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The Fluid Dynamic Aspects of Space Flight. Volume I.

AD642742

Publication Date	1964
Page Count	418
Abstract	Behavior of the liquid-vapor interface during weightlessness; Liquid equilibrium configurations and disturbances of a vehicle motion due to liquid sloshing in space; Interaction of rockets and satellites with the ionosphere; Facilities to simulate the aerodynamics of charged particles in the ionosphere; Aerodynamic coefficients of wings and fuselages in rarefied gas flow; Installations a basse densite et leur activite; The V.K.I.F.D. low density wind tunnel; Influence of space environment upon vehicle components; The influence of environment on the mechanical behavior of metals; Breakdown in an electric propulsion flight test system; Electric drag on satellites; Modification of supersonic flow fields under near space conditions by cryopumping; Impact physics, meteroids and spacecraft structures; Impact performance of realistic space structures; Etude d'impacts a grande vitesse a l'aide d'un canon a gaz leger; Studies of hypervelocity impact with the R.A.R.D.E. 1/4 inch calibre launcher; Theory of hypervelocity impact; Momentum transfer and cratering phenomena associated with the impact of aluminium spheres into thick aluminium targets at velocities to 24,000 feet per second.
Keywords	Space flight Fluid mechanics Weightlessness Superaerodynamics Space environmental conditions Sloshing Ionosphere Aerodynamic configurations Spacecraft Electric propulsion Impact shock France Symposia West Germany Great Britain
NTIS Subject Category	84A - Astronautics
Corporate Authors	Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development, Paris (France).
Supplemental Notes	Proceedings of the AGARD-NATO Specialists' Meeting Sponsored by the Fluid Dynamics Panel of AGARD, Marseille, France, April 20-24, 1964.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	196701

The Fluid Dynamic Aspects of Space Flight. Volume I.

The Fluid Dynamic Aspects of Space Flight. Volume I.
AD642742

Publication Date	1964
Page Count	418
Abstract	Behavior of the liquid-vapor interface during weightlessness; Liquid equilibrium configurations and disturbances of a vehicle motion due to liquid sloshing in space; Interaction of rockets and satellites with the ionosphere; Facilities to simulate the aerodynamics of charged particles in the ionosphere; Aerodynamic coefficients of wings and fuselages in rarefied gas flow; Installations a basse densite et leur activite; The V.K.I.F.D. low density wind tunnel; Influence of space environment upon vehicle components; The influence of environment on the mechanical behavior of metals; Breakdown in an electric propulsion flight test system; Electric drag on satellites; Modification of supersonic flow fields under near space conditions by cryopumping; Impact physics, meteroids and spacecraft structures; Impact performance of realistic space structures; Etude d'impacts a grande vitesse a l'aide d'un canon a gaz leger; Studies of hypervelocity impact with the R.A.R.D.E. 1/4 inch calibre launcher; Theory of hypervelocity impact; Momentum transfer and cratering phenomena associated with the impact of aluminium spheres into thick aluminium targets at velocities to 24,000 feet per second.
Keywords	Space flight Fluid mechanics Weightlessness Superaerodynamics Space environmental conditions Sloshing Ionosphere Aerodynamic configurations Spacecraft Electric propulsion Impact shock France Symposia West Germany Great Britain
NTIS Subject Category	84A - Astronautics
Corporate Authors	Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development, Paris (France).
Supplemental Notes	Proceedings of the AGARD-NATO Specialists' Meeting Sponsored by the Fluid Dynamics Panel of AGARD, Marseille, France, April 20-24, 1964.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	196701