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Compression-ignition engine performance at altitudes and at various air pressures and temperatures

Description: From Summary: "Engine test results are presented for simulated altitude conditions. A displaced-piston combustion chamber on a 5- by 7-inch single cylinder compression-ignition engine operating at 2,000 r.p.m. was used. Inlet air temperature equivalent to standard altitudes up to 14,000 feet were obtained. Comparison between performance at altitude of the unsupercharged compression-ignition engine compared favorably with the carburetor engine."
Date: November 1937
Creator: Moore, Charles S. & Collins, John H., Jr.
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Compression-ignition engine performance with undoped and doped fuel oils and alcohol mixtures

Description: From Summary: "Several fuel oils, doped fuel oils, and mixtures of alcohol and fuel oil were tested in a high-speed, single-cylinder, compression-ignition engine to determine power output, fuel consumption, and ignition and combustion characteristics. Fuel oils or doped fuel oils of high octane number had shorter ignition lags, lower rates of pressure rise, and gave smoother engine operation than fuel oils or doped fuel oils of low octane number."
Date: August 1939
Creator: Moore, Charles S. & Foster, Hampton H.
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Compression-ignition engine tests of several fuels

Description: "The tests reported in this paper were made to devise simple engine tests which would rate fuels as to their comparative value and their suitability for the operating conditions of the individual engine on which the tests are made. Three commercial fuels were used in two test engines having combustion chambers with and without effective air flow. Strictly comparative performance tests gave almost identical results for the three fuels. Analysis of indicator cards allowed a differentiation betwee… more
Date: May 1932
Creator: Spanogle, J. A.
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The Compressive Strength of Duralumin Columns of Equal Angle Section

Description: "This report presents a chart giving the compressive strength of duralumin columns of equal angle section. The data used in the construction of the chart were obtained from various published sources and were correlated with theory in the range where secondary failure occurred. Appendices are included giving excerpts from Army and Navy specifications for duralumin and approximate formulas for the properties of the equal angle section" (p. 1).
Date: March 1932
Creator: Lundquist, Eugene E.
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Compressive Tests of a Monocoque Box

Description: "A monocoque box specimen of aluminum alloy was subjected to end compression and the strains in the stringers were measured up to loads at which permanent set became noticeable. The stringer strains at low loads agreed closely with those computed from the assumption of uniform stress distribution. Buckling of the 0.026-inch sheet between stringers and of the 0.075-inch shear web took place at stresses in accord with theoretical values" (p. 1).
Date: August 1939
Creator: Ramberg, Walter; McPherson, Albert E. & Levy, Sam
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Considerations affecting the additional weight required in mass balance of ailerons

Description: "This paper is essentially a consideration of mass balance of ailerons from a preliminary design standpoint, in which the extra weight of the mass counterbalance is the most important phase of the problem. Equations are developed for the required balance weight for a simple aileron and this weight is correlated with the mass-balance coefficient. It is concluded the location of the c.g. of the basic aileron is of paramount importance and that complete mass balance imposes no great weight penalty… more
Date: August 1937
Creator: Diehl, W. S.
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Considerations of air flow in combustion chambers of high-speed compression-ignition engines

Description: The air flow in combustion chambers is divided into three fundamental classes - induced, forced, and residual. A generalized resume is given of the present status of air flow investigations and of the work done at this and other laboratories to determine the direction and velocity of air movement in auxiliary and integral combustion chambers. The effects of air flow on engine performance are mentioned to show that although air flow improves the combustion efficiency, considerable induction, fri… more
Date: April 1932
Creator: Spanogle, J. A. & Moore, C. S.
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Considerations of the Take-Off Problem

Description: Many technical papers on the various phases of airplane take-off have been published. Frequently, however, there appear new ideas which affect only particular scattered phases of the subject and which do not receive individual publication. It is the purpose of this paper to present several ideas of this nature which may be of considerable aid in calculating take-off performance and one idea which should correct what appears to be a popular misconception of the importance of static propeller thr… more
Date: February 1936
Creator: Hartman, Edwin P.
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Corrugated Metal Diaphragms for Aircraft Pressure-Measuring Instruments

