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Fluid coupling assembly that is self-aligning, self-sealing and contains a bellow ball and socket coupling for quick attach and release is highly reliable and can handle cryogenic fluids where icing is encountered. The fluid coupling assembly is used in many fluid systems but is particularly applicable to cryogenic systems.
Users manual for Quick Look mission analysis program
Umbilical carriers and quick-disconnect facilities of Saturn V ground support equipment noting location, ejecting methods, etc
Method of bonding materials to a flat surface eliminates the use of bolts to hold the pieces together. Two adhesives are used, the primary or permanent bonding material and a quick setting adhesive. No permanent after effects are left on the surfaces to which the materials are bonded.
Conditions for subsonic compressible flow through duct systems are quickly and easily calculated using compact series of curves showing dimensionless parametric functions of Mach number and specific heat ratio. Method is directly applicable to analysis and design of compressible flow systems in industrial fields or processes.
Space vehicle stage coupling and quick release separation mechanism
Quick-release coupling for fueling rocket vehicles with cryogenic propellants
Quick disconnect latch and handle combination for mounting articles on walls or supporting bases in spacecraft under zero gravity conditions
Quick attach mechanism for moving or stationary wires, ropes, or cables
Quick-release spring holder secures acoustic sensor to test material surface eliminating adhesive bonding to test material and achieving acoustic emission evaluation from tensile tests. Reusability of sensors reduces test cost.
Gas operated release mechanism releases load by fluid pressure to provide positive action quick release. Method can be used with large loads and is useful in repetitive cycling functions where shear pins and similar devices would be cumbersome.
Harness device permits user to quickly put on or take off load carried in backpack arrangement. It can be attached with one hand; has controlled deformation belt that automatically encircles user upon application of pressure; has rigid shoulder harness elements which move automatically into place; and primary attachment components cannot be displaced while harness is in place.
Hydraulic disconnect coupling on ground serving half of spacecraft refrigeration cooling system employs movable center stem for venting and closing nipple poppet. Self sealing poppet quickly connects cooling system to spacecraft without manual work. Recessed sealing surface insures open poppet when stem retracts.
Six quartz crystal microbalance contamination monitors were flown on Skylab to monitor the deposition of material from spacecraft outgassing and from the rendezvous and docking maneuvers of the Command/Service Module. This report contains a quick-look analysis of the data from these units during the unmanned and manned portions of SL2.
It is shown that the daily quick look solar wind velocities based on the Ames Research Center solar wind plasma data obtained on the Pioneer spacecraft are surprisingly reliable indicators of interplanetary activity. These velocities can appropriately be used in correlation studies with an average accuracy of plus or minus 5%. This accuracy reflects the 'jitter' in the solar wind velocity during quiescent intervals and across high-speed streams.
Column has end caps held in place by springs; prefilled packs of absorbent can be exchanged quickly. Both ends of metal or plastic body tube of size which can hold adequate amount of absorbent are machined to provide seat for perforated plate and groove for its spring retainer ring.
A new R = 1/2 K = 32 quick-look-in code is described and compared to the R = 1/2 K = 32 Massey-Costello code now used in some NASA systems. The new code, has the optimum distance profile property. This new code is shown, by comparison of Fano sequential decoding performance on a simulated Gaussian noise channel, to be computationally superior to the Massey-Costello code. The new code is also shown to be superior to the Massey-Costello code according to several analytical code criteria.