Liquid Rockets and Propellants

698 Pages·1960·34.362 MB·English

by  Loren E. Bollinger, Martin Goldsmith, Alexis W. Lemmon Jr. (Eds.)

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LIQUID ROCKETS and PROPELLANTS
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Progress in ASTRONAUTICS and ROCKETRY
A series of volumes sponsored by
American Rocket Society
500 Fifth Avenue, New York 36, New York
Progress Series Editor
Martin Summerfield
Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
Titles in the Series
Volume 1. Solid Propellant Rocket Research. 1960
Editor: MARTIN SUMMERFIELD
Volume 2. Liquid Rockets and Propellants. 1960
Editors: LOREN E. BOLLINGER, MARTIN GOLDSMITH,
AND ALEXIS W. LEMMON, JR.
In preparation
Volume 3. Energy Conversion for Space Power. 1961
Editor: NATHAN W. SNYDER
Volume 4. Space Power Systems. 1961
Editor: NATHAN W. SNYDER
Volume 5. Electrostatic Propulsion. 1961
Editors: DAVID B. LANGMUIR, ERNST STUHLINGER,
AND J. M. SELLEN, JR.
(Other volumes are planned)
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Edited by
Loren E. Bollinger
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Martin Goldsmith
The Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, California
Alexis W. Lemmon, Jr.
Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio
A Selection of Technical Papers
based mainly on
A Symposium of the American Rocket Society
held at The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio,
July 18, 19, 1960
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AMERICAN ROCKET SOCIETY
Liquid Rockets Committee
July 1960
Martin Goldsmith, Chairman
The Rand Corporation
Charles H. King, Jr., Vice Chairman
Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, A Division of United
Aircraft Corporation
Paul D. Castenholz
Rocketdyne, A Division of North American Aviation, Inc.
Donald A. Dooley
Space Technology Laboratories, Inc.
Thomas F. Irvine, Jr.
North Carolina State College
John C. Moise
Aerojet-General Corporation
William F. Radcliffe
Convair, A Division of General Dynamics
Corporation
Robert F. Rose
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute
of Technology
Daniel G. Schiavone
Bell Aircraft Corporation
Albert G. Thatcher
Reaction Motors Division, Thiokol Chemical
Corporation
Adelbert O. Tischler
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Headquarters
Earl L. Wilson
Douglas Aircraft Co., Inc.
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Propellants and Combustion Committee
Peter L. Nichols, Jr. , Chairman
Stanford Research Institute
Ray E. Bolz
Case Institute of Technology
Ali Bulent Cambel
Northwestern University
Benson E. Gammon
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Headquarters
Melvin Gerstein
National Engineering Science Company
Jerry Grey
Princeton University
Robert A. Gross
Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation
Arthur A. Kovitz
Northwestern University
Alexis W. Lemmon, Jr.
Battelle Memorial Institute
Charles Marsel
New York University
A. K. Oppenheim
University of California, Berkeley
Thomas F. Reinhardt
Bell Aircraft Corporation
John L. Sloop
NASA Lewis Research Center
R. J. Thompson
Rocketdyne, A Division of North American
Aviation, Inc.
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CONTRIBUTORS TO VOLUME 2
Angelus, T.A., Allegany Ballistics Laboratory,
Cumberland, Maryland... p. 221.
Baker, Stanley W., Development Services and Manufacturing
Division, Aerojet-General Corporation,
Azusa, California.. .p. 189.
Bauer, Walter H., School of Science, Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York. ..p. 327.
Cardullo, Mario William, Liquid Rocket Propulsion
Laboratory, U. S. Naval Air Rocket Test Station,
Lake Denmark, Dover, New Jersey*.. .p. 617.
Chamberlain, John, Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Division,
United Aircraft Corporation, East Hartford,
Connecticut... p. 99.
Davis, Noah S., Jr., Rocketdyne, A Division of North
American Aviation, Inc., Canoga Park,
