Advances in Cryogenic Engineering: Proceedings of the 1967 Cryogenic Engineering Conference Stanford University Stanford, California August 21–23, 1967 (Advances in Cryogenic Engineering, 13)

Front Matter ....Pages i-xvi The Empirical Approach to Superconductivity (B. T. Matthias)....Pages 1-8 The Commercial Aspects of Superconductivity (D. C. Freeman Jr.)....Pages 9-20 Critical Surfaces for Commercial Nb3Sn Ribbon and Nb-25%Zr Wire (P. R. Aron, G. W. Ahlgren)....Pages 21-29 Performance of a Copper-Clad Nb-40%Ti in a High-Current-Density 50-kG Superconducting Solenoid (A. El Bindari, R. E. Bernert, L. O. Hoppie)....Pages 30-34 Overload Protection of Superconducting Electrical Power Equipment (P. A. Klaudy)....Pages 35-50 Performance of Superconducting NbTi and NbZr Inorganic Solenoids (R. E. Hintz)....Pages 51-59 Electrical AC Loss Measurements and Thermal Condition Investigations of Superconducting Coils (T. Pech, G. Fournet)....Pages 60-67 Nucleate Cooling Stability for Superconductor-Normal Metal Composite Conductors in Liquid Helium (C. N. Whetstone, R. W. Boom)....Pages 68-79 Liquid Temperature Effects on Thermally Influenced Transition Currents of Nb-Alloy Superconducting Solenoids in He I and He II (T. H. K. Frederking, C. Linnet)....Pages 80-91 An Experimental Apparatus to Determine the Effects of Alpha Irradiation at Liquid Helium Temperature (A. Van Itterbeek, Y. Bruynseraede, L. Van Poucke, W. Thys)....Pages 92-94 Electrical Switch Contact Resistance at 4.2°K (J. L. Zar)....Pages 95-101 Superconducting Linear Accelerators (T. I. Smith)....Pages 102-108 Microwave Properties of Superconductors (J. P. Turneaure)....Pages 109-115 A 30-Centimeter Bore, 70-Kilogauss Superconducting Helmholtz Magnet (H. Brechna, W. Haldemann, A. D. McInturff)....Pages 116-131 An 8-In.-Bore 60-kG Superconducting Magnet and Test Facility (J. A. Bamberger, G. T. Mulholland, A. G. Prodell, H. A. Worwetz, C. N. Whetstone)....Pages 132-141 A 14-Tesla 15-Centimeter-Bore Superconductive Magnet (W. D. Coles, E. R. Schrader, P. A. Thompson)....Pages 142-149 A Cabled-Wire Magnet Powered by a Flux Pump (M. S. Lubell, S. L. Wipf)....Pages 150-160 Some Considerations in the Design of a Superconducting Alternator (C. J. Oberhauser, H. R. Kinner)....Pages 161-167 Design of a Gas Spin-Up System for an Electrostatically Supported Cryogenic Gyroscope (T. D. Bracken, C. W. F. Everitt)....Pages 168-173 Liquid Nitrogen Stratification Analysis and Experiments in a Partially Filled, Spherical Container (D. O. Barnett)....Pages 174-187 Propellant Behavior during Venting in an Orbiting Saturn S-IVB Stage (J. Navickas, R. A. Madsen)....Pages 188-198 Thermal Stratification and Sloshing in Liquid Helium Trailers (R. C. Van Meerbeke)....Pages 199-206 An Equation for the Prediction of Cryogenic Pressurant Requirements for Axisymmetric Propellant Tanks (M. Epstein, R. E. Anderson)....Pages 207-214 Model for Thermally Sustained Pressure Oscillations Associated with Liquid Helium (P. Thullen, J. L. Smith Jr.)