The October 1994 revision of the KSC Toxic Substances Registry System (TSRS) Material Safety Data Sheets (MSD's) is presented. The listed MSD's which were submitted to the TSRS are maintained by the Base Operations Contractors of the Biomedical Operations and Research Office of KSC. The purpose of the index is to provide a means of accessing information on the hazards associated with the toxic and otherwise hazardous chemicals stored and used at KSC. Indices are provided for manufacturers,...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), CAPE KENNEDY LAUNCH COMPLEX, DATA BASES, INDEXES...
The editors of Loss of Signal wanted to document the aeromedical lessons learned from the Space Shuttle Columbia mishap. The book is intended to be an accurate and easily understood account of the entire process of recovering and analyzing the human remains, investigating and analyzing what happened to the crew, and using the resulting information to recommend ways to prevent mishaps and provide better protection to crewmembers. Our goal is to capture the passions of those who devoted their...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION, AEROSPACE MEDICINE, LESSONS LEARNED,...
Bibliographies and abstracts are listed for 1363 reports, articles, and other documents introduced into the NASA scientific and technical information system between January 1, 1991 and July 31, 1992. Topics covered include technology development and mission design according to system, interactive analysis and design, structural and thermal analysis and design, structural concepts and control systems, electronics, advanced materials, assembly concepts, propulsion and solar power satellite...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), ABSTRACTS, CONTROL SYSTEMS DESIGN, DATA TRANSMISSION,...
This bibliography lists 1096 reports, articles, and other documents introduced into the NASA Scientific and Technical Information System from April 1, 1979 through June 30, 1979.
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), ENERGY POLICY, ENERGY TECHNOLOGY, ENERGY CONVERSION, SOLAR...
This book manuscript studies in depth the development and maturation of the NASA mission from the inception of the organization until the present. This study is involved in a wide divergence of questions over roles and missions: the agency's R&D/operational activities, the decentralized/centralized approaches to management, the debate over methods of conducting business. A fundamental part of this work involves the analysis of not only how NASA has defined its role but how senior government...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), MANAGEMENT METHODS, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, NASA...
The Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) was launched January 26, 1983. During its 300-day mission, IRAS surveyed 96 pct of the celestial sphere at four infrared wavelengths, centered approximately at 12, 25, 60, and 100 microns. This is Volume 2, The Point Source Catalog Declination Range 90 deg greater than delta greater than 30 deg.
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), ALL SKY PHOTOGRAPHY, CATALOGS, INFRARED ASTRONOMY SATELLITE,...
The results of an experimental program are presented in the form of PVT data in the temperature range 58 to 300 K at pressures up to 800 bar. Tables of the derived thermodynamic properties on isobars to 1000 bar are given, including density, internal energy, enthalpy, entropy, specific heats at constant volume and constant pressure, velocity of sound, and the surface derivatives (delta P/delta T) sub rho and (delta P/delta Rho) sub T. Auxiliary tables in engineering units are also given. The...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), OXYGEN, PRESSURE, THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES, ACOUSTIC...
All subprograms or routines associated with the solid rocket booster performance evaluation model are indexed in this computer listing. An alphanumeric list of each routine in the index is provided in a table of contents.
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), COMPUTER PROGRAMS, INDEXES (DOCUMENTATION), PERFORMANCE...
An extensive survey of current and future airframe construction materials and coolants was conducted, so that the most promising candidates could be examined for cooled-panel, cooling-system and airframe concepts. Consideration was given to over 100 structural materials, 50 coolants, 6 classes of structural panel concepts, 4 classes of thermal panel concepts with numerous variations, and 3 overall cooled airframe design approaches, including unshielded, shielded, and dual temperature types. The...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), AERODYNAMIC HEATING, COOLING SYSTEMS, HEAT SINKS, HYPERSONIC...
NASA launchings, space probes, manned space flights, and other space-related and aeronautics events and discoveries in 1966
Topic: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)
Subject, personal author, corporate author, contract, and report number cumulative indexes are provided for documents cited in Aeronautical Engineering: A Continuing Bibliography from February 1979 through January 1980. (NASA SP 7037 supplements 106 through 117).
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), AERODYNAMICS, AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING, AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES,...
The Latching End Effector (LEE) forms part of the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) for which Spar Aerospace Ltd, Space Systems Division is the prime contractor. The design, testing and performance evaluation of the Latching End Effector mechanisms is the subject of this paper focusing on: (1) ambient, thermal and vibration testing; (2) snare/rigidize performance testing and interaction during payload acquisition; and (3) latch/umbilical test results and performance.
