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22 March 2013
- 02:0802:08, 22 March 2013 diff hist +1,041 Main Page →News: CFD 2013Q1
14 March 2013
- 02:1302:13, 14 March 2013 diff hist +91 m EmbeddedRocketComputer →Failsafe, mission abort: link to mission page
- 02:1202:12, 14 March 2013 diff hist +207 m EmbeddedRocketComputer →Telemetry: syrlinks link
12 March 2013
- 01:3901:39, 12 March 2013 diff hist +263 m CFD:Introduction →Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics: update on refs
- 00:4000:40, 12 March 2013 diff hist +1,035 N CFD:Introduction starting the CFD thing
- 00:1600:16, 12 March 2013 diff hist −22 m Rocket:Aerodynamics →Rocket aerodynamics: local backup for pegasus wings current
- 00:1500:15, 12 March 2013 diff hist +60 m File:Pegasus wings.gif source URL current
- 00:1400:14, 12 March 2013 diff hist +33 N File:Pegasus wings.gif 3 views of Orbital Pegasus' wings
18 February 2013
- 22:2822:28, 18 February 2013 diff hist +367 Rocket:Aerodynamics →Resources: link CFD book
12 February 2013
- 01:2301:23, 12 February 2013 diff hist +130 m Rocket:Aerodynamics →Available Software: update on rocketcalculator
11 January 2013
- 00:4600:46, 11 January 2013 diff hist +134 Main Page →The aircraft: Bladon link
9 January 2013
- 02:3702:37, 9 January 2013 diff hist +354 Rocket:Aerodynamics →Resources: RocketCalculator info
- 02:0802:08, 9 January 2013 diff hist +604 Rocket:Aerodynamics angle of attack
5 January 2013
- 23:0623:06, 5 January 2013 diff hist +872 Rocket:Aerodynamics max Q
- 22:4922:49, 5 January 2013 diff hist +129 LOX →Liquid Oxygen: safety link current
3 January 2013
- 02:5102:51, 3 January 2013 diff hist +462 Rocket:Aerodynamics →Resources: resources update
1 January 2013
- 02:5502:55, 1 January 2013 diff hist +13 m Rocket:Aerodynamics →Resources: fixing category
- 02:3802:38, 1 January 2013 diff hist +329 m Rocket:Aerodynamics another link: AeroFinSim and rocket category
- 02:3202:32, 1 January 2013 diff hist +2,125 N Rocket:Aerodynamics Page creation, context and first document link
29 December 2012
- 01:4301:43, 29 December 2012 diff hist +133 Main Page text updates, more links, more fixes
- 01:1301:13, 29 December 2012 diff hist +26 m Rocket Main Tank adding rocket category current
- 01:1301:13, 29 December 2012 diff hist +25 m LOX Adding rocket category
- 01:1201:12, 29 December 2012 diff hist +34 m Propellants Adding rocket category current
- 01:1201:12, 29 December 2012 diff hist +35 m Heat transfer adding rocket category
- 01:0901:09, 29 December 2012 diff hist +5 m RocketEngines →category: changing page name in category
- 01:0801:08, 29 December 2012 diff hist +21 m Rocket:First approximations →category: changing page name in category current
- 01:0801:08, 29 December 2012 diff hist +21 m RocketEngines →category: changing page name in category
- 01:0101:01, 29 December 2012 diff hist +139 m RocketEngines Adding rocket category links
- 00:5800:58, 29 December 2012 diff hist +123 N Category:Rocket rocket category current
- 00:5600:56, 29 December 2012 diff hist +21 m Rocket:First approximations adding rocket category
- 00:5400:54, 29 December 2012 diff hist +607 Rocket:First approximations New introduction
25 December 2012
- 00:3600:36, 25 December 2012 diff hist +792 Rocket:First approximations →The gravity drag and overall thrust-to-weight ratio issue: smaller engine is better
20 December 2012
- 03:0903:09, 20 December 2012 diff hist +630 Rocket:First approximations →Delta V achievement: simplifed rocket equation issue
- 02:2402:24, 20 December 2012 diff hist +340 m Rocket:First approximations adding "the Thrust and Specific Impulse" reference
- 02:1202:12, 20 December 2012 diff hist +478 Rocket:First approximations →Delta V achievement: more about thrust
13 December 2012
- 02:0102:01, 13 December 2012 diff hist −78 MediaWiki:Sidebar reverting: dispayed as sections current
- 02:0102:01, 13 December 2012 diff hist +78 MediaWiki:Sidebar trying to put subsections
- 01:5001:50, 13 December 2012 diff hist +248 Rocket:First approximations →Effects of parameter changes: text fixes
- 01:3201:32, 13 December 2012 diff hist −220 Rocket:First approximations →Our first approximation: updating the example with graph's values
12 December 2012
- 23:0323:03, 12 December 2012 diff hist +2 m Rocket:First approximations →Gravity drag: updated link for selenianboondocks
- 18:0618:06, 12 December 2012 diff hist +60 m Rocket:First approximations →The gravity drag and overall thrust-to-weight ratio issue: small fixes
- 15:4615:46, 12 December 2012 diff hist +89 Main Page →News: about the gravity drag issue
- 04:0804:08, 12 December 2012 diff hist +1,393 Rocket:First approximations →Effects of parameter changes: the answer to the question of gravity drag and t/w ratio
- 03:3303:33, 12 December 2012 diff hist 0 File:Gravity drag and thrust to weight.png uploaded a new version of "File:Gravity drag and thrust to weight.png": Updated with the gravity drag curve and make the image larger. current
- 03:0503:05, 12 December 2012 diff hist +90 N File:Gravity drag and thrust to weight.png Made with File:Rocket_mass.c v3 plus a gravity drag evaluation added in the iteration.
