LIQUID HYDROGEN AS A
PROPULSION FUEL,1945-1959
- [vii-ix] Illustrations and
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- 1. Johnston's first hydrogen
liquefier at Ohio State University.
- 2. Heat exchangers of Johnston's
liquefier.
- 3. Diagram of OSU hydrogen
liquefier.
- 4. Staff of OSU rocket
laboratory.
- 5. Experimental injectors and
chambers (OSU).
- 6. OSU regeneratively cooled
rocket.
- 7. Liquid hydrogen-oxygen rocket
operating.
- 8. Aerojet flared-tube rocket
chamber.
- 9. Comparison of Tsiolkovskiy
and Martin rockets.
- 10. Aerojet's multitube
injector.
- 11. H. L.
Johnston.
- 12. Johnston's staff at
Eniwetok.
- 13. Air-transportable
dewar.
- 14. Mobile hydrogen
liquefier.
- 15. NACA high-energy rocket
facility.
- 16. Sectional view of rocket
facility.
- 17. Experimental rocket
chamber.
- 18. Two NACA
injectors.
- 19. Liquid-hydrogen tank design
for aircraft.
- 20. High-altitude-aircraft
design using liquid hydrogen.
- 21. Hydrogen fuel system for
B-57.
- 22. B-57 modified to use liquid
hydrogen.
- 23. Schematic of hydrogen
expansion engine.
- 24. Models of
high-altitude-aircraft designs.
- 25. Models of proposed
high-altitude aircraft.
- 26. U-2.
- 27. Rex I.
- 28. Schematic of Rex I
engine.
- 29. Rex I engine.
- 30. Sketch and schematic of
turborockets.
- 31. Rex I and 11
engines.
- 32. Rex III.
- 33. R. S. Rae.
- 34. Lockheed CL-400
airplane.
- 35. Mission profile for
CL-400.
- 36. C. L. (Kelly)
Johnson.
- 37. Kuhrt's turbofan jet
engine.
- 38. Schematic of modified
J-57.
- 39. Comparison of standard and
modified J-57s.
- 40. Schematic of 304 engine
using hydrogen.
- 41. P&W liquid-hydrogen
pump.
- 42. Heat exchanger for the 304
engine.
- 43. Turbine for the 304
engine.
- 44. P&W 304 engine
assembly.
- 45. Key engineers at Pratt
& Whitney for hydrogen engines.
- 46. Trailers for liquid
hydrogen.
- 47. Suntan management
team.
- 48. Abe
Silverstein.
- 49. Krafft
Ehricke.
- 50. Regeneratively cooled
thrust chambers by NACA.
- 51. Cross-section of NACA
injector.
- 52. P&W's RL-10
engine.
- 53. Atlas-Centaur.
- 54. Wernher von
Braun.
- 55. An early design of Saturn
I.
- 56. Saturn vehicle building
blocks.
- 57. Saturn
configurations.
- 58. Saturn V.
- 59. Tsiolkovskiy's equation of
rocket flight.
- 60. Tsiolkovskiy's manned
rocket, 1903.
- 61. Growth of aircraft
speed.
- 62. Aircraft thrust
requirements.
- 63. Propulsion
principle.
- 64. Rocket thrust independent
of velocity.
- 65. Propulsive
efficiency.
- 66. Efficiency of various
propulsion systems.
- 67. Comparison of propulsion
systems.
- 68. Turbojet
engine.
- 69. Growth of thrust of
turbojet engines.
- 70. Ramjet
engine.
- 71. Liquid-propellant
rocket.
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- Tables
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- 1. Comparison of
Single-Stage-to-Orbit Rocket Designs.
- 2. Characteristics and
Performance of Reconnaissance Airplane and Engine
Designs.
- 3. Flight-Type Liquid-Hydrogen
Tank Design.
- 4. Characteristics of CL-325-1
Hydrogen-Fueled Airplane.
- 5. Characteristics of Pratt
& Whitney's Model 304 Engines.
- 6. ABMA's Proposed National
Integrated Missile and Space Development Program, March
1958.
- 7. NACA Working Group's
Recommended Space Vehicles, July 1958.
- 8. ABMA's Recommended Engine
Developments, 1958.
- 9. NACA Working Group's
Recommended Engine Developments, 1958.
- 10. Characteristics of Proposed
New Launch Vehicles, 1959.
- 11. NASA Saturn Configurations,
23 October 1959.
- 12. Summary of ABMA Saturn
Configurations, November 1959.
- 13. Possible Saturn
Configurations, December 1959.
- 14. Propulsion Parameters and
Units.
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