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), AEROSPACE SYSTEMS, DESIGN ANALYSIS, END EFFECTORS,...
Probability density function of chi-square statistics applied to goodness of fit tests
Topic: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)
Externally blown flap models were tested for noise and performance at one-fifth scale in a static facility and at one-tenth scale in a large acoustically-treated wind tunnel. The static tests covered two flap designs, conical and ejector nozzles, third-flap noise-reduction treatments, internal blowing, and flap/nozzle geometry variations. The wind tunnel variables were triple-slotted or single-slotted flaps, sweep angle, and solid or perforated third flap. The static test program showed the...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), AERODYNAMIC NOISE, EXTERNALLY BLOWN FLAPS, NOISE REDUCTION,...
This serves as a source of collated information on Composite Research over the past four decades at NASA Langley Research Center, and is a key reference for readers wishing to grasp the underlying principles and challenges associated with developing and applying advanced composite materials to new aerospace vehicle concepts. Second, it identifies the major obstacles encountered in developing and applying composites on advanced flight vehicles, as well as lessons learned in overcoming these...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), AEROSPACE VEHICLES, COMPOSITE MATERIALS, AIRCRAFT...
This publication is a cummulative index to the abstracts contained in Supplements 249 through 260 of Aeronautical Engineering: A Continuing Bibliography. The bibliographic series is compiled through the cooperative efforts of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Seven indexes are included -- subject, personal author, corporate source, foreign technology, contract number, report number and accession number.
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), AERODYNAMICS, AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING, INDEXES...
This bibliography lists 1077 reports, articles, and other documents introduced into the NASA Scientific and Technical Information System between July 1, 1989 and December 31, 1989. Its purpose is to provide helpful information to the researcher or manager engaged in the development of technologies related to large space systems. Subject areas include mission and program definition, design techniques, structural and thermal analysis, structural dynamics and control systems, electronics, advanced...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), LARGE SPACE STRUCTURES, SPACE STATIONS, STRUCTURAL...
Three groups of airfoils have been tested in the variable density wind tunnel. The first group contains three airfoils. The second group is a systematic series of twenty-seven airfoils. The third group consists of several frequently used wing sections.
Topic: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)
Tabulated force and pressure data are presented for the orbiter base and fuselage. For abstract, see N76-33263.
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), JET EXHAUST, PLUMES, SPACE SHUTTLE ASCENT STAGE, SPACE...
A low-speed multistage axial compressor built by the NASA Lewis Research Center is described. The purpose of this compressor is to increase the understanding of the complex flow phenomena within multistage axial compressors and to obtain detailed data from a multistage compressor environment for use in developing and verifying models for computational fluid dynamic code assessment. The compressor has extensive pressure instrumentation in both stationary and rotating frames of reference, and has...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), CASES (CONTAINERS), COMPRESSOR BLADES, HUBS, INTERNAL FLOW,...
Tables of energy levels, Franck-Condon factors, r-centroids, transition moments, line wavelengths, and gf values are presented for the fourth positive system of CO.
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), CARBON MONOXIDE, INFRARED SPECTRA, LINE SPECTRA, SPECTRUM...
Critical reviews of NACA and NASA report literature on aerodynamics and aerodynamic load calculations for light aircraft design
Topic: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)
The next millennium challenges us to produce innovative materials, processes, manufacturing, and environmental technologies that meet low-cost aerospace transportation needs while maintaining US leadership. The pursuit of advanced aerospace materials, manufacturing processes, and environmental technologies supports the development of safer, operational, next-generation, reusable, and expendable aeronautical and space vehicle systems. The Aerospace Materials, Processes, and Environmental...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), SOLVENTS, CLEANING, PROTECTIVE COATINGS, COMPOSITE MATERIALS,...
Spray jet in crossflow has been a subject of research because of its wide application in systems involving pollutant dispersion, jet mixing in the dilution zone of combustors, and fuel injection strategies. The focus of this work is to investigate dispersion of a 2-dimensional atomized spray jet into a 2-dimensional crossflow. A quick computational method is developed using available software. The spreadsheet can be used for any 2D droplet trajectory problem where the drop is injected into the...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), CROSS FLOW, DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS, FLOW DISTRIBUTION, FLUID...
