588 Pages
by
CRC Press
588 Pages
by
CRC Press
Investigations in space have been conducted in both manned and unmanned space vehicles. Space: Technologies, Materials and Structures explains the development of hardware and instrumentation designed to operate in the severe conditions of space. For the operation and repair of such vehicles, engineers and scientists must consider a broad range of practical issues, such as the construction and... Read more
Space technologies are a reality. Space as a processing Environment. Processing environments under microgravity. Ground-based retrofitting. Welding, cutting and brazing of metals. Coating deposition. Melting and solidification. Study of the magnetosphere of the Earth. Large-sized structures in space. Future of space technologies.
Biography
Professor B. Paton is the Director of the E.O. Paton Electric Welding Institute which is part of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences. Both Professor Paton and the Institute have an established international reputation in development of welding techniques, welding techniques, materials science, engineering and space technology.
