type string: 'slush', 'liquid' ------ Outputs ------- mH2 (1,:) Mass H2 (kg) mO2 (1,:) Mass O2 (kg) vH2 (1,:) Volume H2 (kg) vO2 (1,:) Volume O2 (kg) --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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