NASA Special Publications, spring 1967
Annotated bibliography of special publications reflecting manifold activities of NASA
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Annotated bibliography of special publications reflecting manifold activities of NASA
Construction of energy functions for Morse system of vector fields on manifold
Criticism of Choi-Smith extension of Lowdin lower bounds formalism to multidimensional reference manifold
The principal control of the combustion within a liquid-propellant rocket thrust chamber is provided by the injector. Only when precise control of the injection process is attained can optimum performance, dynamic stability, heat transfer compatibility and reproducibility be provided. Control must be designed into each step of the injection process with sufficient isolation provided to insure stability. In the design of the injector manifolding, the main desire is to provide mass and mixture ratio regulation across the injector face. The design of the injector orifices must be such that this mass and mixture ratio control is retained through the orifices and imparted to the droplet sprays that are produced. Furthermore, the orifice design must control the size and distribution of the droplets generated so that combustion will be completed within the chamber. Mechanical damping devices are often required to protect the early mixing zone from transverse velocities and associated displacement effects in the chamber. Only when each phase of the injection process is carefully controlled can the design aims be reached.
Radiative decay of polyatomic molecules, applying Green function form for transition probability to decay of manifold of closely spaced coupled levels
Scale models of M-1 rocket engine oxygen and hydrogen pump driven two stage turbines used to determine performance and compact inlet manifolds problems
Investigation of Rene-41 cooling rate from 1975 to 1400 degrees F reveals that slow cooling improves high-temperature ductility and provides more uniform properties throughout a manifold. Ambient elongation and impact resistance are not significantly changed.
Injector manifold assembly for bipropellant rocket engines providing for fuel propellant to serve as coolant
Methane abundance in Jovian atmosphere deduced from line equivalent widths, obtaining line intensity for J manifolds
Automobile exhaust manifold thermal reactor systems comparison in control of hydrocarbon and carbon monoxide emissions
Flows on 3-manifolds near isolated invariant sets
Closed invariant sets of smooth flow on compact manifold involving homoclinic or heteroclinic point theory of Poincare
Excising neighborhood of singularity from manifold with vector field definition, making possible regularization of two and three body problems
Circuit elements are grouped on functional basis in rectangular two-dimensional planar arrays or modules. Another interconnection method brings all connections out to module edge. For smaller fluidic circuits, manifold and interconnections are fabricated as single blocks. Advantages of methods are given.
Disposable hemodialyzer is described that can be used at home by non-medically trained personnel. Short lengths of semipermeable membrane tubes are arranged in parallel, supported by plastic mesh and encased in epoxy at ends. Tubes are connected to input and output blood manifolds which are separated by dialysate chamber. Daily dialysis requires only two hours or less.
Optimal control of systems governed by functional differential equations of retarded and neutral type is considered. Problems with function space initial and terminal manifolds are investigated. Existence of optimal controls, regularity, and bang-bang properties are discussed. Necessary and sufficient conditions are derived, and several solved examples which illustrate the theory are presented.
A regeneratively cooled thrust chamber has been designed and fabricated, consisting of an inner TD nickel liner which was spin formed, welded, and machined and an outer shell of electroformed nickel. Coolant channels were produced in the outer surface of the inner liner by the electric discharge machining process before electroforming the shell. Accessory manifolds and piping were attached by welding. Manufacturing processes employed are described.
The relationship between the consumption of energy by technological cultures and the second law of thermodynamics is discussed. The analysis is based on a description of the operation of a mechanical device which consumes energy. It is concluded that the flow of energy in manifold spontaneous conditions, which play a vital role in the operation of any technological process, remove most of the energy flow path from the control of the operator. It is stated that the increased efficiency of a process can benefit the environment only as much as this efficiency enables the total energy input to be reduced for a given level of production and increasing efficiency cannot meet the problems of an increased rate of energy utilization.