Development of preliminary design concept for multifunction display and control system for Orbiter crew station. Task 3: Concept analysis

The access schema developed to access both individual switch functions as well as automated or semiautomated procedures for the orbital maneuvering system and electrical power and distribution and control system discussed and the operation of the system is described. Feasibility tests and analyses used to define display parameters and to select applicable hardware choices for use in such a system are presented and the results are discussed

Application of multi-function display and control technology

The NASA orbiter spacecraft incorporates a complex array of systems, displays, and controls. The incorporation of discrete dedicated controls into a multifunction display and control system (MFDCS) offers the potential for savings in weight, power, panel space, and crew training time. Technology identified as applicable to a MFDCS is applied to the orbiter orbital maneuvering system (OMS) and the electrical power distribution and control system (EPDCS) to derive concepts for a MFDCS design. Several concepts of varying degrees of performance and complexity are discussed and a suggested concept for further development is presented in greater detail. Both the hardware and software aspects and the human factors considerations of the designs are included

Survey of multi-function display and control technology

The NASA orbiter spacecraft incorporates a complex array of systems, displays and controls. The incorporation of discrete dedicated controls into a multi-function display and control system (MFDCS) offers the potential for savings in weight, power, panel space and crew training time. The technology applicable to the development of a MFDCS for orbiter application is surveyed. Technology thought to be applicable presently or in the next five years is highlighted. Areas discussed include display media, data handling and processing, controls and operator interactions and the human factors considerations which are involved in a MFDCS design. Several examples of applicable MFDCS technology are described

Development of preliminary design concept for a multifunction display and control system for the Orbiter crew station. Task 4: Design concept recommendation

Application of multifunction display and control systems to the NASA Orbiter spacecraft offers the potential for reducing crew workload and improving the presentation of system status and operational data to the crew. A design concept is presented for the application of a multifunction display and control system (MFDCS) to the Orbital Maneuvering System and Electrical Power Distribution and Control System on the Orbiter spacecraft. The MFDCS would provide the capability for automation of procedures, fault prioritization and software reconfiguration of the MFDCS data base. The MFDCS would operate as a stand-alone processor to minimize the impact on the current Orbiter software. Supervisory crew command of all current functions would be retained through the use of several operating modes in the system. Both the design concept and the processes followed in defining the concept are described

Deuteron Elastic Scattering from He3 and H3

The elastic scattering of deuterons from He3 and H3 has been studied for bombarding energies up to 11 MeV. The excitation curves obtained show a broad resonance in the scattering cross section corresponding to an excitation energy of 20±0.5 MeV in both He5 and Li5. These data, together with H3(d, n)He4 and He3(d, p)He4 data from other sources, tend to indicate that D waves are responsible for the anomaly

Scattering of He3 by He4 and of He4 by tritium

The differential elastic scattering cross section has been measured for the scattering of He3 from He4 and the scattering of He4 from tritium for bombarding energies of 5 to 18 and 4 to 18 MeV, respectively. Data were also obtained for the reactions He4(He3,p)Li6, He4(He3,p′)Li6*, H3(α,n)Li6, and H3(α,n′)Li6*. Levels are seen at 4.65, 6.64, 7.47, and 9.7 MeV in Li7, and at 4.57, 6.73, 7.21, and 9.3 MeV in Be7. A phase-shift analysis suggests assignments of 7/2- and 5/2- for the two lower levels in Li7, confirms the 5/2- assignment of the 7.47 level, and suggests a 7/2- assignment for the new level at 9.7 MeV. Similarly in Be7, the assignments of 7/2- and 5/2- for the lower two levels are confirmed, and an assignment of 7/2- is suggested for the new level at 9.3 MeV. The reduced widths for α and nucleon emission were determined by fitting the phase shifts near each level with a single- and/or double-level formula from the R-matrix formalism of Lane and Thomas. The results of the analysis are discussed and compared with predictions of recent nuclear-model calculations

Alpha scattering and capture reactions in the A = 7 system at low energies

Differential cross sections for $^3$He-$\alpha$ scattering were measured in the energy range up to 3 MeV. These data together with other available experimental results for $^3$He $+ \alpha$ and $^3$H $+ \alpha$ scattering were analyzed in the framework of the optical model using double-folded potentials. The optical potentials obtained were used to calculate the astrophysical S-factors of the capture reactions $^3$He$(\alpha,\gamma)^7$Be and $^3$H$(\alpha,\gamma)^7$Li, and the branching ratios for the transitions into the two final $^7$Be and $^7$Li bound states, respectively. For $^3$He$(\alpha,\gamma)^7$Be excellent agreement between calculated and experimental data is obtained. For $^3$H$(\alpha,\gamma)^7$Li a $S(0)$ value has been found which is a factor of about 1.5 larger than the adopted value. For both capture reactions a similar branching ratio of $R = \sigma(\gamma_1)/\sigma(\gamma_0) \approx 0.43$ has been obtained.Comment: submitted to Phys.Rev.C, 34 pages, figures available from one of the authors, LaTeX with RevTeX, IK-TUW-Preprint 930540

The elastic scattering of ^3He from tritium and ^3He

The cross sections for the elastic scattering of ^3He from tritium and ^3He have been measured for bombarding energies from 4.3 to 21.4 MeV and from 11.9 to 18.9 MeV, respectively. The results agree well with a recent resonating-group calculation in which the marked change in the shape of the angular distributions above 15 MeV is attributed to a broad resonance in the l = 3 partial wave

Polarization in ^3He + ^4He elastic scattering

Results of ^4He elastic scattering from a polarized ^3He target complement recent ^3He double scattering data and provide information for the design of efficient ^3He polarimeters

Scattering of ^3He and ^4He from polarized ^3He between 7 and 18 MeV

Polarization analyzing power of ^3He-^3He and ^3He-^4He elastic scattering is reported for bombarding energies between 7.5 and 17.9 MeV. A phase-shift analysis for ^3He-^4He elastic scattering incorporating this and other polarization data is presented. The analyzing power of ^3He-^3He elastic scattering is consistent with zero at θ_(c.m.) = 66