- 01:4201:42, 12 December 2012 diff hist 0 File:Rocket mass.c uploaded a new version of "File:Rocket mass.c": clarification about the propellant mass. vehicle_wet_mass is the dry mass + the burnt propellant mass, but it doesn't include the propellant taken aboard and evaporated during the ascent. The output current
11 December 2012
- 23:1423:14, 11 December 2012 diff hist +230 Rocket:First approximations →Our first approximation: warning message
- 21:0621:06, 11 December 2012 diff hist +560 Rocket:First approximations →Effects of parameter changes: graphs update
- 20:5920:59, 11 December 2012 diff hist 0 File:Isp.png uploaded a new version of "File:Isp.png": starting at 280 instead of 270 current
- 20:5420:54, 11 December 2012 diff hist +4 m File:Isp.png fix link
- 20:5320:53, 11 December 2012 diff hist +172 N File:DeltaV.png Graph representing rocket dry and wet mass as function of the Delta V. Done with version 3 of File:Rocket_mass.c, overall thrust-to-weight ratio is 2.5 and Isp is 340s. current
- 20:5220:52, 11 December 2012 diff hist +297 N File:Isp.png Graph representing rocket dry and wet mass as function of the Isp. This is clearly exponential on the left because a too low Isp means that orbit cannot be reached, the mass ratio gets too high. Done with version 3 of File:Rocket_mass.c. Delta V is 8300 m
- 20:0920:09, 11 December 2012 diff hist 0 File:Mass ratio.png uploaded a new version of "File:Mass ratio.png": Updated with version 3 of File:Rocket_mass.c. Delta V is 8300 instead of 9000 m/s too, and overall thrust-to-weight ratio is 2.5 instead of 1.25. current
- 20:0820:08, 11 December 2012 diff hist 0 File:Engine thrust to weight.png uploaded a new version of "File:Engine thrust to weight.png": Updated with version 3 of File:Rocket_mass.c. Delta V is 8300 instead of 9000 m/s too, and overall thrust-to-weight ratio is 2.5 instead of 1.25. current
- 20:0620:06, 11 December 2012 diff hist 0 File:Overall thrust to weight.png uploaded a new version of "File:Overall thrust to weight.png": Updated with version 3 of File:Rocket_mass.c. Delta V is 8300 instead of 9000 m/s too. current
- 20:0420:04, 11 December 2012 diff hist 0 File:Final acceleration.png uploaded a new version of "File:Final acceleration.png": Updated with version 3 of File:Rocket_mass.c. Delta V is 8300 instead of 9000 m/s too. current
- 20:0220:02, 11 December 2012 diff hist 0 File:Payload 0-80kg.png uploaded a new version of "File:Payload 0-80kg.png": fixing update current
- 19:5819:58, 11 December 2012 diff hist 0 File:Payload 0-80kg.png uploaded a new version of "File:Payload 0-80kg.png": Updated with version 3 of File:Rocket_mass.c. Delta V is 8300 instead of 9000 m/s too.
- 19:5719:57, 11 December 2012 diff hist 0 File:Payload 0-6k.png uploaded a new version of "File:Payload 0-6k.png": Updated with version 3 of File:Rocket_mass.c. Delta V is 8300 instead of 9000 m/s too. current
- 13:3213:32, 11 December 2012 diff hist +552 File:Rocket mass.c v3 update
- 13:2613:26, 11 December 2012 diff hist 0 File:Rocket mass.c uploaded a new version of "File:Rocket mass.c": Refining the model: better structure, more realistic fairing, adding forgotten pipes and valves, tanks alignment on outer shell, composite skirts for non-structural or soft tanks.
