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Optimization Of Manned Orbital Satellite Vehicle Design With Respect To Artificial Gravity

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Title: Optimization Of Manned Orbital Satellite Vehicle Design With Respect To Artificial Gravity
Date: 1961
Index Abstract: Coming Soon
Photo Quality: Complete
Report Number: ASD TR 61-688
Corporate Author: Air Force Inst Of Tech Wright-Patterson AFB Ohio
Laboratory: Behavioral Sciences Laboratory
Extent: 52
Identifier: AD0277446
Access Rights: OTS
Distribution Classification: 1
Contract: Master's Thesis, no contract
DoD Project: 7184
DoD Task: 718405
DTIC Record Exists: No
Distribution Change Authority Correspondence: None
Distribution Conflict: No
Date Modified: Scanned by request 1/3/2013 submitted by a Private Citizen (No Known Affiliation)
Abstract: A design envelope is established as the result of a human factors analysis of the artificial gravity environment peculiar to rotating space vehicles. The envelope is prescribed by: an upper limit on vehicle angular velocity of 0.4 radian/second to minimize the occurrence of "canal sickness"; a basic upper limit on artificial gravity of 1 g; and a basic lower limit on artificial gravity of 0.2 g as the lowest value of g at which man can walk unaided. Both g-limits are modified to compensate for Coriolis forces which cause variation in g-level for tangential walking inside the rotating vehicle. An upper limit on vehicle radius of 180 feet is established on the basis of engineering practicality. The optimum vehicle configuration is established as a Modified Axially Expanded Dumbbell, characterized by a single, living-working compartment oriented parallel to the spin axis, counterbalanced by other vehicle components. The configuration is illustrated in the conceptual Pseudo-Geogravitational Vehicle, which has a radius of 180 feet and an operational angular velocity of 0.4 radian/second to produce 0.9 g in the living-working compartment.
Report Availability: Full text available
Date Issued: 1961-12
Provenance: Lockheed Martin Missiles & Fire Control
Type: report
Format: 1 online resource
Creator: Loret, Benjamin J.

Media: ASDTR61-688.pdf