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Preliminary Tank Investigation of the Use of Single Monoplane Hydrofoils for High-Speed Airplanes

Description: Report presenting an investigation of the hydrodynamic take-off and landing characteristics of a model of a hypothetical jet- and rocket-propelled high-speed airplane fitted with various designs of a single monoplane hydrofoil mounted near the center of gravity. This testing is performed to determine the feasibility of the water-based operation of high-speed airplanes. Results regarding the general hydrodynamic characteristics, development of hydrofoils, and effects of some hydrofoil parameters… more
Date: March 22, 1949
Creator: King, Douglas A. & Rockett, John A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The problem of cooling an air-cooled cylinder on an aircraft engine

Description: An analysis of the cooling problem has been to show by what means the cooling of an air-cooled aircraft engine may be improved. Each means of improving cooling is analyzed on the basis of effectiveness in cooling with respect to power for cooling. The altitude problem is analyzed for both supercharged and unsupercharged engines. The case of ground cooling is also discussed. The heat-transfer process from the hot gases to the cylinder wall is discussed on the basis of the fundamentals of heat tr… more
Date: April 22, 1940
Creator: Brevoort, M. J. & Joyner, U. T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Quantitative Recovery of Tuballoy From Tuballoy Tetrafluoride

Description: Report discussing various procedures for recovering tuballoy from tuballoy tetrafluoride, also called "green salt." Results from trial runs of each procedure are presented.
Date: February 22, 1945
Creator: Gates, J. W., Jr.; Andrews, L. J. & Schaap, Ward B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Rapid Colorimeric Method for the Determination of Phosphate in Uranium Waste Solutions

Description: Report discussing tests of a new colorimetric method. From abstract: "A colorimetric method, which is a modification of the classical phosphomolybdic acid method, has been developed for the determination of phosphate in synthetic uranium waste solutions...The chief advantage of the method, over those presently included in HW Manuals, is the rapidity with which determinations may be carried out."
Date: August 22, 1949
Creator: Sege, C. A. & Ice, C. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Recovery of Uranium From Beta Salvage Residues by Vapor Phase Chlorination With CCl₄

Description: Abstract: A simple process to recover the bulk of the uranium from ignited beta salvage residues was sought. In preliminary experiments a vapor phase chlorination with CCl₄ for about four hours followed by water and nitric acid leaching was found adequate. Recoveries are estimated at 60 to 90% of the total uranium content.
Date: April 22, 1946
Creator: Veatch, R. W., Jr. & Miller, A. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Solvent-Extraction Performance of Redox IC Columns (ANL June 1948 Flowsheet) Using Raschig Ring Packing, and Unirradiated Uranium: Redox Technical Study No. 14

Description: A report which summarizes the performance data obtained from Redox solvent extraction IC Column studies made prior to January 15, 1949 in accordance with conditions of the A.N.L. June 1, 1948, Flowsheet.
Date: August 22, 1949
Creator: Hartzell, L. O.; Woodfield, F. W. & Bradley, J. G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Some Tests and Calculations Pertaining to the Dive Path and to Wing and Tail Loads in the Accident to Eastern Airlines C54B Airplane, NC-88814, Near Bainbridge, Maryland, May 30, 1947

Description: "Several dive paths were calculated for a C54 airplane starting from level flight at an altitude of 4000 feet and from an initial indicated airspeed of 200 miles per hour. The results show that, within the limits of the possible paths permitted by the evidence of the crash at Bainbridge, the speed of impact would be about 370 miles per hour and the time to crash would be between 12 1/2 and 15 1/2 seconds. Tail load calculations indicate that, with moderate negative acceleration of the airplane,… more
Date: October 22, 1947
Creator: Rhode, Richard V.; Stokke, Allen R. & Rogin, Leo
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Some theoretical low-speed span loading characteristics of swept wings in roll and sideslip

Description: The Weissinger method for determining additional span loading for incompressible flow is used to find the damping in roll, the lateral center of pressure of the rolling for wing plan forms of various aspect ratios, taper ratios, and sweep angles. In addition, the applicability of the method to the determination of certain other aerodynamic derivatives is investigated, and corrections for the first-order effects of compressibility are indicated. The agreement obtained between experimentally and … more
Date: December 22, 1948
Creator: Bird, John D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Spectrographic Analysis of Beryllium and its Compounds

Description: Abstract. Spectrographic procedures for determining small amounts of the common contaminants in beryllium and its compounds are described. Suggestions relative to the preparation of synthetic standards are also given.
Date: June 22, 1945
Creator: Smith, A. Lee (Albert Lee), 1924-
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Stability Results Obtained With Douglas D-558-1 Airplane (BuAero No. 37971) in Flight Up to a Mach Number of 0.89

Description: Memorandum presenting measurements of some of the high-speed characteristics of the D-558-1 airplane up to Mach number 0.89. The results of the tests showed that the stabilizer incidence drastically affected the longitudinal trim characteristics above a Mach number of 0.80.
Date: April 22, 1949
Creator: Barlow, William H. & Lilly, Howard C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Summary of the Research Progress Meeting

Description: Technical report includes three reports of research progress: 1) Range Measurements on 190 Mev Deuterons, M. Stephan; 2) Meson measurements, C. Lattes; and 3) N-P Scattering, R. Christian.
Date: April 22, 1948
Creator: Wakerling, R. K. (Raymond Kornelious), 1914-
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Tank spray tests of a jet-powered model fitted with NACA hydro-skis

