~ I t * Bibliography No. 39-3 S L, Kresser R, 1. Sippel OTS PRICE NATIONALAERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION CONTRACTNo. NAS 7-100 Bibliography No. 39-3 Pw blications of the Jet Propulsion Luborutory July 1961 through June 1962 S. L. Kresser R. J. Sippel Irl E. Newlan, Manager Technical Information Section JET PROPULSION LABORATORY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY PASADENA.CALIFORNIA October 15, 1962 Copyright@ 1962 Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology JPL BIBLIOGRAPHY NO. 39-3 PREFACE JPL Bibliography No. 39-3 is a compilation of official reports of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory released July 1, 1961 through June 30, 1962. Current security classifications are indicated; titles and abstracts given herein are unclassified. Jet Propulsion Laboratory reports may be requested by the entry number or by the report number. When ordering classified reports, the government contract under which the report will be used should be indicated, and requests forwarded to JPL via the cognizant contracting officer for certification of security clearance and “need-to-know.” Copies of unclassified reports are available upon direct request to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The Bibliography has been divided as follows: Author Index. Comprising the main portion of the Bibliography, this section is composed of the following types of reports: Technical Reports, Technical Memorandums, and Technical Releases. Summary Publications. Quarterly Summary Reports, Bibliographies, Research and Space Programs Summaries and the Annual Ranger Report are included. Astronautics Information. This series of publications is composed of Abstracts, Open Literature Surveys, Literature Searches, and Translations. Numerical Index. The entry numbers for all reports in the Author Index, Summary Publications, and Astronautics Information sections are included in this index. Subject Index. All reports in the Author Index and Summary Publi- cations sections, as well as Literature Searches and Translations, are indexed. JPL BIBLIOGRAPHY NO. 39-3 CONTENTS Author Index ...................... 1 Summary Publications .................. 53 Astronautics Information .................57 Abstracts ..................... 57 Open Literature Surveys ................58 literature Searches ..................59 Translations .................... 60 Numerical Index ..................... 61 Subject Index ...................... 65 V JPL BIBLIOGRAPHY NO. 39-3 ACORD-APEL AUTHOR INDEX Acord, J. parable uranium carbide-fueled reactors. This assumes, however, that the solid fuel can achieve an average fuel A01 MARINER B CAPSULE PROPULSION STUDY burn-up of 30,OOO Mwd/t, a performance which remains Sehgal, R., Breashears, R., Acord J., Thompson, to be demonstrated for the 2000"Ff fuel-element surface R., Pounder, E., Comunbis, M. temperatures that should characterize such reactors. Technical Memorandum 33-86, June 1, 1962 (Unclassified) Alper, M. E. For abstract, see Entry S20. A04 WEIGHT VS. RELIABILITYA DESIGN CHOICE Alper, M. E. Adamski, D. F. Technical Report 32-1 10, August 18, 1961 (Unclassified) A02 THE LUNAR SEISMOGRAPH EXPERIMENT: RANGER 3, 4, 5 Several aspects of the problem of choosing a design Adamski, D. F. reliability for a subsystem whose weight varies in a de- terminable manner with design reliability are discussed. Technical Report 32-272, June 1, 1962 The choice of design reliability is shown to depend on (Unclassified) the other subsystems which make up the system and on A lunar seismograph experiment was carried aboard the type of program in which the system is used. A Rangers 3,4, and Sthehst spacecraft capable of land- design procedure and philosophy are proposed. ing operating instrument packages on the Moon's surface. The seismometer (seismic transducer) is described, along Ape!, W. C. with its environmental testing, its sterilization, and its integration in a lunar impact capsule. The data processing A05 INSTRUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE system used is discussed, as well as the form in which ENGINEERING EVALUATION OF NUCLEAR- data will be presented to the seismologists. ELECTRIC SPACECRAFT Apel, W. C. Allen, L. S. Technical Report 32-160, October 25, 1961 (Unclassified) A03 A PARAMETRIC SURVEY OF CRITICALITY-LIMITED Spacecraft employing nuclear-electric propulsion are FAST REACTORS EMPLOYING URANIUM being proposed for missions to Venus and distances be- FLUORIDE FUELS yond. These spacecraft utilize a nuclear reactor to pro- Allen, 1. 