Advances in Cryogenic Engineering: Proceedings of the 1964 Cryogenic Engineering Conference (Sections A-L)

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Fatigue Behavior of Aluminum and Titanium Sheet Materials Down to -423°F....Pages 1-13
Cryogenic Tensile Properties of Selected Aerospace Materials....Pages 14-25
Evaluation of Stainless Steel Casting Alloys for Cryogenic Service in the 80-Inch Liquid-Hydrogen Bubble Chamber....Pages 26-36
Metallurgical Evaluation of a New Aluminum Casting Alloy Developed for Space Vehicle Use at Cryogenic Temperatures....Pages 37-45
An Anomalous Decrease of the Elastic Moduli at Very Low Temperatures in Some 300 Series Stainless Steels....Pages 46-49
Shear Strength of Several Alloys at Liquid-Hydrogen Temperatures....Pages 50-55
Charpy Impact Testing at 20°K....Pages 56-62
Mechanical Properties of Several 2000 and 6000 Series Aluminum Alloys....Pages 63-76
Evaluation of Fracture Characteristics of Aluminum Alloys at Cryogenic Temperatures....Pages 77-85
Evaluation of the Effects of Specimen Configuration and Testing Variables on Crack Propagation Properties....Pages 86-101
Low-Temperature Flow and Fracture Behavior of Tantalum....Pages 102-109
Creep Properties of 18–10 and 25–20 Stainless Steels at Cryogenic Temperatures....Pages 110-116
Mechanical Properties Testing of Plastic Laminate Materials Down to 20°K....Pages 117-125
An Assessment of Test Specimens and Test Techniques Useful to the Evaluation of Structural Reinforced Plastic Materials at Cryogenic Temperatures....Pages 126-133
Structural Properties of Glass-Fiber Filament-Wound Cryogenic Pressure Vessels....Pages 134-144
The Development of a New Cryogenic Gasket for Liquid-Oxygen Service....Pages 145-153
Thermal Expansion Characteristics of Some Plastic Materials and Composites from Room Temperature to -253°C....Pages 154-162
Thermal Conductivity of Reinforced Plastics at Cryogenic Temperatures....Pages 163-170
Low-Temperature Tensile, Thermal Contraction, and Gaseous Hydrogen Permeability Data on Hydrogen-Vapor Barrier Materials....Pages 171-180
Improved Ferric Oxide Gel Catalysts for Ortho-Parahydrogen Conversion....Pages 181-189
Experimental Study of Reaction Kinetics for Para-Orthohydrogen at 20° to 80°K....Pages 190-196
Multishielding—An Advanced Superinsulation Technique....Pages 197-207
Practical Problems in Design of High-Performance Multilayer Insulation System for Cryogenic Stages....Pages 208-215
Development of a Lightweight External Insulation System for Liquid-Hydrogen Stages of the Saturn V Vehicle....Pages 216-223
Thermal and Pressure-Induced Strains in Internal Cryogenic Insulations....Pages 224-232
Dilute Gold-Iron Thermoelements in Low-Temperature Thermocouples....Pages 233-238
A Novel Principle for the Measurement of Low Temperature....Pages 239-245
Considerations When Using Turbine-Type Flowmeters in Cryogenic Service....Pages 246-252
A Single-Channel, Multipoint, Continuous, Liquid-Level System for Liquid Hydrogen, Using Carbon Resistors....Pages 253-258
A Combustion Test Program to Establish Design Criteria for Liquid-Hydrogen-Fueled Space Vehicles....Pages 259-264
Spark Ignition Parameters of Cryogenic Hydrogen in Oxygen and Nitrogen Mixtures....Pages 265-272
Large Volume Operational Room Inerting....Pages 273-277
Catalysis Poisons for Platinum-Wire Liquid-Level Sensors....Pages 278-282
Capture Coefficients of Gases at 77°K....Pages 283-291
Obtaining Low Pressures with Cryosorption Pumps....Pages 292-296
A Technique for the Simulation of Thermal Behavior of Fluids in a Low-Gravity Field....Pages 297-304
Probing Experiments on Pressure Oscillations in Two-Phase and Supercritical Hydrogen with Forced Convection Heat Transfer....Pages 305-312
Transfer Line Surge....Pages 313-322
Detection of Density Variations in Flowing Two-Phase Hydrogen....Pages 323-329
Cooldown Temperatures and Cooldown Time during Mist Flow....Pages 330-340
Analytical and Experimental Investigation of Thermal and Helium Lift-Pumping Recirculation Systems....Pages 341-352
An Experimental Investigation of Geysering in Vertical Tubes....Pages 353-359
An Experimental Evaluation of the Performance of Cryogenic Gaseous Hydrogen as a Monopropellant....Pages 360-366
Pressure Drop Considerations in the Transfer of Fluids....Pages 367-374
Experimental Study of H 2 O-LH 2 and H 2 O-LN 2 Heat Exchangers....Pages 375-381
Expulsion Bladders for Cryogenic Liquids....Pages 382-392
A Versatile Low-Temperature Probe for Application to Cryosurgery....Pages 393-397
Simple Technique for the Ultrapurification of Helium....Pages 398-401
A Nitrogen Supply System for Post-Run Cooldown of Nuclear Reactors....Pages 402-407
Development and Design of a 100-Lb/Sec Liquid Air Vaporizer....Pages 408-416
Mobile Nitrogen Transport and High-Pressure Pumping Equipment for Oil Well Servicing....Pages 417-421
Supercritical Pressure Customer Station....Pages 422-427
A Large-Scale Storage and Transfer System for Distribution of Liquid Helium as a Refrigerant Medium....Pages 428-432
Efficiency of Low-Temperature Expansion Machines....Pages 433-440
Large-Diameter Metal Seals for Nuclear Rocket Applications....Pages 441-450
A New Vacuum-Insulated Cryogenic Coupling....Pages 451-457
A Rotatable Sealing Coupling for Cryogenic Uses....Pages 458-463
A New Positive Seal for Pistons and Axially Moving Rods....Pages 464-467
Continuous Cryogenic Refrigeration for Three to Five Micron Infrared Systems....Pages 468-476
A Cryogenic Refrigerator for Long-Life Applications in Satellites....Pages 477-485
Conduction Cooling of a Traveling Wave Maser Superconducting Magnet in a Closed-Cycle Refrigerator....Pages 486-492
The Feasibility of Solid-State Cryogenic Refrigeration to 70°K....Pages 493-504
Back Matter....Pages 505-513