MAIN PROPELLANT TANK PRESSURIZATION SYSTEM STUDY AND TEST PROGRAM. VOLUME 3. DESIGN HANDBOOK

Abstract

Design information on liquid propellant tank pressurization systems is presented. The areas covered are: pressurization gas requirements, including hand calculation procedures and nomographs; tankage, including material properties and volume and wall area curves; and components, including stored He system weight curves and a simple but accurate heat exchanger design method.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0269584

Entities

Organizations

  • Lockheed Martin

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Heating
  • Air Force
  • Calorimeters
  • Computer Programs
  • Fuel Tanks
  • Heat Capacity
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Exchangers
  • Heat Transfer
  • Liquid Hydrogen
  • Physical Properties
  • Propellant Tanks
  • Specific Heat
  • Tensile Strength
  • Thermal Conductivity
  • Thermal Expansion
  • Thermodynamics

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Library and Information Science