TRANSACTIONS OF THE SYMPOSIUM ON BALLISTIC MISSILE AND SPACE TECHNOLOGY (7TH) HELD AT THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY, COLORADO, ON 13-16 AUGUST 1962. VOLUME I. SPACE VEHICLES AND SYSTEM DESIGN HYPERSONICS AND RE-ENTRY TECHNIQUES PROPULSION STRUCTURES AND MATERIALS MATHEMATICAL RELIABILITY TECHNIQUES

Abstract

Identifiers: Abort, Lunar surface vehicles, Attitude control systems, Flat plate models. Contents: Locomotion analysis of lunar surface vehicles; Penetration studies of simulated lunar dust; Sterilization of electronic components of spacecrafts; Injection conditions for earth-moon trajectories; Reuseability and disposal of nuclear systems in space; Self- luminous hypersonic wake radiation measurement and flow visualization; Ballistic missile decoy optimization - programming; Flat plate surface hypersonic heat transfer; Dielectrophoretic propellant orientation in zero gravity; Heat transfer and ablation in aftclosures of solid motors; Nuclear propulsion for orbit-based spacecraft; Oxidation protection of refractory metals in aerospace; A non-parametric technique for reliability comparisons; Failure prediction for nonmaintainable electronic components; and Reliability as a thermostructural design criterion.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0287836

Entities

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Flow Visualization
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Heat Transfer
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanics
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Thermodynamics

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Rocket Propulsion.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Microelectronics
  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster
  • Space - Orbital Debris
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers