Development of technology for hot drape forming and nozzles for torus sections Final report, Jun. 1963 - Dec. 1965
Hot drape forming and heat treatment of aluminum base alloy toroidal shell segments
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Hot drape forming and heat treatment of aluminum base alloy toroidal shell segments
Mathematical model for pyrolytic mechanics of phenol formaldehyde ablators
Hot drape forming of torus and semitoroidal bulkhead segments from aluminum alloys
Saturn V S-IC electron beam welding system
Magnetic coils for continuous use and coil positioning and transporter dolly
Nondestructive, automatic technique for monitoring and recording fatigue crack growth
Ultrasonic reflection system automatically and nondestructively detects and records the propagation of fatigue cracks in test specimens undergoing fatigue cycling. A reflector plate obtains a reference signal and monitors the location of the tip of a propagating fatigue crack.
Welding techniques from Saturn 5 booster, discussing surface contamination effect on weld strength
Electron beam technique of measuring molecular rotational and vibrational temperatures of nitrogen in hypersonic tunnel using air as test gas
Manufacturing engineering research at Marshall Space Flight Center
Experimental verification of surface vehicle dynamics
Diatomic nitrogen ions branch overlapping, discussing rotational line structure in first negative system vibrational bands
Dual spectrometer for rotational temperature measurements on low density nitrogen gas
Handbook has been published which integrates results of 19 research programs involving welding of high-strength aluminum alloys. Book introduces metallurgy and properties of aluminum alloys by discussing commercial alloys and heat treatments. Several current welding processes are reviewed such as gas tungsten-arc welding and gas metal-arc welding.
The detection of a phenological event (the brown wave-vegetation senescence) for specific forest and crop types using ERTS-1 imagery is described. Data handling techniques included computer analysis and photo interpretation procedures. Computer analysis of ERTS-1 multispectral scanner digital tapes in all bands was used to give the relative changes of spectral reflectance with time of forests and specified crops. These data were obtained for a number of the study's twenty-four sites located within four north-south corridors across the United States. Analysis of ground observation photography and ERTS-1 imagery for sites in the Appalachian Corridor and Mississippi Valley Corridor indicates that the recession of vegetation development can be detected very well. Tentative conclusions are that specific phenological events such as crop maturity or leaf fall can be mapped for specific sites and possibly for entire regions.
The author has identified the following significant results. The 1972 Brown Wave and 1973 Green Wave were detected at 24 sites located in four north-south corridors across the United States through analysis of ERTS-1 imagery and multispectral scanner digital tapes. Ground observations from these sites were correlated with ERTS data. These two phenological events were documented by observations from more than 3200 sites across the United States. The problem of changing atmospheric and illumination conditions were studied and corrections to ERTS data suggested. Band-to-band ratios were developed and correlated with the fall and spring phenological changes in field crops and forests. The results to date show the feasibility of developing and refining phenoclimatic models for use in characterizing crop status and as an aid to yield prediction.
There are no author-identified significant results in this report.
Large areas of nuclear emulsions and plastic detectors were exposed to the primary cosmic radiation during high altitude balloon flights. From the analysis of 141 particle tracks recorded during a total exposure of 1.3 x 10 to the 7th power sq m ster.sec., a charge spectrum of the VVH particles has been derived.