Goddard Summer Workshop lectures on computer programming, control centers, antennas, electrophysics, biomedical information transfer, atmospheric physics, and computerized counseling
Topic: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)
A handbook is presented of the thermodynamic functions, transport properties, and physical properties of both liquid and gaseous oxygen. A bibliography of references is included.
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), LIQUID OXYGEN, THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES, FUNCTIONS...
For abstract, see N77-15081.
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS, BOEING 747 AIRCRAFT, SCALE...
This bibliography lists 572 reports, articles, and other documents introduced into the NASA scientific and technical information system in February, 1989. Subject coverage includes: design, construction and testing of aircraft and aircraft engines; aircraft components, equipment and systems; ground support systems; and theoretical and applied aspects of aerodynamics and general fluid dynamics.
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), AERODYNAMICS, AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING, INDEXES...
Apollo 11 postflight analysis and mission report
Topic: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)
For abstract, see N74-28899.
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), CATALOGS (PUBLICATIONS), EARTH RESOURCES INFORMATION SYSTEM,...
The U.S. Standard Catalog lists U.S. imagery acquired by LANDSAT 1 and LANDSAT 2 which has been processed and input to the data files during the referenced month. Data, such as date acquired, cloud cover and image quality, are given for each scene. The microfilm roll and frame on which the scene may be found is also given.
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), LANDSAT SATELLITES, SATELLITE ORBITS, SATELLITE-BORNE...
A cumulative index to the abstracts contained in Supplements 112 through 123 of Aerospace Medicine and Biology A Continuing Bibliography is presented. It includes three indexes: subject, personal author, and corporate source.
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), AEROSPACE MEDICINE, BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS, EXOBIOLOGY, AEROSPACE...
This publication is a cumulative index to the abstracts contained in NASA SP-7037 (80) through NASA SP-7037 (91) of Aeronautical Engineering: A Special Bibliography. NASA SP-7037 and its supplements have been compiled through the cooperative efforts of the American Institute of Aeronautics (AIAA) and Space Administration (NASA). This cumulative index includes subject, personal author, corporate source, contract, and report number indexes.
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), AERODYNAMICS, AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING, AERONAUTICS, AIRCRAFT...
Tabulated data from wind tunnel tests evaluating the aerodynamic performance of coannular exhaust nozzles are given for test runs 37 through 65.
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS, EXHAUST NOZZLES, EXHAUST...
The various types of materials related data that exist at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center and compiled into databases which could be accessed by all the NASA centers and by other contractors, are presented.
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), DATA BASES, COMPOSITE MATERIALS, FERROUS METALS, NONFERROUS...
Topics: New Product Ideas; NASA TU Services; Electronic Components and Circuits; Electronic Systems; Physical Sciences; Materials; Computer Programs; Mechanics; Machinery; Fabrication Technology; Mathematics and Information Sciences; Life Sciences.
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), PHYSICAL SCIENCES, NASA PROGRAMS, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, LIFE...
Outgassing data, derived from tests at 398 K (125 C) for 24 hours in a vacuum as per ASTM E 595-84, have been compiled for numerous materials for spacecraft use. The data presented are the total mass loss (TML) and the collected volatile condensable materials (CVCM). The various materials are compiled by likely usage and alphabetically.
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), OUTGASSING, SPACECRAFT, MATERIALS, DATA SYSTEMS, VACUUM,...
Part one of a two-phase bedrest project in which the physiological effects of weightlessness were simulated is presented. The project was designed to approximate the medical testing and dietary control of Skylab. The test period included a three week pre-flight period, a two week bedrest period and a two week post-flight period. The test subjects ate measured amounts of the Skylab diet and drank deionized water to recreate the metabolic balance studies of Skylab. The medical testing program,...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), AEROSPACE MEDICINE, BED REST, SKYLAB PROGRAM, GRAVITATIONAL...
The Johnson Space Center (JSC) document index is intended to provide a single source listing of all published JSC-numbered documents their authors, and the designated offices of prime responsibility (OPR's) by mail code at the time of publication. The index contains documents which have been received and processed by the JSC Technical Library as of January 13, 1988. Other JSC-numbered documents which are controlled but not available through the JSC Library are also listed.
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), AEROSPACE ENGINEERING, AEROSPACE SCIENCES, INDEXES...
This bibliography lists 536 reports, articles, and other documents introduced into the NASA scientific and technical information system in October 1990. Subject coverage includes: design, construction and testing of aircraft and aircraft engines; aircraft components, equipment and systems; ground support systems; and theoretical and applied aspects of aerodynamics and general fluid dynamics.
