"A Comparison of Advanced Cooling Techniques for Rocket Thrust Chambers".
Saturn project
Rocket engines
Cooling
Thrust chambers
The document is a technical paper for Astronautics and Aerospace Engineering Magazine.The copy has handwritten notes that appear to be for revisions. The abstract states "In the early days of rocket propulsion, two primary methods were employed for cooling the walls of thrust chambers. These were uncooled metal chambers where the heat sink capacity of the chamber and nozzle wall materials limited the operating duration, and regeneratively cooled chambers where one of the propellants was circulated in a cooling jacket which constituted the chamber wall. Today, there are at least fourteen different methods with variations for cooling the combustion devices and nozzles of liquid propellant, solid propellant, and/or nuclear rocket propulsion engines. It is the intent of this paper to examine these methods, to describe for each the useful range of operating conditions, as well as present and likely future applications, to define their limitations and associated problems. Emphasis is primarily placed on liquid rocket engines."
Sutton, George P.
Wagner, William R.
Seader, J. D.
University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
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Essays
"A Comparison of an MIT Explicit Guidance Principle with MSFC Iterative Guidance."
George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Inertial guidance
Spacecraft guidance
Space flight
From the summary: "Both [guidance] schemes steer toward a specified end point. The MIT scheme uses thrust to cancel out the effective gravity, a nonlinear term, which may be inefficient in certain cases. The MSFC scheme is more closely connected with calculus of variations and optimization theory in a reasonable degree of approximation."
Hart, Judson J.
Reports
"A comparison of four control systems proposed for Saturn V launch vehicles."
Saturn launch vehicles
Saturn 5 launch vehicles
Testing
Spacecraft control
Presented are the results of a study comparing four proposed control systems for the first stage flight of Saturn V launch vehicles. The primary basis of comparison is the effect on structural loads, using the bending moments at three stations as load indicators. Two of the systems sense only the vehicle attitude and attitude rate, while the other two systems also sense the lateral acceleration. A yaw plane wind response analysis, including rigid body translation, rigid body rotation, four bending modes, five slosh modes, and a non ideal control system, was performed. The winds used in the study were the Marshall synthetic profile and three selected Jimsphere-measured real wind profiles. Load relief obtained from the addition of accelerometer feedback in the control loop amounted to about 10 percent at maximum bending moment station. In view of predicted structural capabilities of the vehicle, this reduction in loads was not considered sufficient to offset the added complexity and the slight reduction in rigid body stability .
Sumrall, Phil
George C. Marshall Space Flight Center. Aero-Astrodynamics Laboratory
"A decade of space progress, 1958 to 1968: General Electric Missile and Space Division offers a pictorial tribute to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration."
Manned space flight
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Excerpt from G.E. Challenge, Fall (Sept.) 1968, pages 13 to 25.
General Electric Company
Articles
"A Description of the ST 124-M Inertial Stabilized Platform and its Application to the Saturn V Launch Vehicle."
Inertial platform
This report is a description of the ST124-M inertial stabilized platform system and its application to the Saturn V launch vehicle. It is a summary report providing the system concept and not a theoretical presentation. Mathematical equations were included only where necessary to describe the equipment; however, the detail derivations supporting these equations were not presented since this was not the theme of the paper.
O'Connor, B. J.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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"A description of the ST-124M inertial stabilized platform and its application to the Saturn V launch vehicle."
This report is a description of the ST-124M inertial stabilized platform system and its application to the Saturn V launch vehicle. It is a summary report providing the system concept, and not a theoretical presentation. Mathematical equations were included only where necessary to describe the equipment; however, the detailed derivations supporting these equations were not presented since this was not the theme of the paper.
"A Discussion of the Lunar Landing Problem."
Saturn Project (U.S.)
Space flight to the moon
Lunar landing
Digesu worked in the Astrionics Division of MSFC. This paper was presented at the AIAA Guidance & Control Conference, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, August 12-14, 1963.
Digesu, Fred E.
"A DWI Conviction Can Bring a Social Life to a Screeching Halt...But It's a Great Way to Save Lives"
Department of Defense poster
United States--Department of Defense
Drunk driving
Bicycles
Bike parked in parking lot with man visible through window
Department of Defense
The University of Alabama in Huntsville M. Louis Salmon Library
Posters
Still Image
"A Future for Virginia's Past" by the Virginia Department of Historical Resources, 1988
"A Helium Face Seal Application In a Liquid Oxygen Pump."
