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6.70 EV Resonance in U²³⁸

Description: "Using the Brookhaven fast chopper, transmission curves were obtained for the 6.70 +/- .06 ev resonance in U238 using four different thicknesses of natural uranium metal." The measurements for the transmission curves are summarized in the table provided.
Date: November 9, 1953
Creator: Levin, Jules S.
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327 Basin Aluminum Corrosion Test

Description: An investigation of corrosion in the 327 Building's water storage basin was made to determine whether the static storage of aluminum jacketed fuel elements could cause corrosion effects that would interfere with studies of in-pile corrosion.
Date: February 9, 1956
Creator: Mallett, G. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Additional Abstracts Pertaining to Seaplanes

Description: "About 500 additional references pertaining to hydrodynamic design of seaplanes have been compiled, and the information is presented in the form of abstracts classified under six main headings:GENERAL INFORMATION, HYDROSTATICS, HYDRODYNAMICS, AERODYNAMICS, OPERATION, and RESEARCH. The compilation is an extension of NACA RM No. L6I13, entitled "Abstracts Pertaining to Seaplanes," by Jerold M. Bidwell and Douglas A. King. An author index and a subject index are included" (p. 1).
Date: March 9, 1948
Creator: Bidwell, Jerold M. & King, Douglas A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Aerodynamic Characteristics of an Airfoil-Forebody Swept Flying-Boat Hull With a Wing and Tail Swept Back 51.3 Degrees at the Leading Edge

Description: Report discussing an investigation of the aerodynamic characteristics of an airfoil-forebody swept flying boat hull with a wing and tail swept back 51.3 degrees at the leading edge. The swept hull's minimum drag coefficient was about the same as the parent model or streamline model. Various combinations of flaps were also utilized.
Date: September 9, 1949
Creator: Naeseth, Rodger L. & MacLeod, Richard G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Aerodynamic Characteristics of Bodies at Supersonic Speeds: A Collection of Three Papers

Description: The three papers collected here are: 'The Effect of Nose Shape on the Drag of Bodies of Revolution at Zero Angle of Attack.', 'Base Pressure on Wings and Bodies with Turbulent Boundary Layers', and 'Flow over Inclined Bodies'. The subject of the first paper is the drag of the nose section of bodies of revolution at zero angle of attack. The main object of the second paper is to summarize the prinicpal results of the many wind tunnel and free flight measurements of base pressure on both bodies o… more
Date: November 9, 1951
Creator: Seiff, Alvin; Sandahl, Carl A.; Chapman, Dean R.; Perkins, E. W. & Gowen, F. E.
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Aerodynamic Design of Axial-Flow Compressors. 7 - Blade-Element Flow in Annular Cascades

Description: Annular blade-element data obtained primarily from single-stage compressor installations are correlated over a range of inlet Mach numbers and cascade geometry. The correlation curves are presented in such a manner that they are related directly to the low-speed two-dimensional-cascade data of part VI of this series. Thus, the data serve as both an extension and a verification of the two-dimensional-cascade data. In addition, the correlation results are applied to compressor design.
Date: August 9, 1955
Creator: Robbins, William H.; Jackson, Robert J. & Lieblein, Seymour
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Aerodynamic study of a wing-fuselage combination employing a wing swept back 63 degrees: effect of Reynolds number at supersonic Mach numbers on the longitudinal characteristics of a wing twisted and cambered for uniform load

Description: Report presenting a wind-tunnel investigation of the longitudinal characteristics of a wing-body combination with a wing with leading edge swept back 63 degrees. Lift, drag, and pitching-moment measurements were made over a range of Mach and Reynolds numbers. Results regarding the general characteristics and effect of Reynolds number are provided.
Date: October 9, 1950
Creator: Heitmeyer, John C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Aeronautical study of a wing-fuselage combination employing a wing swept back 63 degrees: Characteristics at supersonic speeds of a model with the wing twisted and cambered for uniform load

