Maker
Archive
Date
A paper concerning the physical characteristics and requirements of cabins to maintain comfortable temperatures within spacecraft during flight.

Man's Thermal Environment During Interplanetary Travel

A paper describing the results of tests to evaluate the protection of aircrew against high temperatures in prolonged supersonic flight after failure of the cabin cooling system with illustrative tables, graphs, drawings and photographs of the experiment.

Protection of Aircrew against High Cabin Temperatures

20 items

Materials on Space Exploration

12 items

Papers and Publications on Oxygen Regulation and Supply

A paper from the Flying Personnel Research Committee discussing the required conditions for thermal comfort including illustrative equations and graphs.

An Analysis of Environments Compatible with Thermal Comfort in Man

47 items

Research and Development for the British Space Programme

A paper on the principles and testing of an air ventilated suit A.V.S Type 3, with illustrative tables and design drawings of the suit with measurements.

An Air Ventilated Suit for Convective Cooling

A paper on the testing of a prototype air ventilated suit, A.V.S Type 5, with illustrative tables and cross section drawings of the suit. Also contains a copy of an article titled 'Flight Safety Play it Cool' by Flight Lieutenant J. Billingham reprinted from Air Clues, April 1963.

A Design for an Air Ventilated Suit

A paper analysing heat exchange beween man and a pressure suit, and the suit and the moon environment at different times and places on the surface intended to provide basic principles in the design of a lunar pressure suit. Includes illustrative graphs and drawings.

Heat Exchange between Man and his Environment on the Surface of the Moon

13 items

Papers on Space Travel

A paper analysing heat exchange beween man and a pressure suit, and the suit and the moon environment at different times and places on the surface intended to provide basic principles in the design of a lunar pressure suit. Includes illustrative graphs and drawings.

Heat Exchange between Man and his Environment on the Surface of the Moon

33 items

Materials on Oxygen Systems and Equipment

17 items

Other Papers and Reports

A paper to be the basis of a new specification to assess the required conditions for thermal comfort in aircraft cabins including clothing and air insulation, humidity, globe temperature and solar radiation. Includes illustrative graphs.

Specification for Thermal Comfort in Aircraft Cabins

A paper concerning the physical characteristics and requirements of cabins to maintain comfortable temperatures within spacecraft during flight.

Man's Thermal Environment During Interplanetary Travel