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Title Fundamentals of spacecraft thermal design / Edited by John W. Lucas
Published Cambridge, Mass., MIT Press [1972]

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 599 pages) illustrations
Series Progress in astronautics and aeronautics, v. 29
Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ; v. 29.
Contents Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Editorial Committee for Volume 29 -- I. Surface Radiation Properties -- I.1 Synthesis and Measurement -- Space Radiation Environmental Effects on Reactively Encapsulated Zinc Orthotitanates and Their Paints -- Coloration of MgO Single Crystals by Low Energy Protons�A Function of Selected Defects -- Reflectance Measurements of Dielectric Coatings on a Conductor Substrate -- Bidirectional Reflectance of a Randomly Rough Surface -- Bidirectional Reflectance Characteristics of Integrating Sphere Coatings
Particulate Radiation Effects on the Solar Absorptance of Thermal Control SurfacesLong-Duration Exposure of Spacecraft Thermal Coatings to Simulated Near-Earth Orbital Conditions -- I.2 Contamination Effects -- Sensitivity of Thermal Surface Solar Absorptance to Particulate Contamination -- Measurement and Application of Contaminant Optical Constants -- Restoration of Degraded Spacecraft Surfaces Using Reactive Gas Plasmas -- I.3 Space Flight Effects -- Report on the Flight Performance of the Z-93 White Paint Used in the SERT II Thermal Control System
Radiation Degradation Analysis of Surveyor III MaterialStudy of Thermal Control Surfaces Returned from Surveyor III -- II. Thermal Analysis -- Directional Property Effects on Radiant Heat Transfer and Equilibrium Temperature -- Radiant Heat Transfer between Nongray Surfaces -- Thermal Contact Conductance of Turned Surfaces -- Thermal Conductance of a Row of Cylinders Contacting Two Planes -- Re-entry Thermal Analysis of Variable Thickness Spherical Vehicles -- Coupling of Shape Change, Heating Distribution and Internal Conduction for Ablating Bodies
Temperature Uncertainties Associated with Spacecraft Thermal AnalysesSpacecraft Thermal Design Verification through Modeling -- III. Heat Pipes -- Effects of Friction on the Sonic Velocity Limit in Sodium Heat Pipes -- Possible Application of Electro-Osmotic Flow Pumping in Heat Pipes -- Experimental Performance of Grooved Heat Pipes at Moderate Temperatures -- Operating Characteristics and Long Life Capabilities of Organic Fluid Heat Pipes -- Design and Performance of Noncondensible Gas Controlled Heat Pipes -- Feedback Controlled Variable Conductance Heat Pipes
Design, Fabrication, and Testing of a Variable Conductance Heat Pipe for Equipment Thermal ControlA Variable Conductance Heat-Pipe Flight Experiment -- IV. Thermal Design -- Apollo Telescope Mount/Thermal Systems Unit: Correlation of Predicted Data and Test Results -- Radiative, Ablative, and Active Cooling Thermal Protection Studies for the Leading Edge of a Fixed-Straight Wing Space Shuttle -- Space Station Environmental Thermal Control System Definition -- Index to Contributors to Volume 29 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Space vehicles -- Thermodynamics -- Congresses
Space vehicles -- Thermodynamics.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Form Electronic book
Author Lucas, John W., 1923- editor
AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting (9th : 1971 : New York, N.Y.)
AIAA Thermophysics Conference (6th : 1971 : Tullahoma, Tenn.)
LC no. 72005605
ISBN 9781600862847
1600862845
1600865038
9781600865039