Essays on the History of Rocketry and Astronautics:Proceedings of the Third through the Sixth History Symposia of the International Academy of Astronautics Volume I

摘要

This two-volume publication presents the proceedings of the third through sixth history symposia of the International Academy of Astronautics. Thirty-nine papers are divided into four categories:(l) Early Solid-Propellant Rocketry;(2) Rocketry and Astronautics:Concepts, Theory, and Analyses after 1880;(3) the Development of Liquid-and Solid-Propellant Rockets 1880 - 1945 and (k) Rocketry and Astronautics after 1945 Categories 1 and 2 will be found in volume I and the remainder in volume II.nAmong other disciplines, Rocketry and Astronautics encompasses the physical and engineering sciences including fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, vibration theory, structural mechanics, and celestial mechanics. Papers presented in these two volumes range from those of empirical experimenters who used the time-honored "cut and try" methods to scientists wielding theoretical principles. The work traces the coupling of the physical and engineering sciences, industrial, advances, and state support that produced the awesome progress in rocketry and astronautics for the most part within living memory.