Description: Report presenting the lift, drag, and pitching-moment characteristics of a wing-fuselage combination employing a wing with the leading edge swept back 63 degrees and cambered and twisted for a uniform load at a lift coefficient of 0.25 and Mach number 1.53. The experimental results are compared to those from other investigations. A maximum lift-drag ratio of 8.9 and a minimum drag coefficient of 0.0145 was obtained.
Date: January 9, 1950
Creator: Hall, Charles F. & Heitmeyer, John C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Aircraft-Fuel-Tank Design for Liquid Hydrogen

Description: "Some of the considerations involved in the design of aircraft fuel tanks for liquid hydrogen are discussed herein. Several of the physical properties of metals and thermal insulators in the temperature range from ambient to liquid-hydrogen temperatures are assembled. Calculations based on these properties indicate that it is possible to build a large-size liquid-hydrogen fuel tank which (1) will weigh less then 15 percent of the fuel weight, (2) will have a hydrogen vaporization rate less than… more
Date: August 9, 1955
Creator: Reynolds, T. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Project Quarterly Progress Report: Period Ending September 10, 1951

Description: The first part of this quarterly progress report details reactor theory and design, discussing the aircraft reactor experiment, experimental reactor engineering, reactor physics, and critical experiments. The second part of this report is not included. The third part of this quarterly progress report details materials research, discussing corrosion research, physical properties and heat-transfer research, metallurgy and ceramics, chemistry of high-temperature liquids, and radiation damage. The … more
Date: January 9, 1952
Creator: Briant, R. C.; Ellis, C. B. & Cottrell, William B.
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Altitude-chamber investigation of J73-GE-1A turbojet engine component performance

Description: Report presenting an investigation to determine the altitude performance characteristics of a J73-GE-1A turbojet engine conducted in an altitude chamber. The engine had a ten-percent oversize turbine-nozzle are compared with the production J73 engine. Results regarding radial pressure and temperature profiles, compressor performance, combustor performance, turbine performance, and tail-pipe-diffuser and exhaust-nozzle performance.
Date: December 9, 1954
Creator: Campbell, Carl E. & Sobolewski, Adam E.
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Altitude cooling investigation of the R-2800-21 engine in the P-47G airplane 2: investigation of the engine & airplane variables affecting the cylinder temperature distribution

Description: "The data obtained from cooling tests of an R-2800-21 engine installed in a P-47G airplane were studied to determine which engine and airplane operation variables were mainly responsible for the extremely uneven temperature distribution among the 18 engine cylinders obtained at the medium and high engine-power conditions. The tests consisted of flights at altitudes from 5000 to 35,000 feet for the normal range of engine and airplane operation. The results of the study showed that a flow conditi… more
Date: October 9, 1946
Creator: Pesman, Gerard J. & Kaufman, Samuel J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Altitude cooling investigation of the R-2800-21 engine in the P-47g airplane 3: individual-cylinder temperature reduction by means of intake-pipe throttle and by coolant injection

Description: "Flight tests were conducted on a R-2800-21 engine in the P-47G airplane to determine the effect on the wall temperatures of cylinder 10 of throttling the charge in the intake pipe and of injecting a water-ethanol coolant into the intake pipe. Cylinder 10 was chosen for this investigation because it runs abnormally hot (head temperatures of the order of 45 F higher than those of the next hottest cylinder) at the medium and high-power conditions. Tests with interchanged cylinders showed that the… more
Date: October 9, 1946
Creator: Bell, E. Barton; Valerino, Michael F. & Manganiello, Eugene J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Altitude Performance Characteristics of the J73-GE-1A Turbojet Engine

Description: From Introduction: "The over-all altitude-performance characteristics of this engine are reported herein, and the component performance characteristics are given in reference 1. The data are presented in the form of engine pumping characteristics to allow accurate calculation of engine performance at any operating or flight condition within the range covered by the experimental data. A curve is also presented that will allow determination of thrust in flight by the measurement of ambient static… more
Date: December 9, 1954
Creator: Campbell, Carl E. & Conrad, E. William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Altitude performance investigation of single- and double-annular turbojet-engine combustors with various size fuel nozzles

