Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports (STAR) is a major component of a comprehensive National Aeronautics and Space Administration information system covering aeronautics, space, and supporting disciplines. STAR is issued on the 8th and 23rd of each month and announces current publications of the following types: NASA, NASA contractor, and NASA grantee reports Reports issued by other U.S. Government Agencies, domestic and foreign • Translations in report form NASA-owned patents and patent applications • Other U.S. Government Agency and foreign patents and patent applications • Domestic and foreign dissertations and theses Journal, book, and conference literature, cover-to-cover journal translations, and certain foreign dissertations are announced in a companion journal, International Aerospace Abstracts (IAA), available on subscription from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Technical Information Service, 555 West 57th Street, 12th Floor, New York, New York 10019. SUBJECT SCOPE Subject scope of STAR, and IAA includes all aspects of aeronautics and space research and development, supporting basic and applied research, and applications. Aerospace aspects of earth resources, energy development, conservation, oceanography, environmental protection, urban transportation, and other topics of high national priority are also covered. OTHER NASA PUBLICATIONS Other NASA publications and information services are described in the publication, The NASA Scientific and Technical Information System ... and How to Use It, available without charge from the NASA Scientific and Technical Information Facility, P.O. Box 8757, BW! Airport, Maryland 21240. HOW TO USE STAR SUBJECT CATEGORIES STAR is categorized by 10 major subject divisions divided into 76 specific subject categories and one general category/division. The major subject divisions are listed in the Table of Contents, together with a note for each that defines its scope and provides any cross-references. For example: AERONAUTICS Includes aeronautics (general); aerodynamics; air transportation and safety; aircraft communications and navigation; aircraft design, testing and performance; aircraft instrumentation; aircraft propulsion and power; aircraft stability and control; and research and support facilities (air). For related information see also Astronautics. Each major division is further divided into as many as nine specific categories, which are identified by category numbers. Abstracts in STAR are grouped by specific category, the categories appearing in sequential order. Category breaks in the abstract section are identified by the category number and title, and a scope note. Cross-references to other categories are provided as appropriate. For example: 02 AERODYNAMICS Includes aerodynamics of bodies, combinations, wings, rotors, and control surfaces; and internal flow in ducts and turbomachinery. For related information see also 34 Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer. CROSS-REFERENCES Individual STAR abstracts are not ordinarily cross-referenced, except for certain conference reports or book translations that have had separate abstracts written for their component papers or chapters. Citations and abstracts of the components follow immediately after those of the parent document. When the subject content of a component differs sufficiently from the general content of the parent, a cross-reference citation also is printed at the end of the category to which it normally would have been assigned if it were independent. DOCUMENTS ON MICROFICHE Documents on microfiche) are designated by a pound sign (#) following the accession number. The pound sign is used without regard to the source or quality of the microfiche. AVAILABILITIES One or more sources from which a document announced in STAR is available to the public is given in each citation. The most commonly indicated sources and their acronyms or abbreviations are listed below. If the publication is available from a source other than those listed, the publisher and his address will be displayed on the availability line or in combination with the corporate source line. Avail: NTIS. Sold by the National Technical Information Service. Prices for hard copy (HC) and microfiche (MF) are indicated by a price code following the letters HC or MF in the STAR citation. Current values for the price codes are given in the tables on page vii. Initially distributed microfiche under the NTIS SRIM (Selected Research Avail: SOD (or GPO). Sold by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, in hard copy. The current price and order number are given following the availability line. (NTIS will fill microfiche requests, as indicated above, for those documents identified by a # symbol.) 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Documents so indicated may be examined at or purchased from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Public Documents Room (Room 126), 600 Independence Ave., S.W., Washington, D.C. 20546, or public document rooms located at each of the NASA research centers, the NASA Space Technology Laboratories, and the NASA Pasadena Office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Avail: Univ. Microfilms. Documents so indicated are dissertations selected from Dissertation Abstracts and are sold by University Microfilms as xerographic copy (HC) and microfilm. All requests should cite the author and the Order Number as they appear in the citation. Avail: US Patent and Trademark Office. Sold by Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, at the standard price of $1.50 each, postage free. (See discussion of NASA patents and patent applications below.) Avail: (US Sales Only). 