Description: Report presenting tank results for take-off tests with a powered dynamic model of a hypothetical jet-propelled high-speed airplane fitted with NACA hydro-skis and with flush turbojet intakes on the upper part of the fuselage near the nose. Some of the investigations included were the possibility of making take-offs without spray entering the intakes, the effect of turbojet air inflow on the tendency of spray to enter the intakes, and the effect of jet power on trim.
Date: July 22, 1948
Creator: Wadlin, Kenneth L. & Ramsen, John A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Test of single-stage axial-flow fan

Description: "A single-stage axial fan was built and tested in the shop of the propeller-research tunnel of the NACA. The fan comprised a simple 24-blade rotor having a diameter of 21 inches and a solidity of 0.86 and a set of 37 contravanes having a solidity of 1.33. The rotor was driven by a 25-horsepower motor capable of rotating at a speed of 3600 r.p.m. The fan was tested for volume, pressure, and efficiency over a range of delivery pressures and volumes for a wide range of contravane and blade-angle s… more
Date: September 22, 1941
Creator: Bell, E. Barton
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Tests of a triangular wing of aspect ratio 2 in the Ames 12-foot pressure wind tunnel. 1: the effect of Reynolds number and Mach number on the aerodynamic characteristics of the wing with flap undeflected

Description: Report presenting testing of a semispan model of a wing of triangular plan form and aspect ratio 2 in the 12-foot pressure tunnel to determine the aerodynamic characteristics of the wing as influenced by the independent effects of Reynolds number and Mach number up to Mach numbers approaching unity. Results regarding the effect of body and effect of wing-profile modification are also provided.
Date: January 22, 1948
Creator: Edwards, George G. & Stephenson, Jack D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Tests of the AN/SPS-1 Radar Antenna in the Langley Full-Scale Tunnel

Description: Tests have been conducted to determine the drive-motor torque and the static force and moment characteristics of the AN/SPS-1 radar antenna. Shifting the longitudinal position of the antenna had very little effect on the drive-motor torque, which reached a maximum value expressed in terms of dynamic pressure (T/q)(sub max) of 1.15 at an azimuth angle of 245. The maximum observed values of rolling, pitching, and yawing moments in terms of dynamic pressure are -29.0, 66.6, and 13.4, respectively.
Date: December 22, 1947
Creator: May, Ralph W., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Theoretical antisymmetric span loading for wings of arbitrary plan form at subsonic speeds

Description: A simplified lifting-surface theory that includes effects of compressibility and spanwise variation of section lift-curve slope is used to provide charts with which antisymmetric loading due to arbitrary antisymmetric angle of attack can be found for wings having symmetric plan forms with a constant spanwise sweep angle of the quarter-chord line. Consideration is given to the flexible wing in roll. Aerodynamic characteristics due to rolling, deflected ailerons, and sideslip of wings with dihedr… more
Date: December 22, 1949
Creator: DeYoung, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Vibration of turbine blades in a turbojet engine during operation

Description: Report presenting an experimental investigation to determine the vibration phenomena that occur in turbine blades of a typical jet-propulsion engine during service operation; high-temperature strain gages were used to measure the turbine-blade vibrations. Results regarding modes of vibration, centrifugal stresses, and vibration of turbine blades during operation are provided.
Date: April 22, 1948
Creator: Morgan, W. C.; Kemp, R. H. & Manson, S. S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Wind-Tunnel Investigation of Horizontal Tails 1: Unswept and 35 Degrees Swept-Back Plan Forms of Aspect Ratio 3

Description: Memorandum presenting the results of a wind-tunnel investigation of the low-speed characteristics of horizontal tails of aspect ratio 3 with unswept and swept-back plan forms. Two models were tested which had identical areas, aspect ratio, taper ratio, and airfoil section, differing only in the angle of sweepback and elevator area ratios. The major effect of sweepback was to increase the rate of change of hinge-moment coefficient with angle of attack, to reduce the rate of change with elevator … more
Date: April 22, 1948
Creator: Dods, Jules B., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Wind-Tunnel Tests of a 0.16-Scale Model of the Douglas MX-656 Airplane at High Subsonic Speeds. 2 - Wing and Fuselage Pressure Distribution

Description: From Summary: "Measurements of wing and fuselage pressure distributions were made at low and high subsonic Much numbers on a 0.16-scale model of the projected MX-656 research airplane. The MX-656 is a supersonic design utilizing a low-aspect-ratio wing and tail. Pressure-distribution measurements indicated that, although the critical Mach number of the wing was approximately 0.81 at 0 degree angle of attack, compressibility effects were of little significance below a Mach number of at least 0.9… more
Date: August 22, 1949
Creator: Cleary, Joseph W. & Mellenthin, Jack A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The X-Ray Spectra of the Last-Row Elements

Description: Abstract: X-ray energy level diagrams as given in the literature are tabulated for radium, thorium and uranium. A level scheme for protoactinium is derived from the published data. After a brief review of the use of X-ray data in studying outer electronic structure, it is pointed out that differences in the X-ray spectra should exist depending on whether the outer electrons are in f or d orbitals. The observed separation of the OI and OII levels in thorium and uranium indicated that the f lev… more
Date: October 22, 1946
Creator: Russell, H., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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