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), AERODYNAMICS, AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING, INDEXES...
Information regarding the availability of LANDSAT imagery processed and input to the data files by the NASA Data Processing Facility is published on a monthly basis. The U.S. Standard Catalog includes imagery covering the continental United States, Alaska, and Hawaii. The Non-U.S. Standard Catalog identifies all the remaining coverage. Sections 1 and 2 describe the contents and format for the catalogs and the associated microfilm. Section 3 provides a cross-reference defining the beginning and...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), LANDSAT SATELLITES, SATELLITE ORBITS, SATELLITE-BORNE...
Instructions for using Vertical Attitude Takeoff and Landing Aircraft Simulation (VATLAS), the digital simulation program for application to vertical attitude takeoff and landing (VATOL) aircraft developed for installation on the NASA Ames CDC 7600 computer system are described. The framework for VATLAS is the Off-Line Simulation (OLSIM) routine. The OLSIM routine provides a flexible framework and standardized modules which facilitate the development of off-line aircraft simulations. OLSIM runs...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), DIGITAL SIMULATION, DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS, MATHEMATICAL...
A passive means of tailoring helicopter rotor blades to improve performance and reduce loads was evaluated. The parameters investigated were blade torsional stiffness, blade section camber, and distance between blade structural elastic axis and blade tip aerodynamic center. This offset was accomplished by sweeping the tip. The investigation was conducted at advance ratios of 0.20, 0.30, and 0.40. Data are presented without analysis; however, cross referencing of performance data and harmonic...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), AERODYNAMIC CONFIGURATIONS, AEROELASTICITY, HELICOPTERS,...
Supporting information for the ERS loading study contains computer simulation loading output including printout description, and similar output representing data that include night station contacts.
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION, DATA RECORDERS, EARTH RESOURCES...
Speech understanding among researchers and managers, current developments in voice technology, and an exchange of information concerning government voice technology efforts are discussed.
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), COMMAND AND CONTROL, CONFERENCES, REAL TIME OPERATION, SPEECH...
A table of correspondence SAO-HD-DM-GC was prepared by Morin (1973). The machine-readable version of this cross identification was obtained from the Centre de Donnees Stellaires (Strasbourg, France). The table was sorted at the Goddard Space Flight Center by HD number and all blank HD number records were removed to produce the HD-SAO-DM table presented. There were 258997 entries in the original table; there are 180411 entries after removing the blank HD records. The Boss General Catalogue (GC)...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), ASTRONOMICAL CATALOGS, CELESTIAL REFERENCE SYSTEMS, STARS,...
The manned simulation of a large transport aircraft is described. Aircraft and systems data necessary to implement the mathematical model described in Volume I and a discussion of how these data are used in model are presented. The results of the real-time computations in the NASA Ames Research Center Flight Simulator for Advanced Aircraft are shown and compared to flight test data and to the results obtained in a training simulator known to be satisfactory.
Topic: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)
An oxygen concentrator is needed to provide enriched oxygen in support of medical contingency operations for future exploration human spaceflight programs. It would provide continuous oxygen to an ill or injured crew member in a closed cabin environment. Oxygen concentration technology is being pursued to concentrate oxygen from the ambient environment so oxygen as a consumable resource can be reduced. Because oxygen is a critical resource in manned spaceflight, using an oxygen concentrator to...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), OXYGEN, CONCENTRATORS, PROTOTYPES, ADSORPTION, CABIN...
The LANDSAT-1 spacecraft was launched from the Western Test Range on 23 July 1972, at 18:08:06.508Z. The launch and orbital injection phase of the space flight was nominal, and deployment of the spacecraft followed predictions. Performance evaluation of the spacecraft is presented.
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS, LANDSAT 1, LANDSAT 2, EVALUATION,...
For abstract, see N77-33116.
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), CONTROL SURFACES, SUPERCRITICAL WINGS, TRAILING EDGES,...
For abstract, see Vol. 1 .
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS, BOEING 747 AIRCRAFT, FLIGHT...
The development of a new generation of orbital, airborne and ground-based infrared astronomical observatory facilities, including the infrared astronomical satellite (IRAS), the cosmic background explorer (COBE), the NASA Kuiper airborne observatory, and the NASA infrared telescope facility, intensified the need for a comprehensive, machine-readable data base and catalog of current infrared astronomical observations. The Infrared Astronomical Data Base and its principal data product, this...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), ASTRONOMICAL CATALOGS, CELESTIAL BODIES, FAR INFRARED...
The Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) was launched 26 January 1983. During its 300-day mission, it surveyed over 96 pct of the celestial sphere at four infrared wavelengths, centered approximately at 12, 25, 60, and 100 microns. This is Volume 4, The Point Source Catalog Declination Range 0 deg greater than delta greater than -30 deg.
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), ALL SKY PHOTOGRAPHY, CATALOGS, COSMOLOGY, INFRARED ASTRONOMY...
As part of an integrated windshear program, the Federal Aviation Administration, jointly with NASA, is sponsoring a research effort to develop airborne sensor technology for the detection of low altitude windshear during aircraft take-off and landing. One sensor being considered is microwave Doppler radar operating at X-band or above. Using a Microburst/Clutter/Radar simulation program, a preliminary feasibility study was conducted to assess the performance of Doppler radars for this...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), AIRBORNE EQUIPMENT, AIRBORNE SURVEILLANCE RADAR, AIRCRAFT...
This bibliography is a cumulative index to reports, articles, and other documents introduced into the NASA scientific and technical information system. Abstracts for the entries cited appeared in issues 119 through 130 of Aeronautical Engineering: A Continuing Bibliography (NASA SP-7037). Subject, personal author, corporate author, contract number, and report/accession number indexes are provided.
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), AERODYNAMICS, AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING, INDEXES...
Wing surface pressure data from large scale wind tunnel tests of propeller driven short takeoff aircraft
Topic: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)
The energy conversion efficiency of gas-steam turbine cycles was investigated for selected combined cycle power plants. Results indicate that it is possible for combined cycle gas-steam turbine power plants to have efficiencies several point higher than conventional steam plants. Induction of low pressure steam into the steam turbine is shown to improve the plant efficiency. Post firing of the boiler of a high temperature combined cycle plant is found to increase net power but to worsen...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS, ENERGY CONVERSION EFFICIENCY, ENERGY...
A field noise measurement program has been conducted on a standard OH-6A helicopter and one that had been modified by reducing the rotor speed, altering rotor tip shape, and treating the engine exhaust and inlet to reduce the external noise levels. The modifications consisted of extensive aircraft design changes resulting in substantial noise reductions following state-of-art noise reduction techniques. The purpose of this study was to document the ground noise characteristics of each...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENT, AERODYNAMIC NOISE, NOISE REDUCTION,...
The solid rocket booster performance evaluation model (SRB-11) is used to predict internal ballistics in a sample motor. This motor contains a five segmented grain. The first segment has a 14 pointed star configuration with a web which wraps partially around the forward dome. The other segments are circular in cross-section and are tapered along the interior burning surface. Two of the segments are inhibited on the forward face. The nozzle is not assumed to be submerged. The performance...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), COMPUTER PROGRAMS, PERFORMANCE PREDICTION, PROPELLANT...
This compilation of abstracts describes and indexes the technical reporting that resulted from the scientific and engineering work performed and managed by the Lewis Research Center in 1989. All the publications were announced in the 1989 issues of STAR (Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports) and/or IAA (International Aerospace Abstracts). Included are research reports, journal articles, conference presentations, patents and patent applications, and theses.
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING, AEROSPACE ENGINEERING, AEROSPACE...
The development of the computational techniques for the design optimization of thermal protection systems for the space shuttle vehicle are discussed. The resulting computer program was then used to perform initial optimization and sensitivity studies on a typical thermal protection system (TPS) to demonstrate its application to the space shuttle TPS design. The program was developed in FORTRAN IV for CDC 6400 computer, but it was subsequently converted to the FORTRAN V language to be used on...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), COMPUTER PROGRAMS, HEAT SHIELDING, OPTIMIZATION, SPACE...
Copper and nickel electroforming was examined for the purpose of establishing the necessary processes and procedures for repeatable, successful fabrication of the outer structures of regeneratively cooled thrust chambers. The selection of electrolytes for copper and nickel deposition is described. The development studies performed to refine and complete the processes necessary for successful chamber shell fabrication and the testing employed to verify the applicability of the processes and...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), COPPER, ELECTROFORMING, NICKEL, REGENERATIVE COOLING, THRUST...
This bibliography lists 1609 reports, articles, and other documents introduced into the NASA scientific and technical information system from October 1, 1979 through December 31, 1979.
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), ENERGY POLICY, ENERGY TECHNOLOGY, ENERGY CONSERVATION, ENERGY...
