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The Ames 10- by 14-Inch Supersonic Wind Tunnel

Description: "The purpose of the present report is to describe the 10- by 14-inch supersonic wind tunnel and its operational characteristics over the nominal Mach number range from 2.7 to 6.3. Rather complete calibration data on characteristics of flow in the test section are presented and briefly discussed" (p. 2).
Date: January 1954
Creator: Eggers, A. J., Jr. & Nothwang, George J.
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Analysis of Straight Multicell Wings on Cal-Tech Analog Computer

Description: Note presenting structural analyses made for four straight multicell wings. Wings with aspect ratios of 2 and 4 with rectangular and biconvex cross sections have been considered. The results indicated that under bending loads, all of the wings show fairly good agreement with beam theory.
Date: January 1954
Creator: Benscoter, Stanley U. & MacNeal, Richard H.
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Analysis of Sweptback Wings on Cal-Tech Analog Computer

Description: Note presenting structural analyses made of two 45 degree swept wings of aspect ratio 3. One has a constant depth and the other had a constant biconvex cross section in planes parallel to the air stream. Deflections, all internal forces, and vibration modes have been calculated for concentrated static loads.
Date: January 1954
Creator: MacNeal, Richard H. & Benscoter, Stanley U.
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Correlations involving pressure fluctuations in homogeneous turbulence

Description: Report presenting an investigation of the correlations of pressure with itself and of pressure with two velocity components for the case of isotropic turbulence. The correlations are expressed in terms of correlations involving two velocity components at a point and two velocity components at another point.
Date: January 1954
Creator: Uberoi, Mahinder S.
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Creep Bending and Buckling of Linearly Viscoelastic Columns

Description: Note presenting the general dynamic equation of creep bending of a beam loaded laterally and axially as derived for a linearly viscoelastic material whose mechanical properties can be characterized by four parameters. The equation derived was used to obtain the creep bending deflection of a beam in pure bending and of a column with initial sinusoidal deviation from straightness.
Date: January 1954
Creator: Kempner, Joseph
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Creep Bending and Buckling of Nonlinearly Viscoelastic Columns

Description: Note presenting differential equations of bending of an idealized H-section beam column derived for a nonlinearly viscoelasic material whose mechanical properties are analogous to a model consisting of a linear spring in series with a nonlinear dashpot whose strain rate is proportional to a power of the applied stress. The resulting constant stress or load creep curve consists of a straight line, the slope of which can be considered as the secondary creep rate of a real material.
Date: January 1954
Creator: Kempner, Joseph
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Creep buckling of columns

Description: Report presenting formulas for the determination of the creep deflection-time characteristics of an initially curved idealized H-section column. The results were obtained from closed-form solutions of the differential equation of bending of a beam column with creep properties of a nonlinearly viscoelastic nature. Critical time is tabulated and plotted for a wide range of parameters involved.
Date: January 1954
Creator: Kempner, Joseph & Patel, Sharad A.
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Data on the compressive strength of skin-stringer panels of various materials

Description: "Flat skin-stringer compression panels of stainless steel, mild steel, titanium, copper, four aluminum alloys, and a magnesium alloy were tested. The results show the effect of variations in yield stress, Young's modulus, and both yield stress and Young's modulus for constant yield strain on the average stress at maximum load, on the stress for local buckling, and on the load-shortening characteristics of the panels" (p. 1).
Date: January 1954
Creator: Dow, Norris F.; Hickman, William A. & Rosen, B. Walter
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Design Data for Multipost-Stiffened Wings in Bending

Description: From Summary: "The results of a computational program are presented which give numerical values of the stiffnesses required of the various components of a multipost-stiffened wing to achieve desired buckling-stress values under bending loads. Two arrangements of the posts are considered, upright posts and posts used as diagonals of a Warren truss. This work extends and summarizes the calculations presented in NACA RM L52K10a."
Date: January 1954
Creator: Anderson, Roger A.; Johnson, Aldie E., Jr. & Wilder, Thomas W., III
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Effect of Surface Roughness Over the Downstream Region of a 23 Degree Conical Diffuser

Description: Note presenting an experimental investigation conducted to determine the effects of varying extents of surface roughness over the downstream region of a 23 degree conical diffuser with an inlet-boundary-layer thickness of the order of 5 percent of the inlet diameter. The air flows used in the investigation cover an inlet Mach number range from about 0.10 to 0.40. The results indicate that the flow in the roughened diffuser was steady and reproducible for all conditions.
Date: January 1954
Creator: Persh, Jerome & Bailey, Bruce M.
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Effect of Various Arrangements of Triangular Ledges on the Performance of a 23 Degree Conical Diffuser at Subsonic Mach Numbers

Description: Note presenting an investigation to determine whether the use of annular ledges to promote turbulent momentum exchange will improve the performance of a short, wide-angle diffuser. Results are presented of tests of a 23 degree conical diffuser with a 2:1 ratio of exit to inlet area with both rough and smooth triangular ledges, approximately one-tenth of the inlet boundary-layer thickness in height, installed in succession from the inlet to the exit. Results regarding rough ledges, comparison be… more
Date: January 1954
Creator: Persh, Jerome & Bailey, Bruce M.
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Elastic Buckling Under Combined Stresses of Flat Plates With Integral Waffle-Like Stiffening

Description: "Theory and experiment were compared and found in good agreement for the elastic buckling under combined stresses of long flat plates with integral waffle-like stiffening in a variety of configurations. For such flat plates, 45 degree waffle stiffening was found to be the most effective of the configurations for the proportions considered over the widest range of combinations of compression and shear" (p. 1).
Date: January 1954
Creator: Dow, Norris F.; Levin, L. Ross & Troutman, John L.
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Experimental investigation at a Mach number of 2.41 of average skin-friction coefficients and velocity profiles for laminar and turbulent boundary layers and an assessment of probe effects

