LIQUID HYDROGEN TECHNOLOGY,

Abstract

This report contains information on liquid hydrogen as related to its use as a propellant for space vehicles. The following 14 areas are included: Manufacture, Transporation, Hydrogen safety, Materials compatibility, Cryogenic insulation, Transfer, Cryogenic measurements, Propulsion methods, Sloshing, Vortexing, Propellant heating, Zero-gravity behavior, Space storage, Properties.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0684491

Entities

People

  • Richard T. Parmley

Organizations

  • General Dynamics

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorbers (Materials)
  • Energetic Materials
  • Hydrogen
  • Insulation
  • Liquid Hydrogen
  • Liquid Propellants
  • Liquid Rocket Propellants
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Propellants
  • Spacecraft
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Rocket Propulsion.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster