Design and Reliability, and Invited Addresses. Proceedings of the Sixth Symposium on Ballistic Missile and Aerospace Technology, Held in los Angeles, California, in August 1961. Sponsored by Headquarters, Office of the Deputy Commander, Air Force Systems Command, for Aerospace Systems, and Aerospace C

Content: 
BALLISTIC MISSILE and AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
CONTRIBUTORS, Pages v-vi
PREFACE, Page vii, C.T. Morrow, L.D. Ely, M.R. Smith
WELCOME ADDRESSES, Pages 3-5,7-8, Ivan A. Getting, LtGen Howell M. Estes, Gen Bernard A. Schriever
KEYNOTE ADDRESS, Pages 9-14, Honorable Eugene M. Zuckert
Luncheon Addresses, Pages 15-23,25-48
AN ENGINEERING APPROACH TO MISSILE/ROCKET OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS, Pages 51-65, G.C. Grogan Jr., S.A. Powers
A PRACTICAL METHOD OF SELECTING STRUCTURAL MATERIALS FOR MULTISTAGE SOLID ROCKET VEHICLES ON THE BASIS OF COST, Pages 67-117, R.V. Alexander, C.A. Fournier
RADIATION SHIELDING OF SPACE VEHICLES BY MEANS OF SUPERCONDUCTING COILS, Pages 119-155, Richard H. Levy
A NEW STRUCTURAL CONCEPT TO CAPITALIZE ON THE POTENTIAL LIGHT WEIGHT OF BERYLLIUM, Pages 157-175, H.K. Hebeler
PROBABILITY APPROACH TO OUTAGE PREDICTION, Pages 177-206, John A. MacDonald
A COMPARISON OF LAUNCHING METHODS FOR STATIONARY SATELLITES, Pages 207-218, Donald D. Williams
STATIC AND DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF NONUNIFORM CONICAL SHELLS UNDER SYMMETRICAL AND UNSYMMETRICAL CONDITIONS, Pages 219-238, John E. Goldberg, John L. Bogdanoff
DYNAMIC COLLAPSE OF A RIGID-PLASTIC RING UNDER A DISTRIBUTED IMPULSIVE LOAD, Pages 239-271, J.S. Humphreys
TITAN II STRUCTURES RELIABILITY ANALYSIS, Pages 275-302, Emory T. Haire
DESCRIPTION AND COMPARISON OF FIVE COMPUTER METHODS OF CIRCUIT ANALYSIS, Pages 303-334, H.S. Scheffler, F.R. Terry
RELIABILITY EVALUATION OF ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS, Pages 335-357, J.H. de Frenne
EFFECTIVITY: ITS APPLICATION TO A LONG-LIVED SPACE SYSTEM, Pages 359-374, K.S. Packard, M.H. Goldstein
RATING FOR RELIABILITY ALLOCATION, Pages 375-391, R.L. Wilder
VIBRATION AS A FACTOR IN GUIDANCE COMPUTER DESIGN, Pages 393-404, Ronald Lambert