Liquid oxygen
Pump seals
Sealing
Presented at the Fourth International Conference on Fluid Sealing held in conjunction with the 24th annual meeting in Philadelphia, May 5-9, 1969.
Cieslik, Walter
American Society of Lubrication Engineers
"A Hybrid Simulation for Dynamic Verification of Saturn Guidance and Control Subsystems."
Project Apollo (U.S.)
Apollo spacecraft
Computerized simulation
Dynamic tests
This paper presents a discussion of a hybrid simulation used to dynamically verify the Saturn Guidance and Control subsystems. First, the Saturn vehicle is briefly described to provide background information. The Instrument Unit (IU) is considered in more detail to give a proper setting for the Guidance and Flight Control (G and FC) discussion that follows. After a brief description of the actual G and FC System operation, simulation models of the G and FC components are considered in detail. This is followed by a discussion of the model assignment to a particular computer (digital or analog) and justification for making that assignment. Finally, results of the AS-204/LM1 hybrid simulation studies are briefly considered with mention of the actual flight data.
Patray, Ronald T.
International Business Machines Corporation. Federal Systems Division
Mueller, G. E. (George Edwin), 1918
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration--History
Written by NASA Office of Manned Space Flight Associate Administrator George E. Mueller, this is an article from G. E. Challenge, Fall 1966, page 26 to 32.
Mueller, G. E. (George Edwin), 1918-2015
General Electric Corporation
Clippings
Aerospace telemetry
A technique new to telemetry is discussed which promises to alleviate an enigma facing the telemetry engineer : How to adequately transmit the avalanche of vibration and other wideband data desired in the development phase of large missiles and launch vehicles. The data channels are stacked in the frequency spectrum as single sideband subcarriers which frequency modulate the RF carrier. The system design utilizes to advantage the statistical properties of vibration data to achieve maximum data transmission efficiency from the available RF carrier deviation. However, in contrast to proposed statistical predigestion techniques, the data is transmitted in raw form.
Frost, Walter O.
College sports
Continuing education--United States
Hockey
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Huntsville (Ala.)
Madison County (Ala.)
This flier advertises a trip to Maine for UAH hockey fans to see "the Chargers capture the top-ranked Black Bears of the University of Maine." Tours of Maine scenery and sites, a "New England Style Dinner," lodging, and transportation are offered in the package.
University of Alabama in Huntsville. Division of Continuing Education
Fliers (Printed matter)
"A Practical Approach to the Optimization of the Saturn V Space Vehicle Control System Under Aerodynamic Loads."
Optimization
This paper includes the equations for the bending moment of a launch vehicle with the effects of bending and sloshing dynamics. It also includes a comparison between the bending moment response envelope of the measure winds and the bending moment response of the MSFC synthetic wind profile.
Ryan, Robert S. (Robert Samuel), 1925-
Teuber, Dieter
Memorandums
"A Prime Contractor's Reliability Program for Components/Parts for the Douglas S-IVB Stage Project."
Quality control
Reliability engineering
Saturn S-4B stage
This paper, presented at the fifth annual Reliability and Maintainability Conference in New York City, contains a "prime contractor's reliability program for components/parts for the Douglas S-IVB stage project." These parts include special flight critical items and their complementary reliability engineering program plan is outlined in this paper.
Wilson, R. B.
Hug, N.L.
Still image
"A Profile of Gabriel Hanby" by Blount County Historical Society, 1962
"A Program plan for earth orbital space astronomy."
Technology utilization
Astronomical observatories
Manned space flight offers the opportunity to couple the astronaut/scientist's ability to select and process data and to calibrate, modify and repair instruments with the vantage point for astronomical observations provided by a platform located above the Earth's atmosphere. This paper briefly examines the role which manned space flight may play in the 1970-1990 time period in meeting astronomy research needs. The instruments and facilities which appear feasible for that period are described.; Paper presented by J. R. Olivier, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center and H. L. Wolbers, Ph.D, McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company - Western Division, Advance Space and Launch Systems.
Olivier, J. R.
Program Plans
Alcoholic beverages
Nightlife
Woman's purse and shoe on street outside of a bar as a cab drives away
"A real time operating system for the Saturn V launch computer system."
Real-time data processing
Automatic test equipment
Real time operation
Operating systems
Computer programming
Presentation aimed to encourage a final check on the Saturn V project before its first launch to ensure safety and success.
Palm, Frank R.
Presentations