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Manned Spacecraft Design Principles
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Manned Spacecraft Design Principles

by Pasquale M. Sforza
November 2015
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
647 pages
21h 38m
English
Butterworth-Heinemann
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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 ...
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Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9780124199767