We have continued our program of infrared (IR) photometric, imaging, spectroscopic, and polarimetric temporal observations of comets to study the properties of comet dust and comet nuclei. During the first two years we digitized our IR data base on P/Halley and other recent comets to facilitate further analysis and comparison with other data bases, and found compelling evidence for the emission of a burst of small grains from P/Halley's nucleus at perihelion. We reported imaging and photometric...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), COMETS, INFRARED IMAGERY, PHOTOMETRY, SPECTROSCOPY, COMET...
This is the Performance Verification Report, Final Comprehensive Performance Test (CPT) Report, for the Integrated Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A (AMSU-A). This specification establishes the requirements for the CPT and Limited Performance Test (LPT) of the AMSU-1A, referred to here in as the unit. The sequence in which the several phases of this test procedure shall take place is shown.
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), ADVANCED MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNIT, PERFORMANCE TESTS,...
An experimental wind tunnel test of a 65 deg delta wing model with interchangeable leading edges was conducted in the Langley National Transonic Facility (NTF). The objective was to investigate the effects of Reynolds and Mach numbers on slender-wing leading-edge vortex flows with four values of wing leading-edge bluntness. Experimentally obtained pressure data are presented without analysis in tabulated and graphical formats across a Reynolds number range of 6 x 10(exp 6) to 36 x 10(exp 6) at...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), DELTA WINGS, MACH NUMBER, REYNOLDS NUMBER, WIND TUNNEL TESTS,...
As part of the United States Advanced Manned Launch System study to determine a follow-on, or complement, to the Space Shuttle, a reusable single-stage-to-orbit concept utilizing dual-fuel rocket propulsion has been examined. Several dual-fuel propulsion concepts were investigated. These include: a separate-engine concept combining Russian RD-170 kerosene-fueled engines with space shuttle main engine-derivative engines: the kerosene- and hydrogen-fueled Russian RD-701 engine; and a dual-fuel,...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), ENGINE DESIGN, DESIGN ANALYSIS, SPACE SHUTTLE MAIN ENGINE,...
Papers from the conference are presented and cover the following topics with respect to asteroids, comets, and/or meteors: interplanetary dust, cometary atmospheres, atmospheric composition, comet tails, astronomical photometry, chemical composition, meteoroid showers, cometary nuclei, orbital resonance, orbital mechanics, emission spectra, radio astronomy, astronomical spectroscopy, photodissociation, micrometeoroids, cosmochemistry, and interstellar chemistry.
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), ASTEROIDS, CHEMICAL COMPOSITION, COMETARY ATMOSPHERES,...
Contents include the fiollowing: Theme: Life-life Combustion Devices Technology. Technical Sessions: International Perspectives. System Level Effects. Component Level Processes. Material Considerations. Design Environments -- Predictions. Injector Design Technology. Design Environments -- Measurements. Panel Discussion: Views on future research and development needs and Symposium observations. Aquarium Welcome and Southern Belle Riverboat Recognition Banquet evening events.
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), LIQUID PROPELLANT ROCKET ENGINES, COMBUSTION, LIFE...
For abstract, see preceding accession.
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), SCALE MODELS, SPACE SHUTTLE ORBITERS, WIND TUNNEL STABILITY...
This bibliography lists 845 reports, articles, and other documents introduced into the NASA scientific and technical information system in Dec. 1992. Subject coverage includes: design, construction and testing of aircraft and aircraft engines; aircraft components, equipment, and systems; ground support systems; and theoretical and applied aspects of aerodynamics and general fluid dynamics.
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), AERODYNAMICS, AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING, INDEXES...
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Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), CATALOGS (PUBLICATIONS), INFRARED RADIOMETERS, MICROWAVE...
The infrared astronomical data base and its principal data product, the catalog of Infrared Observations (CIO), comprise a machine readable library of infrared (1 microns to 1000 microns astronomical observations. To date, over 1300 journal articles and 10 major survey catalogs are included in this data base, which contains about 55,000 individual observations of about 10,000 different infrared sources. Of these, some 8,000 sources are identifiable with visible objects, and about 2,000 do not...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), ASTRONOMICAL CATALOGS, DATA BASES, INFRARED ASTRONOMY,...
This bibliography lists 1610 reports, articles, and other documents introduced into the NASA scientific and technical information system from October 1, 1980 through December 31, 1980.
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), ENERGY POLICY, ENERGY TECHNOLOGY, BIOMASS ENERGY PRODUCTION,...
