Energy and Environment

Report

Jan 1, 1960

Powerplants for atmospheric and surface vehicles on Mars.

An investigation of powerplants suitable for use on Mars. The powerplants studied are atmosphere- breathing systems using nuclear and chemical heat sources, chemical rockets, and a rocket-turbine in which rocket-chamber exhaust feeds a turbine to pro...

Report

Jan 1, 1960

Calculations of Cloud Electrification Based on a General Charge Separation Mechanism

A description of a mechanism for selectively transferring charge in clouds in a way that enhances the normal atmospheric electrostatic field.

Report

Nov 26, 1958

Thermodynamic Properties of Carbon Dioxide to 24,000°K with Possible Application to the Atmosphere of Venus

A study of the properties of 100 per cent CO2 (carbon dioxide) in the temperature range of 1000°K to 24,000°K and pressure range of 0.0001 to 100 atmospheres.

Report

Jan 1, 1958

Invariant imbedding and neutron transport theory--II: functional equations.

A discussion of some one-dimensional fission processes with particular attention to questions of critical length and energy dependence of the products of fission. Various interconnections between the functions used in the invariant-imbedding approach...

Report

Jan 1, 1958

A spatial model of U. S. petroleum refining.

An addition of spatial dimension to a linear-programming model of U.S. petroleum refining constructed by A. S. Manne. Refining technology in each of four U.S. regions (Gulf, Midwest, East, West) is described by a 39-row matrix obtained from Mann's 10...

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Jan 1, 1958

The Soviet Union and the Atom: Toward Nuclear Maturity

The concluding chapter of a proposed book on Soviet atomic policy. Based on publicly available materials, this research memorandum describes the progress of the USSR atomic energy program: its organization and the nuclear research institutes ...

Report

Jan 1, 1958

Middle East crises and world petroleum movements.

A discussion of two major interruptions in the supply of oil from the Middle East which have occurred in the present decade, in Iran in 1951 and at Suez in 1956. The resulting oil shortages resolved themselves into shipping crises which were met by r...

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Jan 1, 1957

A Linear Programming Model of the Gaseous-Diffusion Isotope-Separation Process

An attempt to show how the gaseous-diffusion process for separating uranium isotopes may be treated as a linear-programming model.

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May 4, 1955

B-52 Main and Satellite Base Installations Cost: Warm and Cold Climate

This short paper estimates the costs of B-52 main and dispersal bases in warm and cold climates.

Report

Jan 1, 1955

Criteria for the Selection of Water-Resource Projects.

Report

Jan 1, 1955

Prices of refined petroleum products in the U.S.S.R., 1928-1950

A summary of changes in Soviet wholesale prices of refined petroleum products form 1928 to 1950. This study is part of a broader investigation expected to provide a basis for calculating deflators for components of national income data in current rub...

Journal Article

Jan 1, 1953

Report of the Standing Committee on Problems of the Upper Atmosphere, 1951-1952

The year 1951-1952 has been a significant one in the history of upper-atmosphere research.

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Powerplants for atmospheric and surface vehicles on Mars.

Calculations of Cloud Electrification Based on a General Charge Separation Mechanism

Thermodynamic Properties of Carbon Dioxide to 24,000°K with Possible Application to the Atmosphere of Venus

Invariant imbedding and neutron transport theory--II: functional equations.

A spatial model of U. S. petroleum refining.

The Soviet Union and the Atom: Toward Nuclear Maturity

Middle East crises and world petroleum movements.

A Linear Programming Model of the Gaseous-Diffusion Isotope-Separation Process

B-52 Main and Satellite Base Installations Cost: Warm and Cold Climate

Criteria for the Selection of Water-Resource Projects.

Prices of refined petroleum products in the U.S.S.R., 1928-1950

Report of the Standing Committee on Problems of the Upper Atmosphere, 1951-1952

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