....Pages 215-222 Oscillations in Flowing and Heated Subcritical Hydrogen (J. D. Rogers)....Pages 223-231 Rapid, Low-Loss Liquid Helium Transfers (R. J. Szara)....Pages 232-236 A Study of Liquid Cylinder Filling Techniques (R. C. Woerner)....Pages 237-242 Molecular Beam Studies of Cryopumping (R. F. Brown, J. H. Heald Jr.)....Pages 243-251 Tensile Properties of Neoprene below the Glass Transition Temperature (R. F. Robbins, R. P. Reed)....Pages 252-258 Effects of Strain Rate, Temperature, Crystallinity, and Surface Smoothness on Tensile Properties of PCTFE Plastic (R. E. Cierniak, J. H. Lieb, R. E. Mowers)....Pages 259-270 Tubular Transition Joints—Stainless Steel to Aluminum; A Diffusion-Bonding Technique Compared with Alternate Methods (A. R. Gilman)....Pages 271-277 Burst Tests of Pre-Flawed Welded Aluminum Alloy Pressure Vessels at -220°F (R. L. Lake, F. W. DeMoney, R. J. Eiber)....Pages 278-293 Tensile Properties and Notch Toughness of Aluminum Alloys at -452°F in Liquid Helium (J. G. Kaufman, K. O. Bogardus, E. T. Wanderer)....Pages 294-308 Bending Fatigue Properties of Stainless Steel 304L Thin Sheet Metal at 20° and -196°C (J. Alleaume, B. de Frondeville)....Pages 309-317 Mechanical Properties of Titanium Alloys at Cryogenic Temperatures (J. L. Christian, A. Hurlich)....Pages 318-333 Investigation into the Compatibility of Hydrogen and Titanium (W. A. Wickstrom, B. R. Etheridge)....Pages 334-342 Liquid-Vapor and Solid-Vapor Equilibrium in the System Hydrogen-Ethane (M. J. Hiza, C. K. Heck, A. J. Kidnay)....Pages 343-356 Solid-Liquid-Vapor Equilibrium in the System Hydrogen-Helium (N. E. Greene, R. E. Sonntag)....Pages 357-362 The P-V-T Behavior of Liquid Nitrogen at Temperatures from 77° to 120°K and Pressures to 680 Atmospheres (W. B. Streett, L. A. K. Staveley)....Pages 363-374 Preliminary Thermodynamic Properties of Helium-3 between 1° and 100°K (R. M. Gibbons, C. McKinley)....Pages 375-383 The Thermodynamic Properties of Deuterium (R. Prydz, K. D. Timmerhaus, R. B. Stewart)....Pages 384-396 The Adsorption Isotherms of Methane, Nitrogen, Hydrogen and their Mixtures on Charcoal at 76°K (A. J. Kidnay, M. J. Hiza, P. F. Dickson)....Pages 397-408 Rate Model for Ortho-Parahydrogen Reaction on a Highly Active Catalyst (A. H. Singleton, A. Lapin, L. A. Wenzel)....Pages 409-427 Heat Transport and Refrigeration for Superconducting Linear Accelerators (M. S. McAshan)....Pages 428-433 A Continuous Helium II Refrigerator (W. Baldus, A. Sellmaier)....Pages 434-440 A 4.0°K Single-Engine Cycle Helium Refrigerator (R. N. Meier, R. B. Currie)....Pages 441-449 A Solid Cryogen Refrigerator for 50°K Infrared Detector Cooling (R. P. Caren, R. M. Coston)....Pages 450-462 Application of Turbomachinery to Small-Capacity Closed-Cycle Cryogenic Systems (F. E. Maddocks)....Pages 463-473 Miniature Claude and Reverse Brayton Cycle Turbomachinery Refrigerators (R. L. Gessner, D. B. Colyer)....Pages 474-484 Miniature Cryogenic Refrigerator Turbomachinery (D. B. Colyer, R. L. Gessner)....Pages 485-493 An Analysis of the Performance of the Pulse Tube Refrigerator (J. W. Colangelo, E. E. Fitzpatrick, S. N. Rea, J. L. Smith Jr.)