- 03:3603:36, 11 December 2012 diff hist +77 File:Rocket mass.c Adding the picture and few details
- 03:1503:15, 11 December 2012 diff hist +684 Rocket:First approximations Refactoring the page
- 00:2600:26, 11 December 2012 diff hist +79 N File:Rocket model.png Rocket model illustration for the computed rocket model: File:Rocket_mass.c current
2 December 2012
- 01:1601:16, 2 December 2012 diff hist +1,111 Main Page →News: updates for the erroneous gravity drag and thrust
29 November 2012
- 03:1703:17, 29 November 2012 diff hist +95 m Resources →Web pages: adding gravity loss
- 02:1202:12, 29 November 2012 diff hist +173 m Main Page →How to escape from Earth?: gravityloss link to air breathers
28 November 2012
- 04:1204:12, 28 November 2012 diff hist +117 m RocketEngines →Cooling for a LOX/E85 engine: AA LOX film cooling
- 03:5603:56, 28 November 2012 diff hist +183 Rocket:First approximations →Delta V requirements: gravity drag evaluation
27 November 2012
- 03:4703:47, 27 November 2012 diff hist +255 m Rocket:First approximations fixes along the page
- 03:2003:20, 27 November 2012 diff hist +1,001 Rocket:First approximations →Rocket engine: overall thrust-to-weight: graph and text
- 03:1003:10, 27 November 2012 diff hist +225 N File:Rocket ignition.png Graph of the rocket trajectory for first moments after release, assuming ignition at the time of the release, a thrust vector with 45 deg pitch, and an overall thrust-to-weight ratio of 2. No atmosphere considered whatsoever. current
26 November 2012
- 23:3223:32, 26 November 2012 diff hist +1,072 Rocket:First approximations →Delta V requirements: more about gravity drag
25 November 2012
- 02:5802:58, 25 November 2012 diff hist +115 Main Page →News: november update update
- 02:5402:54, 25 November 2012 diff hist +1,181 Rocket:First approximations →Rocket engine: more about the two thrust-to-weight ratios
- 00:3200:32, 25 November 2012 diff hist +42 m Rocket:First approximations →Delta V achievement: text update
24 November 2012
- 02:1002:10, 24 November 2012 diff hist +36 m Heat transfer →Cases of application: source code link
- 02:0102:01, 24 November 2012 diff hist 0 m File:Heat transfer to rocket tank.c fixing code block current
- 02:0102:01, 24 November 2012 diff hist +744 N File:Heat transfer to rocket tank.c Program calculating the heat transferred to a cryogenic tank (typically LOX) for balloon- or air-to-orbit vehicles. Two heat transfer approximations are done. * when the vehicle is waiting on the ground after tank filling and before it lifts-off from the
23 November 2012
- 20:5420:54, 23 November 2012 diff hist +151 Rocket Main Tank →Calculating evaporation rate: update following the heat calculations
- 16:2016:20, 23 November 2012 diff hist +938 Heat transfer →Cases of application: fixing the flight evaluation of vap, it was calculated with the 5mm insulation instead of 10mm and wrong tank size, warning msgs
- 16:0416:04, 23 November 2012 diff hist −151 Heat transfer →Natural convection for horizontal cryogenic tank: fixing the wrong calculation of h and first real approximation of ground vap rate
- 04:2204:22, 23 November 2012 diff hist +195 Heat transfer →Cases of application: about the source, luke
- 04:1804:18, 23 November 2012 diff hist +110 Heat transfer →Natural convection for horizontal cryogenic tank: fixing text for the h error
- 04:0804:08, 23 November 2012 diff hist +355 Heat transfer →Forced convection on aircraft fuselage during flight: first approx of the vaporization rate with an insulation layer
- 03:5603:56, 23 November 2012 diff hist +1,003 Heat transfer →Forced convection on aircraft fuselage during flight: found the bug int the code... Pr is fine. First approximation of the flight vaporization rate
- 01:3601:36, 23 November 2012 diff hist +157 Heat transfer →References: lecture of sezai
22 November 2012
- 03:5903:59, 22 November 2012 diff hist +1,944 Heat transfer →Natural convection for horizontal cryogenic tank: first approximation and references
- 02:2102:21, 22 November 2012 diff hist +883 Heat transfer →Cases of application: calculation of h for ground operation
- 01:1001:10, 22 November 2012 diff hist +762 Heat transfer →Introduction to heat convection and conduction: Rayleigh number
21 November 2012
- 04:0504:05, 21 November 2012 diff hist +2,083 Heat transfer nearly up to current status
- 02:4502:45, 21 November 2012 diff hist +168 m Heat transfer →References: 2nd book
- 02:1002:10, 21 November 2012 diff hist +1,006 Heat transfer →Cases of application: starting the section
- 01:4501:45, 21 November 2012 diff hist +1,235 Heat transfer →Introduction to heat convection and conduction: up to Nusselt
- 00:2200:22, 21 November 2012 diff hist −754 Rocket Main Tank →Calculating evaporation rate: update following the creation of the dedicated page on heat
20 November 2012
- 22:4422:44, 20 November 2012 diff hist +62 m Resources →Resources: heat transfer link
- 22:4222:42, 20 November 2012 diff hist +43 m Aero formulas →Resources on physics related to aerodynamics: heat transfer link current
- 22:4022:40, 20 November 2012 diff hist +2,453 Heat transfer more on heat transfers
- 21:0821:08, 20 November 2012 diff hist +1,234 N Heat transfer starting the page
- 20:1520:15, 20 November 2012 diff hist −14 Rocket Main Tank →Calculating evaporation rate: corrections and introductin of the new heat page
