NASA Engineering and Safety Center Technical Bulletin No. 22-06: Treatment of Slosh Stability Margin Reductions for Human-Rated Launch Vehicles

Slosh dynamics pose a stability concern for human-rated launch vehicles during ascent. Historical perspectives on the treatment of slosh dynamics, newly developed rules of thumb, the utility of flight data, and methods for analyzing and dispositioning slosh instability risks should be considered when linear stability margins are lower than typically accepted for human-rated systems.