proceedings of the Second International Conference on Space Engineering ; held at Venice, Italy, May 7-10, 1969
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by G.A. Partel.
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New York ; Dordrecht, Holland
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Springer-Verlag New York Inc. : D. Reidel Publishing Company
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1970
CONTENTS NOTE
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Opening Ceremony.- Address.- I/Structures and Materials.- Vibrations of Thin Elastic Plates Subject to Random Driving Forces.- Designing Cost-Effective Pressure Vessels Based on Fracture Mechanics.- Investigation of Low ?s/?-Coatings in a Simulated Space Environment.- II/ Guidance And Control Systems.- Controle automatique des chaines de telemesures.- Some Problems of Controlling Spaceships.- Numerical Procedures for the Attitude and Orbital Maneuvers Computation of a Spin-Stabilised Satellite.- A Roll and Pitch Attitude Control Scheme for a Synchronous, Flywheel Stabilized, Communication Satellite.- Autopilot Compatibility of the Digital Inertial Guidance System Used in the Eldo 'Europa' Launch Vehicle.- Development of the 'Europa I' First Stage attitude Control System to the 'Europa II' Requirements.- III/Propellants and Combustion, I.- Decomposition and Ignition of Ammonium Perchlorate in the Presence of SnO2-Cr2O3 Catalysts.- Advanced Chemical Rocket Propellants: On the Way from Theory to Hardware.- Advanced Fuels and Oxidizers.- Effect of Additives on the Combustion of Hydrazine/Nitrogen Tetroxide.- Effects of Propellant Injection on Resonant Combustion.- Analytical and Experimental Investigations of Aerothermochemical Processes in Liquid Propellant Rocket Motors.- IV/Propellants And Combustion, II.- Investigations on Propellant Vaporization and Gas Mixture Formation in a Liquid Rocket Motor Using Nonhypergolic Propellants.- Physical and Chemical Kinetics of Al and ? Flames (An Extended Abstract).- Investigation of Boron Combustion for Its Application in Air Augmented Rockets.- Propellant Expulsion Techniques.- Investigation of an Injector Concept for Throttleable High-Energy Rocket Engines.- V/Propulsion, I.- Determination of the Position of the Supersonic Flow Closing Shock Wave in the Channels of an Air-Breathing Jet Engine.- Reduction in Cost of the First Stage, 'Recoverable' First Stages, and First Stages 'to Be Thrown Away'.- Low Cost Launch- and Re-Entry Vehicles - a Requirement for Future Space Flight.- Comparison of a Booster-Ram Rocket Combination with a Two-Stage Rocket for An Acceleration Mission.- Hybrid Motors in Sounding Rockets - Technical and Economical Advantages.- Evolution of Reaction Control Engines for U.S. Manned Spacecraft.- VI/Propulsion, II.- The Morphological Continuum in Solid Propellant Grain Design.- Une famille de propulseurs Bi-ergols a poussees comprises entre 40 et 1 kp. Technologie et possibilites d'application pour le Satellite 'Symphonie'.- Design of the Apollo Service Module Rocket Engine for Manned Operation.- Some Problems of the Dynamics of a Space Vehicle with Tanks Partially Filled with Liquid.- VII/Auxiliary Power Systems.- Compact ZrH Reactor Development Status and Reactor Thermoelectric Space Power Systems.- Batteries d'accumulateurs pour alimentation en energie de satellites.- Batteries d'accumulateurs souples nickel-cadmium pour alimentation de ballons meteorologiques.- Low-Power Nuclear Energy Conversion for Long-Duration Space Missions. Comparison between Rankine and Brayton Cycles: Dynamic and MHD Power Conversion.- VIII/Testing, Support and Accessories, I.- Investigation of the Vibration Modes of a Three Degrees of Freedom Ground Testing Apparatus for the Attitude-Control System of Satellites.- Satellites and Heat-Shields Test Facilities at FIAT Aerospace Laboratory.- Jettisoning Test Equipment at FIAT Aerospace Laboratory.- A Comparison of Satellite Drag Measurement Techniques.- Satellite Gravitational Stabilization Systems with Maximum Damping Rate.- An Analysis and Simulation of Mars Landing.- The Deep Space Network. An Instrument for Radio Navigation for the Mariner Mission to Mars, 1969.- Optimal Value for the Antenna Spacing of a Three Antenna Interferometer.- IX/Testing, Support and Accessories, II.- Space Programme in India.- The Churchill Research Range and Canada's Space Research Program.- Design and Dynamic Characteristics Investigation of a High Performance Spherical Bearing.- A Polyvalent Data Acquisition System for Ground Space Tests at FIAT Aerospace Laboratory.- Methodes et moyens d'essais relatifs au developpement des propulseurs.- New Capacitive Pressure Transducer for Aerospatial Use.- X/Speeches Delivered at the Banquet.- Speech by General B. A. Schriever: Manned Space Stations (Gateway to Our Future in Space).- Speech by Academician B. N. Petrov.