FEASIBILITY INVESTIGATION OF A MOVING BELT RADIATOR.

Abstract

This report covers the second quarter of a continued research program on the feasibility of a novel concept for the rejection of waste heat in space, the moving belt radiator. Chief concerns of the program are materials compatibility, thermal conductance, and antifriction bearing operation, all at high temperatures in a hard vacuum. During this report period, the materials compatibility and heat transfer investigations continued in the reciprocating-contact testers, the instrumentation and mechanical features of the small-scale model were checked out and improved, analytical optimization studies of the belt radiator were continued, and detail design of the new bearing test rig and selection of retainer materials, lubricants, etc., were completed and manufacture of parts initiated. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0607292

Entities

Organizations

  • Rocketdyne

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Antifriction Bearings
  • Bearings
  • Heat Transfer
  • High Temperature
  • Instrumentation
  • Lubricants
  • Materials
  • Models
  • Optimization
  • Scale Models

Readers

  • Software Engineering
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.
  • Tribology (the study of the boundary interaction between sliding surfaces, lubrication, wear and friction).

Technology Areas

  • Space