California. ..p. 589.
Dykema, Owen W., Liquid Propulsion Section, Rocketdyne,
A Division of North American Aviation, Inc.,
Canoga Park, California.. .p. 299.
Eberstein, Igor J., Department of Aeronautical Engineering,
Princeton University, Princeton,
New Jersey... p. 351.
Edse, Rudolph, Rocket Research Laboratory, The Ohio
State University, Columbus, Ohio. ..p. 367.
Elliott, D. G., Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California
Institute of Technology, Pasadena,
California., .p. 497.
El-Wakil, M. M., Department of Mechanical Engineering,
University of Wisconsin, Madison,
Wisconsin.. .p. 265.
*Present address: Ordnance Corps, Picatinny Arsenal, Dover,
New Jersey
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Fialkoff, S. , Camin Laboratories, Inc., Brooklyn,
New York. . .p. 563.
Fishburne, E. Stokes, Department of Aeronautical
Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus,
Ohio. . .p. 367
Gibb, J. A. , Aerojet-General Corporation, Sacramento,
California. . . p. 447.
Glassman, Irvin, Department of Aeronautical Engineering,
Princeton University, Princeton,
New Jersey. .. p. 351, 563.
Goldstein, Marvin S., American Cyanamid Company,
Stamford, Connecticut. .. p. 327.
Greene, Stanley A., Chemistry Section, Rocketdyne, A
Division of North American Aviation, Inc., Canoga
Park, California. . .p. 299.
Harrje, David T., Department of Aeronautical Engineering,
Princeton University, Princeton,
New Jersey. . . p. 175.
Hersh, Charles K. , Chemistry Research Division, Armour
Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of
Technology, Chicago, Illinois. .. p. 427.
Hickerson, Frederick R., Liquid Rocket Propulsion
Laboratory, U. S. Naval Air Rocket Test Station,
Lake Denmark, Dover, New Jersey. . . p. 617.
Hinck, Ernest, Advanced Systems Research Department,
Reaction Motors Division, Thiokol Chemical
Corporation, Denville, New Jersey. . . p. 77.
Holzmann, Alien, Advanced Systems Research Department,
Reaction Motors Division, Thiokol Chemical
Corporation, Denville, New Jersey. .. p. 77.
Ilsen, V., Liquid Rocket Plant, Aerojet-General Corporation,
Sacramento, California. .. p. 95.
Jones, Rowland B. , Jr. , Department of Aeronautical
Engineering, Princeton University,
Princeton, New Jersey. . . p. 175.
Jortner, Julius, Rocketdyne, A Division of North American
Aviation, Inc., Canoga Park, California. .. p. 471.
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Kushida, Raymond, National Engineering Science Co.,
Pasadena, California... p. 385.
Landsbaum, E.M., Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California
Institute of Technology, Pasadena,
California.. .p. 119.
Mark, R., Department of Aeronautical Engineering,
Princeton University, Princeton,
New Jersey... p. 563.
Massier, Paul F., Heat Transfer and Fluid Dynamics Group,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of
Technology, Pasadena, California.. .p. 3.
Mayer, Ernest, National Engineering Science Co.,
Pasadena, California... p. 543.
McCormick, James C., Becco Chemical Division, Food
Machinery & Chemical Corporation,
Buffalo, New York.. .p. 589.
Mellish, J. A., Aerojet-General Corporation, Sacramento
California.. .p. 447.
Misko, George, Rocketdyne, A Division of North American
Aviation, Inc., Canoga Park, California... p. 411.
Olson, Robert E., United Aircraft Corporation Research
Laboratories, East Hartford,
Connecticut... p. 99.
Osborn, J. R., Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana. ..p. 145.
Peterson, J. A., Tapco Group, Thompson Ramo Wooldridge,
Inc., Inglewood, California...p. 647.
Rao, G. V. R., Rocketdyne, A Division of North American
Aviation,Inc., Canoga Park,
California., .p. 89, 669.
Roschke, E. John, Heat Transfer and Fluid Dynamics Group,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute
of Technology, Pasadena, California.. . p. 3.
Reissig, G. W., Allegany Ballistics Laboratory,
Cumberland, Maryland. .. p. 221.
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