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Thermophysics Applications to Thermal Design of Spacecraft
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- English
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- Reston : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2000
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- 1 online resource (599 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9781600864971, 160086497X, 9781600862786, 1600862780, 1563478722
- Description based upon print version of record.
- English
- ""Cover ""; ""Title ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Preface ""; ""The Thermophysics Committee of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics""; ""Editorial Committee for Volume 23""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""I. Experimental Thermophysical Properties""; ""Conduction""; ""Thermal Isolation with Low-Conductance Interstitial Materials under Compressive Loads ""; ""Thermal Contact Resistance Measurements at Ambient Pressures of One Atmosphere to 3 X 10 ~12 mm Hg and Comparison with Theoretical Predictions ""
- ""Column Method of Measuring Thermal Conductivity of Gases: Results on Carbon Monoxide and Oxygen """"Radiation""; ""Portable Reflectometer ""; ""Investigation of a Model for Bidirectional Reflectance of Rough Surfaces ""; ""Solar Absorptance and Hemispherical Emittance of Various Metals at Space Conditions ""; ""Combined Radiation, Convection, and/or Conduction""; ""A Study of Heat-Transfer Processes in Multilayer Insulations ""; ""Opacified Fibrous Insulations ""; ""Techniques for Improving the Thermal Performance of Low-Density Fibrous Insulation ""; ""Phase Change""
- ""Microscopic Observation of Interfacial Phenomena """"Space Environmental Effects upon Radiation Properties""; ""Radiation-Induced Absorption Bands in Spacecraft Thermal Control Coating Pigments ""; ""Electron Energy Dependance for In-Vacuum Degradation and Recovery in Thermal Control Surfaces ""; ""Results from the ATS-3 Reflectometer Experiment ""; ""II. Analytical Predictions Of Thermophysical Properties""; ""Radiation from a Bounded Medium""; ""Distribution of Solar Energy Reflected from Earth by a Scattering Atmosphere ""
- ""Radiative Equilibrium of a Gray Medium Bounded by Nonisothermal Walls """"Directional Emittance from Emitting, Absorbing, and Scattering Media ""; ""Surface Radiation Properties""; ""Apparent Radiation Properties of a Rough Surface ""; ""Effect of Thin Surface Films on the Radiative Properties of Metal Surfaces ""; ""III. Thermal Design Of Spacecraft Systems""; ""Thermal Design Techniques""; ""Distributed Parameter Space Radiator Dynamic Analysis ""; ""An ATS-E Solar Cell Space Radiator Utilizing Heat Pipes ""; ""Two-Component Heat Pipes ""
- ""Scale Modeling of a Multilayer Insulated Spacecraft for Use in a Preliminary Design Study """"Parametric Thermal Control Requirements for Future Manned Spacecraft ""; ""Planetary Landers""; ""Thermal Considerations of a Landed Vehicle on the Surface of Mars ""; ""Mars Lander Thermal Control System Parametric Studies ""; ""Thermal Design, Analysis, and Testing of a Full-Size Planetary Lander Model ""; ""Index of Contributors ""