Description This volume is devoted to the science and technology associated with spacecraft thermal control and as such it is dominated by the topic of radiative transfer. The thermal performance of a system in space depends upon the radiative interaction between external surfaces and the external environment (space, exhaust plumes, the sun) and upon the management of energy exchange between components within the spacecraft environment. The volume presents a view of timely advances in spacecraft radiative transfer and temperature control, which was drawn from the thermophysics sessions at the AIAA 19th Aerospace Sciences Meeting in St. Louis, MO in January 1981, and the AIAA 16th Thermophysics Conference in Palo Alto, CA in June 1981. These papers have been revised, updated, and organized into six coherent chapters that discuss heat transfer and properties, plume radiance, contamination and degradation, temperature control components, complex systems, and future concepts.
Radiatively Coupled Thermionic and Thermoelectric Power System Concept
1982-01-01
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
Radiatively coupled thermionic power system concept
AIAA | 1981
|A Preliminary Assessment of a Radiatively Coupled In-Core Thermionic Space Reactor
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1997
|Anisotropic radiatively coupled wedge flow
AIAA | 1976
|Analysis of Power-Dependent Switching Between Radiatively Coupled Planar Waveguides
British Library Online Contents | 1997
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