Description: Report presenting an experimental investigation of laminar and turbulent boundary layers on the outer surface of a hollow cylinder at Mach number 2.41 and a range of Reynolds numbers. Results regarding static-pressure distribution, Schileren observations, velocity profiles, boundary-layer transition, determination of effective leading edge for turbulent flow, skin friction, and probe effect are provided.
Date: January 1954
Creator: O'Donnell, Robert M.
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Fatigue tests at stresses producing failure in 2 to 10,000 cycles: 24S-T3 and 75S-T6 aluminum-alloy sheet specimens with a theoretical stress-concentration factor of 4.0 subjected to completely reversed axial load

Description: Report presenting testing of notched specimens made of 24S-T3 and 75S-T6 aluminum-alloy sheet material, with theoretical stress-concentration factors equal to 4.0, subjected to completely reversed axial loads. Test techniques and special test apparatus are described.
Date: January 1954
Creator: Hardrath, Herbert F. & Illg, Walter
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The Free-Stream Boundaries of Turbulent Flows

Description: Report presenting an experimental and theoretical study of the instantaneously sharp and irregular front that is found to separate turbulent fluid from contiguous "nonturbulent" fluid at a free-stream boundary.
Date: January 1954
Creator: Corrsin, Stanley & Kistler, Alan L.
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Investigation of mutual interference effects of several vertical-tail-fuselage configuration in sideslip

Description: Report presenting testing on three circular-arc-fuselage and nine unswept-vertical-tail models in order to investigate interference effects between fuselages and vertical tails in sideslip. Report presenting effectiveness of isolated vertical tails, effectiveness of vertical tail plus mutual interference of fuselage and vertical tail, interference of fuselage on vertical tail, interference of vertical tail on the fuselage, longitudinal position of center of pressure of combined loading, vertica… more
Date: January 1954
Creator: Michael, William H., Jr.
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Lubricants of Reduced Flammability

Description: Report presenting information regarding lubricants of reduced flammability, including the determination of the change in spontaneous ignition temperature, stability testing, and a practical method for synthesizing them.
Date: January 1954
Creator: Frank, Charles E.; Swarts, Donald E. & Mecklenborg, Kenneth T.
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Method for calculation of compressible laminar boundary layer with axial pressure gradient and heat transfer

Description: Report presenting a rapid and sufficiently accurate method of determining laminar-boundary-layer characteristics in flow with a given free-stream Mach number and given velocity distribution at the edge of the boundary layer. The method can be easily applied to flow with zero pressure gradient for any constant Prandtl number of the order of unity and any given temperature distribution along wall.
Date: January 1954
Creator: Libby, Paul A. & Morduchow, Morris
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A Method for Estimating the Effect of Turbulent Velocity Fluctuations in the Boundary Layer on Diffuser Total-Pressure-Loss Measurements

Description: Note presenting a method for estimating the effect of turbulent velocity fluctuations on diffuser total-pressure-loss measurements. When the longitudinal velocity fluctuations are large, as evidenced by discrepancies between the inlet and exit weight flows, the method compensates for the discrepancies by adjusting the boundary-layer profile.
Date: January 1954
Creator: Persh, Jerome & Bailey, Bruce M.
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A method for estimating variations in the roots of the lateral-stability quartic due to changes in mass and aerodynamic parameters of an airplane

Description: Report presenting a method for estimating variations in the roots of the lateral-stability quartic due to changes in mass and aerodynamic parameters of an airplane. The method is applied to three high-speed airplanes and the changes in their lateral stability characteristics are determined by considering increments in various airplane parameters.
Date: January 1954
Creator: Gates, Ordway B., Jr. & Woodling, C. H.
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A New Method of Analyzing Extreme-Value Data

Description: Note presenting a method for analyzing extreme-value data which may arise in a wide variety of applications. Discussion of the method is preceded by the necessary statistical theory which also furnishes a basis for evaluating the new method in relation to existing ones. Several appendices are also included for mathematical developments not included in the text.
Date: January 1954
Creator: Lieblein, Julius
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A Photographic Method for Determining Vertical Velocities of Aircraft Immediately Prior to Landing

Description: "A photographic method employing a long-focal-length (40-inch) lens for obtaining statistical data on vertical velocities of aircraft immediately prior to landing contact developed for use with land-based airplanes is described. It requires no instrument installation on the aircraft or interference with airport operation and employs relatively simple data reduction. Vertical velocities can be obtained by this method within a probable maximum error of 0.31 fps" (p. 1).
Date: January 1954
Creator: Rind, Emanuel
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The resistance to air flow of porous materials suitable for boundary-layer-control applications using area suction

Description: "Measurements were made of the resistance to air flow of commercially available porous materials. Three general types of porous media were tested - granular (sintered materials), fibrous (felt cloths and filter papers), and perforated. The flow-resistance characteristics of the porous materials tested are presented in a form intended to assist in the selection of materials for applications to boundary-layer control using area suction" (p. 1).
Date: January 1954
Creator: Dannenberg, Robert E.; Weiberg, James A. & Gambucci, Bruno J.
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The Resistance to Air Flow of Porous Materials Suitable for Boundary-Layer-Control Applications Using Area Suction

Description: "Measurements were made of the resistance to air flow of commercially available porous materials. Three general types of porous media were tested - granular (sintered materials), fibrous (felt cloths and filter papers), and perforated. The flow-resistance characteristics of the porous materials tested are presented in a form intended to assist in the selection of materials for applications to boundary-layer control using area suction" (p. 1).
Date: January 1954
Creator: Dannenberg, Robert E.; Weiberg, James A. & Gambucci, Bruno J.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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