Manned Spacecraft Design Principles

Index

Note: Page numbers followed by “f” and “t” refer to figures and tables, respectively.

A

Ablation, 416, 418–419, 419, 420

Ablative heat shields with constant heat transfer, 414–417

Acceleration, average, 239, 239, 239, 239–240

Acceleration of each stage and its corresponding stack, 227

Administrative control, in risk management, 512

Advanced carbon–carbon (ACC) composite material, 442, 442–443

Aerodynamic force, 119, 147, 245–247, 322–323

Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP), 492

Afterbody cone angles, 314, 315f

Agena 6061-T6 aluminum UMDH fuel tank, 287

Air, thermodynamic properties of, 344–353

compressibility factors, 353f, 353t, 354f

enthalpy and compressibility, 345–347

high-temperature air

compressibility factors for, 353t

viscosity ...