Thermophysics: Applications to Thermal Design of Spacecraft (Progress in astronautics and aeronautics)

Thermophysics: Applications to Thermal Design of Spacecraft is a collection of technical papers presented at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics's 7th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, held on January 20-22, 1969, in New York and 4th Thermophysics Conference, held on June 16-18, 1969, in San Francisco, California. Contributors explore the applications of thermophysics to thermal design of spacecraft and tackle topics ranging from conduction and radiation to convection, phase change, and thermal design techniques. Comprised of 26 chapters, this volume begins with a discussion on experimental thermophysical properties, focusing on topics such as contact thermal resistance theory and experiment; optics and engineering in thermophysics; and crystal growth during melting and freezing and its application to phase change in thermal control. The physical parameters affecting radiation property degradation under simulated space environmental conditions are also considered. Radiative analysis is treated in the next section, with emphasis on surface effects upon radiative properties; two-component heat pipes; parametric thermal control requirements for future manned spacecraft; and thermal considerations of a landed vehicle on the surface of Mars. This book should be of interest to practitioners in astronautics and aeronautics. Content: Front Inside Cover , Pages ii-iii Front Inside Cover , Page iv Front Matter , Page v Copyright , Page vi PREFACE , Pages vii-ix , Jerry T. Bevans THE THERMOPHYSICS COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS , Pages xi-xii EDITORIAL COMMITTEE FOR VOLUME 23 , Page xiii THERMAL ISOLATION WITH LOW-CONDUCTANCE INTERSTITIAL MATERIALS UNDER COMPRESSIVE LOADS , Pages 3-22 , Paul A. Smuda, Donald A. Gyorog THERMAL CONTACT RESISTANCE MEASUREMENTS AT AMBIENT PRESSURES OF ONE ATMOSPHERE TO 3×10 −12 MM HG AND COMPARISON WITH THEORETICAL PREDICTIONS , Pages 23-44 , John F. Cassidy, Herman Mark COLUMN METHOD OF MEASURING THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF GASES: RESULTS ON CARBON MONOXIDE AND OXYGEN , Pages 45-62 , S.C. Saxena, G.P. Gupta PORTABLE REFLECTOMETER , Pages 65-76 , Mitchell W. Finkel INVESTIGATION OF A MODEL FOR BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE OF ROUGH SURFACES , Pages 77-92 , C.H. Treat, M.W. Wildin SOLAR ABSORPTANCE AND HEMISPHERICAL EMITTANCE OF VARIOUS METALS AT SPACE CONDITIONS , Pages 93-107 , John R. Jack, Ernie W. Spisz A STUDY OF HEAT-TRANSFER PROCESSES IN MULTILAYER INSULATIONS , Pages 111-126 , G.R. Cunnington, C.L. Tien OPACIFIED FIBROUS INSULATIONS , Pages 127-151 , W.E. Grunert, F. Notaro, R.L. Reid TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVING THE THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF LOW-DENSITY FIBROUS INSULATION , Pages 153-172 , Edward L. Lopez MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATION OF INTERFACIAL PHENOMENA , Pages 175-185 , T.C. Bannister, B.E. Richard RADIATION-INDUCED ABSORPTION BANDS IN SPACECRAFT THERMAL CONTROL COATING PIGMENTS , Pages 189-218 , M. McCargo, S.A. Greenberg, N.J. Douglas ELECTRON ENERGY DEPENDENCE FOR IN-VACUUM DEGRADATION AND RECOVERY IN THERMAL CONTROL SURFACES , Pages 219-248 , Lawrence B. Fogdall, Sheridan S. Cannaday, Richard R. Brown RESULTS FROM THE ATS-3 REFLECTOMETER EXPERIMENT , Pages 249-274 , James B. Heaney DISTRIBUTION OF SOLAR ENERGY REFLECTED FROM EARTH BY A SCATTERING ATMOSPHERE , Pages 277-294 , Bert K. Larkin RADIATIVE EQUILIBRIUM OF A GRAY MEDIUM BOUNDED BY NONISOTHERMAL WALLS , Pages 295-317 , D.B. Olfe DIRECTIONAL EMITTANCE FROM EMITTING, ABSORBING, AND SCATTERING MEDIA , Pages 319-334 , T.J. Love, W.D. Turner APPARENT RADIATION PROPERTIES OF A ROUGH SURFACE , Pages 337-361 , R.G. Hering, T.F. Smith EFFECT OF THIN SURFACE FILMS ON THE RADIATIVE PROPERTIES OF METAL SURFACES , Pages 363-383 , E.G. Cravalho, E.L. Coburn Drazen DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER SPACE RADIATOR DYNAMIC ANALYSIS , Pages 387-404 , D.J. Wanous, O.W. Clausen AN ATS-E SOLAR CELL SPACE RADIATOR UTILIZING HEAT PIPES , Pages 405-422 , J.D. Hinderman, J. Madsen, E.D. Waters TWO-COMPONENT HEAT PIPES , Pages 423-436 , C.L. Tien SCALE MODELING OF A MULTILAYER INSULATED SPACECRAFT FOR USE IN A PRELIMINARY DESIGN STUDY , Pages 437-460 , K.N. Marshall, R.E. Rolling PARAMETRIC THERMAL CONTROL REQUIREMENTS FOR FUTURE MANNED SPACECRAFT , Pages 461-487 , R.S. Barker, S.W. Nicol THERMAL CONSIDERATIONS OF A LANDED VEHICLE ON THE SURFACE OF MARS , Pages 491-514 , Morton Jacob Rosenberg MARS LANDER THERMAL CONTROL SYSTEM PARAMETRIC STUDIES , Pages 515-546 , Thomas R. Tracey, Theodore F. Morey THERMAL DESIGN, ANALYSIS, AND TESTING OF A FULL-SIZE PLANETARY LANDER MODEL , Pages 547-578 , Theodore F. Morey, David N. Gorman CONTRIBUTORS TO VOLUME 23 , Pages 579-580