Sechler, E.E. Static and Fatigue Ground Testing of Missile Structures. ("Preliminary--for comments and suggestions" written in ink at top of cover page. Also: "Sechler copy".) 15 January 1957, 11"x 8.5", 18 leaves. This is some sort of photomechanical reproduction, I think, with many additions and corrections in manuscript. With six original glossy photos, each 11"x 8". Housed in an old manila folder, with "CONFIDENTIAL" crossed out in pen. Very good condition. $125
“Ernest Edwin Sechler (1905-1975) was an aerospace engineer and scientist who specialized in thin-shell structures. He earned his doctorate in 1934 at Caltech as one of the early students of Theodore von Kármán with a dissertation on the mechanics of thin-plate compression. ‘A graduate student named Ernest E. Sechler (now a professor of aeronautics at Caltech) was reviewing research in the strength of thin metal plates which had been carried out by the National Bureau of Standards. Sechler reported that the engineers didn’t think that sheet metal could be used to make structural elements in an airplane because the metal would give way...Sechler’s report intrigued me.’—T von Karman, ‘The Wind Beyond’. Von Kármán showed that by stiffening with re-enforcing strips the "effective width" of metal sheets could be increased to withstand the load aloft. In 1934 Sechler wrote his thesis, The ultimate compressive strength of thin sheet metal panels, under von Karman’s supervision. Development of light, fail-safe structure became the main theme of his professional life."[1] His thin-wall structures included missiles, booster rockets, and a movable dome for Palomar Observatory. This work was performed as consultant to NASA and industry.”—Wikipedia
Lewis H. Abraham (in collaboration with the NASA Research Advisory Committee on Missile and Space Vehicle Structures). Important structural research problems for the support of future space missions, prepared by Lewis H. Abraham in collaboration with the NASA Research Advisory Committee on Missile and Space Vehicle Structures. NASA, August 1963. NASA TN D-2059
10”x 8”, 16pp. Original wrappers. Fine. $50
M.V. Barton, Important research problems in missile and spacecraft structural dynamics. NASA, TN D-1298, May 1962. 10" x 8", 57pp. Original wrappers. Fine condition. $50
J.D. Wood, Factors Affecting the Response of Missiles Excited by Rigid Shock. Space Technology Laboratories, 1960. STL/TN-60-0000-09031. 11" x 8.5", 16pp. Original wrappers. Fine. $25
John H. Boeckel, The Purposes of Environmental Testing for Scientific Satellites. NASA, Technical Note D-1900, TN D-1900. 1963. 11" x 8", 24pp. Original wrappers. Fine.. $25
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