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Inquiries as to the availability of these documents should be addressed to the organization shown in the citation as the corporate author of the document. Patents and patent applications owned by NASA are announced in STAR under appropriate subject categories and are referenced in the STAR indexes. In the Report/Accession Number Index, patents are indexed by the NASA Case Number (which appears in lieu of the report number in other indexes), the U.S. Patent Number, the U.S. Patent Application Serial Number, and the U.S. Patent Class. Patent applications for which patents have not yet been issued are indexed by the NASA Case Number and the U.S. Patent Application Serial Number. NASA patent application specifications are sold in paper copy by the National Technical Information Service at price code A02. Microfiche are sold at price code A01. The US-PatentAppl-SN- number should be used in ordering either paper copy or microfiche from NTIS. Printed copies of patents (which are not microfiched) are available for purchase at $1.50 per copy from: Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks U.S. Patent and Trademark Office When ordering patents, the U.S. Patent Number should be used, and payment must be remitted in advance, preferably by money order or check payable to the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks. Prepaid purchase coupons for ordering are also available from the Patent and Trademark Office. The patents and patent applications announced in STAR are owned by NASA and are available for royalty-free licensing. Requests for licensing terms and further information should be addressed to: Associate General Counsel for Intellectual Property/Code GP National Aeronautics and Space Administration Washington, D.C. 20546 ELIGIBILITY AND REGISTRATION FOR NASA INFORMATION PRODUCTS A variety of services is available to organizations of the following types that have registered with NASA to receive specific services or products: 1. NASA offices, research centers, contractors, subcontractors, grantees, and 2. Other U.S. Government agencies and their contractors; 3. Libraries in the United States that have arrangements with NASA to maintain collections of NASA documents for public reference; 4. Other organizations in the United States having a need for NASA documents in work related to aeronautics and space research; 5. Organizations abroad that have established reciprocal document exchange Only the central service points or central points of document acquisition and control within qualified organizations are eligible to register for NASA products and services. Domestic organizations that may be eligible to receive various classes of NASA publications and services should address their requests for registration or for further information to: NASA Scientific and Technical Information Facility ATTN: Registration Services Post Office Box 8757 BWI Airport, Maryland 21240 Organizations abroad should direct requests to Manager, International STI Activities, NTT, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. 20546. Microfiche of the abstract sections of this issue and other issues of STAR are available on annual subscription from NTIS as PB89-911300, Attn: Subscriptions, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, Virginia 22161. Annual subscription rates are $70.00 North America; $140.00 foreign. Abstract sections for previous years retroactive to 1964 are available at the current rates. Microfiche for individual STAR issue abstract sections are not available. PUBLIC COLLECTIONS OF NASA DOCUMENTS DOMESTIC: NASA and NASA-sponsored documents and a large number of aerospace publications are available to the public for reference purposes at the library maintained by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Technical Information Service, 555 West 57th Street, 12th Floor, New York, New York 10019 EUROPEAN: An extensive collection of NASA and NASA-sponsored publications is maintained by the British Library Lending Division, Boston Spa, Wetherby, Yorkshire, England for public access. The British Library Lending Division also has available many of the non-NASA publications cited in STAR. European requesters may purchase facsimile copy or microfiche of NASA and NASA-sponsored documents, those identified by both the symbols # and from ESA - Information Retrieval Service European Space Agency, 8-10 rue Mario-Nikis, 75738 Paris CEDEX 15, France. FEDERAL DEPOSITORY LIBRARY PROGRAM In order to provide the general public with greater access to U.S. Government publications, Congress established the Federal Depository Library Program under the Government Printing Office (GPO), with 50 regional depositories responsible for permanent retention of material, inter-library loan, and reference services. At least one copy of nearly every NASA and NASA-sponsored publication, either in printed or microfiche format, is received and retained by the 50 regional depositories. A list of the regional GPO libraries, arranged alphabetically by state, appears on the inside back cover. These libraries are not sales outlets. A local library can contact a Regional Depository to help locate specific reports, or direct contact may be made by an individual. |