Description: From Introduction: "The purpose of the investigation conducted at the NACA Lewis laboratory and reported herein was to determine the improvements possible in full-scale turbojet-engine performance when a single-annular combustor with slotted air-inlet orifices was used."
Date: June 9, 1952
Creator: Harp, James L., Jr. & Vincent, Kenneth R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Altitude-Test-Chamber Investigation of the Endurance and Performance Characteristics of the J65-W-7 Engine at a Mach Number of 2.0

Description: "An investigation of the endurance characteristics, at high Mach number, of the J65-W-7 engine was made in an altitude chamber at the Lewis laboratory. The investigation was made to determine whether this engine can be operated at flight conditions of Mach 2 at 35,000-feet altitude (inlet temperature, 250 F) as a limited-service-life engine. Failure of the seventh-stage aluminum compressor blades occurred in both engines tested and was attributed to insufficient strength of the blade fastenings… more
Date: February 9, 1955
Creator: Biermann, A. E. & Braithwaite, Willis M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Altitude-Wind-Tunnel Investigation of the 19B-2, 19B-8, and 19XB-1 Jet Propulsion Engines, 4 - Performance and Windmilling Drag Characteristics

Description: The performance characteristics of the 19B-8 and 19XB-1 turbojet engines and the windmilling-drag characteristics of the 19B-6 engine were determined in the Cleveland altitude wind tunnel. The investigations were conducted on the 19B-8 engine at simulated altitudes from 5000 to 25,000 feet with various free-stream ram-pressure ratios and on the 19XB--1 engine at simulated altitudes from 5000 to 30,000 feet with approximately static free-stream conditions.
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: Fleming, William A. & Dietz, Robert O., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Analysis of Heat Transfer and Fluid Friction for Fully Developed Turbulent Flow of Supercritical Water With Variable Fluid Properties in a Smooth Tube

Description: From Summary: "Calculated velocity and temperature distributions, as well as relations among Nusselt number, Reynolds number, and friction factor, are presented. The effect of variation of fluid properties across the tube on the Nusselt number and friction factor correlations can be eliminated by evaluating the properties at a reference temperature which is a function of both the wall temperature and the ratio of wall-to-bulk temperatures."
Date: April 9, 1953
Creator: Deissler, Robert G. & Taylor, Maynard F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Analysis of longitudinal stability and trim of the Bell X-1 airplane at a lift coefficient of 0.3 to Mach numbers near 1.05

Description: Report presenting flight test data obtained with two Bell X-1 airplanes, one with an 8-percent-thick wing and a 6-percent-thick tail and one with a 10-percent-thick wing and an 8-percent-thick tail. Data was obtained at a variety of Mach numbers, lift coefficients, and test altitudes. Results regarding stick-fixed stability and trim changes are provided.
Date: October 9, 1951
Creator: Drake, Hubert M.; Carden, John R. & Clagett, Harry P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Analysis of Low-Temperature Nuclear-Powered Ram-Jet Missile for High Altitudes

Description: Report presenting the gross weight and uranium investment of nuclear-powered, direct-air, shieldless, ram-jet missiles for a range of altitudes and Mach numbers. Results regarding the effect of reactor operating conditions and flight conditions on ramjet performance and effect of assumptions on ramjet performance are provided.
Date: November 9, 1955
Creator: Sams, Eldon W. & Rom, Frank E.
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Analysis of Low-Temperature Nuclear-Powered Ramjet Missile for High Altitudes

Description: From Summary: "The reactor operating conditions were varied to enable selection of values giving a good compromise between low uranium investment and loss gross weight at each altitude and flight Mach number considered. The corresponding values of reactor and missile operating conditions are presented in the report."
Date: November 9, 1955
Creator: Rom, F. E. & Sams, E. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Analysis of rocket, ram-jet, and turbojet engines for supersonic propulsion of long-range missiles 1: rocket-engine performance

Description: Report presenting theoretical performance characteristics and estimates of effective specific impulse and weight for rocket engines serving a main and booster power plants for missiles. The fuels used included ammonia-fluorine and JP4-oxygen propellants. At extremely high altitudes, the specific impulse depends primarily on the expansion ratio.
Date: July 9, 1954
Creator: Huff, Vearl N. & Kerrebrock, Jack
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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