5. vide thermal energy to a turboalternator which generates Technical Report 32-198, March 15, 1962 electric power for an ion motor and the other spacecraft (Unclassified) systems. Multigroup d3Tusion theory calculations are employed This report discusses the instrumentation and commu- to estimate the size and weight of a uranium fluoride- nications system needed to evaluate a nuclear-electric fueled reactor. Beryllium, beryllium oxide, and graphite spacecraft in flight, along with the problems expected. are investigated as possible reflector materials; diluents A representative spacecraft design is presented, which considered for the 93.5%-enriched fuel ,are the fluorides leads to a discussion of the instrumentation dedto of sodium, lithium, beryllium; and zirconium. All survey evaluate such a spacecraft. A basic communications sys- calculations utilize the onedimensional AIM-5 diffusion tem is considered for transmitting the spacecraft data to theory code and employ twelve energy groups. Earth. It is estimated that for spacecraft reactors in the The instrumentation and communications system, as 10-Mw ( th) class, the low fuel density of uranium fluoride well as all electronic systems on a nuclear-electric space- results in reactors which are somewhat larger than com- craft, will be operating in high-temperature and nuclear- 1 JPL BIBLIOGRAPHY NO. 39-3 BANK-BEALE radiation environments. The problems caused by these BO3 A SWEEP-FREQUENCY RADIOMETER FOR TER- environments are discussed, and possible solutions are RESTRIAL AND PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES offered. Barrett, A. H. Technical Memorandum 33-67, July 17, 1961 A06 TEST BED CONFIGURATIONS FOR THE FLIGHT (Unclassified) TESTING OF SNAP-8 POWERED ELECTRIC-PRO- The feasibility and desirability of using microwave PULSION SYSTEMS spectral lines of molecules to study the properties of Beale, R. J., Womack, J. R., Hirrel, P. J., Apel, W. C. planetary atmospheres will increase as the payload and Technical Report 32-190, November 24, 1961 power capabilities for deep-space exploration increase. (Unclassified) Some of the scientific justifications for developing special microwave equipment and the requirements and/or For abstract, see Entry B06. specifications of this equipment are presented. The fun- damental approaches to receiver development which must be explored are also discussed. Bank, H. BO1 APPLICATION OF THE SURVEYOR BUS AS A CEN- Batchelder, R. R. TAUR THIRD STAGE FOR ADVENT BO4 STIFFNESS MATRIX STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS Clarke, V. C., Jr., Eckman, P. K., Gordon, H. J., Batchelder, R. R., Wada, B. K. Bank, H., Blomeyer, 1. S. Technical Memorandum 33-75, February 12, 1962 Technical Memorandum 33-82, February 23, 1962 (Unclassified) (Confidential) Four computer programs are presented for stiffness For abstract, see Entry C12. matrix analysis of structural frameworks, each program representing a different type of framework. The programs will compute the static loads, eigenvectors, eigenvalues, Barrett, A. H. and dynamic stresses of the structure for various load- ings. The programs are coded in FORTRAN language, BO2 OBJECTIVES OF THE MARINER VENUS MICRO- and may be run at any IBM 704-7090 installation with a WAVE RADIOMETER EXPERIMENT system compatible with that at the Jet Propulsion Labor- Barrett, A. H., Copeland, J., Jones, D. E., atory. Since the programs are intended for use as a Lilley, A. E. design tool, particular attention has been given to sim- Technical Report 32-1 56, August 22, 1961 plicity and flexibility of input and output. Discussion of (Unclassified) the matrix equations and their application in analysis is supplemented by stiffness matrices and stresses for vari- At present there are several models involving the sur- ous member types; program input and output are given face, atmosphere (and ionosphere), and cloud conditions and illustrated by a sample problem. of the planet Venus which attempt to account for the observed high brightness temperature of 600" K in the Beale, R. J. microwave temperature region. None of these models can be definitely accepted or rejected on the basis of BO5 SYSTEMS ENGINEERING OF A NUCLEAR-ELECTRIC presently available data, and it is the goal of the micro- SPACECRAFT wave. radiometer experiment planned for the Mariner Beale, R. J. Venus mission to determine which of the proposed Technical Report 32-158, October 31, 1961 models most nearly approximates Venusian conditions. (Unclassified) The disk of the planet will be scanned at four wave- lengths (4,8, 13.5 and 19 mm) to measure the tempera- Studies have shown that nuclear-electric propulsion ture distribution across the planet. Measurement accu- systems will provide superior payload capability and racy is expected to be to within 2%. In addition to the unique advantages over chemical systems for high-energy study of gross thermal characteristics of surface and deep-space missions. atmosphere (or ionosphere), some information regard- Conceptual design studies of unmanned spacecraft ing the fine-scale thermal variations will be obtained. employing nuclear-electric propulsion systems