Description: Note presenting a description of a large number of corrugated diaphragms of beryllium copper, phosphor bronze, and Z-nickel with geometrically similar outlines but various diameters and thicknesses were formed by hydraulic pressing. The apparatus and technique used in the manufacture, testing, and heat treatment are described. Results regarding pressure-deflection curves, load limit, effect of center reinforcing, snap-action diaphragms, deflection traverse, thickness variations, and concentrate… more
Date: November 1939
Creator: Wildhack, W. A. & Goerke, V. H.
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A deflection formula for single-span beams of constant section subjected to combined axial and transverse loads

Description: In this paper there is presented a deflection formula for single-span beams of constant section subjected to combined axial and transverse loads of the types commonly encountered in airplane design. The form of the equation is obtainable by dimensional analysis. Tables and curves of the non dimensional coefficients are appended to facilitate the use of the formula. The equation is applied to the determination of the spring constant of a beam. Tables and curves are presented to show the variatio… more
Date: September 1935
Creator: Burke, Walter F.
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Development of an Impinging-Jet Fuel-Injection Valve Nozzle

Description: "During an investigation to determine the possibilities and limitations of a two-stroke-cycle engine and ignition, it was necessary to develop a fuel injection valve nozzle to produce a disk-shaped, well dispersed spray. Preliminary tests showed that two smooth jets impinging upon each other at an angle of 74 degrees gave a spray with the desired characteristics. Nozzles were built on this basis and, when used in fuel-injection valves, produced a spray that fulfilled the original requirements" … more
Date: April 1931
Creator: Spanogle, J. A. & Hemmeter, G. T.
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Development of the N.A.C.A. Slot-Lip Aileron

Description: "An investigation of the undesirable delayed action, or lag, of the spoiler-type lateral control device led to the development of the NACA slot-lip aileron. The tests were made in the 7- by 10-foot wind tunnel with a 4- by 8-foot wing hinged at the tunnel jet boundary and restrained in roll by elastic cords. Time histories were taken of the motion of the control device under test and of the resulting wing motion" (p. 1).
Date: November 1935
Creator: Weick, Fred E. & Shortal, Joseph A.
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Discharge characteristics of a double injection-valve single-pump injection system

Description: The discharge characteristics of two similar injection valves operated by a single-cylinder fuel-injection pump were determined with an apparatus that measured the quantity of fuel discharged from each valve during every 0.5 degrees of pump rotation. It was found that similar discharges took place from the two valves at all pump speeds when the valve-opening pressures, the nozzle-orifice diameters, and the injection-tube lengths were the same for both valves. Under these conditions, the effects… more
Date: May 1937
Creator: Lee, Dana W. & Marsh, E. T.
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Discharge Characteristics of a Simulated Unit Injection System

Description: "Rate-of-discharge curves that show the discharge characteristics of an injection system having a very short fuel passage are presented. The rate of discharge closely follows the rate of displacement of the injection-pump plunger for open nozzles in which the maximum calculated pressures at the orifice do not exceed a certain value, which is dependent on the particular injection pump. With small orifices and high pump speeds, the rate of discharge does not follow the rate of plunger displacemen… more
Date: November 1938
Creator: Marsh, Edred T.
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The drag of inflatable rubber de-icers

Description: Force tests on rubber de-icer models of several different profiles, at approximately one-third full scale, been carried out in the NACA 8-foot high speed wind tunnel. The conventional de-icer installation, deflated, added about 15 percent to the smooth-wing drag and, inflated, added about 100 percent. An improved installation with flash attaching strips added about 10 percent, deflated. The bulging, or ballooning, of de-icers from the wing surface is described and some remedies are discussed.
Date: October 1938
Creator: Robinson, Russell G.
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Drag of Prestone and Oil Radiators on the YO-31A Airplane

