Thermophysics and temperature control of spacecraft and entry vehicles [electronic resource] / edited by Gerhard B. Heller.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Thermophysics Specialist Conference, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Heller, Gerhard B.

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Thermophysics Committee.

Conference Name:

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Thermophysics Specialist Conference (1st : 1965 : Monterey, Calif.)

Series:

Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ; v. 18.

Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ; v. 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Space vehicles--Thermodynamics--Congresses.

Space vehicles.

Materials--Thermal properties--Congresses.

Materials.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (888 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Academic Press, 1966.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""The Thermophysics Committee 1965""; ""The Thermophysics Committee 1966""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""I. Thermal Radiation Properties of Solids""; ""Far Infrared Reflectance of Spacecraft Coatings""; ""Low-Temperature Spectral Emittance Measurements""; ""Total Normal Emittance Measurements to 2200°C in Air""; ""Solar Absorptance and Thermal Emittance of Aluminum Coated with Surface Films of Evaporated Aluminum Oxide""; ""Low-Temperature Emittance Determinations""; ""Thermal Radiation Properties of Binary Mixtures""

""Directionally Reflective Coating Study""""Apparatus for Spectral Bidirectional Reflectance Measurements During Ultraviolet Irradiation in Vacuum""; ""Total Hemispherical Thermal Emittance of Nickel as a Function of Oxide Thickness in the Temperature Range 400°-900°C""; ""Effect of Surface Roughness on Emittance of Nonmetals""; ""Radiant Heat Transfer from Nongray Surfaces with External Radiation""; ""II. Lunar and Planetary Thermal Environment""; ""Effect of Specular Ground Reflection on Radiation Leaving Top of a Planetary Atmosphere""

""Effect of Surface Properties on Planetary Albedo""""Irradiation above Atmosphere Due to Rayleigh Scattering and Diffuse Terrestrial Reflections""; ""Theory of Diffuse Spectral Reflectance of a Thick Layer of Absorbing and Scattering Particles""; ""Far-Infrared Studies of Silicate Minerals""; ""Directional Radiative Characteristics of Conical Cavities And Their Relation To Lunar Phenomena""; ""III. Effects of the Space Environment on Optical Properties of Thermal Control Surfaces""; ""Low-Energy Charged Particle Environment of the Earth""

""Exploratory Trapped-Particle and Trapped-Particle-Plus-Ultraviolet Effects on the Optical Properties of Spacecraft Thermal Control Coatings""""Effects of Simulated Solar-Wind Bombardment on Spacecraft Thermal Control Surfaces""; ""Effects of Low Energy Protons on Thermal Control Coatings""; ""Effects of Protons and Alpha Particles on Thermal Properties of Spacecraft and Solar Concentrator Coatings""; ""Mariner-Mars Absorptance Experiment""; ""Preliminary Results from the Ames Emissivity Experiment on OSO-II""; ""SNAP 10A Thermal Control Coatings""

""IV. Physics of Vehicle and Missile Entry""""Determination of Temperature Profile in Charred Phenolic Composites by Reconstruction of the Ablation Process""; ""Effects of Uncertainties in Thermophysical Properties on Ablation Efficiency""; ""Determination of Thermal Performance of Char under Heating Conditions Simulating Atmospheric Entry""; ""Ablation of Magnesia""; ""Thermal Diffusivity Measurements of Graphites and Chars Using a Pulsed Laser""; ""V. Thermal Modeling and Interface Conductance in Space""; ""Test on a Thermally Scaled Model Space Station in a Simulated Solar Environment""

""Results of Transient Thermal Modeling in a Simulated Space Environment""

Notes:

Sponsored by the AIAA Thermophysics Committee.

"A selection of technical papers based mainly on the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Thermophysics Specialist Conference held at Monterey, California, September 13-15, 1965."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-60086-492-9

1-60086-273-X

OCLC:

922978822