....Pages 494-504 Hydrostatic Pressure Effects in Carbon and Germanium Thermometers (J. W. Dean, R. J. Richards)....Pages 505-508 Instrumentation for the Saturn Liquid Hydrogen Experiment (D. H. Talley, C. S. Bordelon)....Pages 509-522 Hydrogen Slush Density Reference System (B. H. Weitzel, C. F. Sindt, D. E. Daney)....Pages 523-533 Failure of Apollo Saturn V Liquid Oxygen Loading System (W. I. Moore, R. J. Arnold)....Pages 534-544 High-Altitude Explosion Properties of the Hydrogen-Oxygen System in Vented Tanks (S. Kaye, R. T. Murray)....Pages 545-554 Oxygen Diffusion in the Atmosphere from Liquid Oxygen Pools (A. Lapin, R. H. Foster)....Pages 555-565 The Effect of Variable Specific Heat of the Matrix on the Performance of Thermal Regenerators (P. A. Rios, J. L. Smith Jr.)....Pages 566-573 Cryogenic Tests on a Teflon-Tube Heat Exchanger (R. S. Thurston, K. D. Williamson Jr., J. C. Bronson)....Pages 574-581 A New Type of Compact Heat Exchanger with a High Thermal Efficiency (G. Vonk)....Pages 582-589 Heat Exchanger Design for Cryogenic Propellant Tanks (E. L. Dowty, D. W. Murphy)....Pages 590-598 Optimization of a Cryogenic Refrigerator Heat Exchanger (W. E. Gifford, A. Acharya)....Pages 599-606 Boiling Heat Transfer and Peak Nucleate Boiling Flux in Liquid Helium (J. C. Boissin, J. J. Thibault, J. Roussel, E. Faddi)....Pages 607-616 Heat Transfer to an Unsaturated Bath of Liquid Helium II (R. A. Madsen, P. W. McFadden)....Pages 617-623 Maximum and Minimum Heat Flux in Helium II for a 76.2-μ Diameter Horizontal Wire at Depths of Immersion up to 70 Centimeters (G. P. Lemieux, A. C. Leonard)....Pages 624-631 Hydrogen Heat Transfer in the Presence of Thermal-Acoustic Oscillations (R. S. Thurston)....Pages 632-639 Heat Transport Visualization in Helium II Using Focused Shadowgraph and Schlieren Techniques (D. M. Coulter, A. C. Leonard, J. G. Pike)....Pages 640-646 Nucleate and Film Boiling Heat Transfer to Liquefied Natural Gas (L. E. Brown, C. P. Colver)....Pages 647-654 Thermal Conductivity of Frozen Soil at Cryogenic Temperatures (J. J. Cloessner, R. F. Barron)....Pages 655-661 Measuring the Gas Pressure within a High-Performance Insulation Blanket (J. W. Price)....Pages 662-670 Thermal Energy Transport Parallel to the Laminations in Multilayer Insulation (G. C. Vliet, R. M. Coston)....Pages 671-679 Degradation of Multilayer Insulation Systems by Penetrations (D. O. Murray)....Pages 680-689 Vacuum Panel Insulation Systems (W. E. Grunert, F. Notaro)....Pages 690-700 Maser Dewar for System Operation (A. M. Rich, W. A. Peterson)....Pages 701-704 A Supercritical Helium Conditioning Unit (C. L. Baese, A. R. Urbach, J. J. Hibl)....Pages 705-714 A Facility for the Study of Neutron Moderation at Cryogenic Temperatures in a Light Water Pool Nuclear Reactor (J. J. Antal, A. F. Landry, A. A. Warnas)....Pages 715-727 Pumps or Fans for Destratification of Hydrogen Liquid and Gas (G. H. Caine, A. V. Pradhan)....Pages 728-738 Back Matter ....Pages 739-745