Description: "At the request of the Army Air Corps tests were conducted on a mock-up of the YO-31A airplane to determine the drag of the prestone and oil radiators. The drag of the airplane was determined with both radiators exposed on the lower surface of the fuselage; with each radiator exposed; and with no radiators. The results show that at 120 m.p.h the oil radiator accounted for 2.8 percent of the drag of the complete airplane; the prestone radiator 8.3 percent; and both radiators together, 11.8 perce… more
Date: December 1935
Creator: DeFrance, S. J.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Drag of Streamline Wires

Description: "Preliminary results are given of drag tests of streamline wires. Full-size wires were tested over a wide range of speeds in the N.A.C.A. high speed tunnel. The results are thus directly applicable to full-scale problems and include any compressibility effects encountered at the higher speeds. The results show how protuberances may be employed on conventional streamline wires to reduce the drag, and also show how the conventional wires compare with others having sections more like strut or symm… more
Date: December 1933
Creator: Jacobs, Eastman N.
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Drag Tests of 4/9-Scale Model Engine Nacelles With Various Cowlings

Description: "Results are given of drag tests of 4/9-scale model radial air-cooled engine nacelles made as a part of a general investigation of wing-nacelle-propeller interference. A small nacelle of the type commonly used with exposed engine cylinders was tested with various forms of cowling over the cylinders. The effects of cowling-ring position and of angle of ring chord to the thrust line were investigated. An N.A.C.A. cowled nacelle and a smooth body were also tested. The results are given at 50, 75, … more
Date: October 1932
Creator: Windler, Ray
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Effect of aging on taut rubber diaphragms

Description: As part of an investigation of special compositions of rubber suitable for use as diaphragms for aircraft instruments, six samples were used as taut diaphragms in instruments and allowed to age for five years. Two of the instruments were in operating condition after this period of time and one had remarkably little change in performance. In making the rubber tetraethyl thorium disulfide was employed as a vulcanizing agent.
Date: February 1932
Creator: Strother, D. H. & Henrickson, H. B.
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Effect of aileron displacement on wing characteristics

Description: The effect of aileron displacement on wing characteristics has been investigated for the Clark Y and the U.S.A. 27 wing sections equipped with rectangular ailerons. The airfoils, rectangular in plan, and having a 10 inch chord and 60 inch span, were mounted on a model fuselage.
Date: February 1933
Creator: Heald, R. H.
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Effect of Air-Entry Angle on Performance of a 2-Stroke-Cycle Compression-Ignition Engine

Description: "An investigation was made to determine the effect of variations in the horizontal and vertical air-entry angles on the performance characteristics of a single-cylinder 2-stroke-cycle compression-ignition test engine. Performance data were obtained over a wide range of engine speed, scavenging pressure, fuel quantity, and injection advance angle with the optimum guide vanes. Friction and blower-power curves are included for calculating the indicated and net performances" (p. 1).
Date: August 1937
Creator: Earle, Sherod L. & Dutee, Francis J.
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Effect of changes in tail arrangement upon the spinning of a low-wing monoplane model

Description: "A series of tests was made in the N.A.C.A. free spinning tunnel to find the effect upon spinning characteristics of systematic changes in tail arrangement. The tests were made with a 1/16-scale made of a low-wing monoplane of modern design. The changes consisted of: (1) variation of the fuselage length; (2) variation of the fore-and-aft location of the vertical surfaces; and (3) variation of the vertical location of the horizontal surfaces. The spinning characteristics of the model, including … more
Date: June 1936
Creator: Zimmerman, C. H.
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The Effect of Clearance Distribution on the Performance of a Compression-Ignition Engine with a Precombustion Chamber

Description: "The clearance distribution in a precombustion chamber cylinder head was varied so that for a constant compression ratio of 13.5 the spherical auxiliary chambers contained 20, 35, 50, and 70 per cent of the total clearance volume. Each chamber was connected to the cylinder by a single circular passage, flared at both ends, and of a cross-sectional area proportional to the chamber volume, thereby giving the same calculated air-flow velocity through each passage. Results of engine-performance tes… more
Date: November 1932
Creator: Moore, C. S. & Collins, J. H., Jr.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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