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Radioactive Waste Disposal and Miscellaneous Work : Annual Report for Calendar Year 1956

Description: An annual report is given on the operation and costs of waste-disposal facilities at ORNL laboratories and operating buildings in the Bethel Valley area. The operations of the hot-chemical and metal-waste systems, the process-waste system, and the radioactive-gas-disposal system which utilized the 250-ft stack located in the Radioisotope area are discussed. The miscellaneous operations which include the SS (source and special nuclear) material control, SS material recovery, off-shift service fo… more
Date: September 11, 1957
Creator: Seagren, H. E. & Witkowski, E. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Evaluation of Reactor Core Materials for a Gas-Cooled Reactor Experiment

Description: From introduction: "On February 1, 1956, Batelle was awarded a contract by the Army Reactor Branch (ARB) to select, develop, and test core materials which could be used successfully in conducting a Gas Cooled Reactor Experiment (GCRE). The prime objective of the GCRE would be to evaluate small portable reactor systems for military application...The present report is concerned with the GCRE activities at Batelle during approximately the 7 months' period following the first report of this series,… more
Date: July 11, 1957
Creator: Keller, Donald L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Performance Evaluation of Reduced-Chord Rotor Blading as Applied to J73 Two-Stage Turbine

Description: "The multistage turbine from the J73 turbojet engine has previously been investigated with standard and with reduced-chord rotor blading in order to determine the individual performance characteristics of each configuration over a range of over-all pressure ratio and speed. Because both turbine configurations exhibited peak efficiencies of over 90 percent, and because both units had relatively wide efficient operating ranges, it was considered of interest to determine the performance of the fir… more
Date: July 11, 1957
Creator: Schum, Harold J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Performance evaluation of reduced-chord rotor blading as applied to J73 two-stage turbine 1: over-all performance with standard rotor blading at inlet conditions of 35 inches of mercury absolute and 700 degrees R

Description: Report presenting an investigation conducted to determine the overall performance of the J73 two-stage turbine with a standard rotor-blade configuration. The turbine operated with a maximum brake internal efficiency between 0.91 and 0.92 at an overall pressure ratio of about 3.4 and 120 percent equivalent design rotor speed. Results regarding the overall performance, variation of equivalent weight flow with overall pressure ratio, and effect of limiting blade loading are provided.
Date: July 11, 1957
Creator: Berkey, William E.; Rebeske, John J., Jr. & Forrette, Robert E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Performance evaluation of reduced-chord rotor blading as applied to J73 two-stage turbine 2: over-all performance at inlet conditions of 35 inches of mercury absolute and 700 degrees R

Description: Report presenting an investigation to determine the feasibility of utilizing a reduced-chord rotor blading on the two-stage turbine of the J73 turbojet engine in order to reduce the weight. The turbine was operated as a component over a range of speeds and overall pressure ratios at turbine-inlet conditions corresponding to 35 inches of mercury absolute and 700 degrees R. Results regarding the overall performance, performance map, and peak efficiency are provided.
Date: July 11, 1957
Creator: Schum, Harold J.; Rebeske, John J., Jr. & Forrette, Robert E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Performance Evaluation of Reduced-Chord Rotor Blading as Applied to J73 Two-Stage Turbine 6: Stage Performance With Standard Rotor Blading at Inlet Conditions of 35 Inches of Mercury Absolute and 700 Degrees R

Description: Report presenting an evaluation of the stage performance of the J73 turbine on the basis of previous performance investigations of the first stages alone and of the two-stage turbines with standard and with reduced-chord rotor blading for a range of rotational speeds and pressure ratios. The results demonstrated that both of the two-stage turbines and first-stage turbines had comparable performance.
Date: July 11, 1957
Creator: Davison, Elmer H. & Schum, Harold J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Critical Mass Measurements on Graphite U²³⁵ Systems

Description: Abstract: "Measurements have been made on pseudo-cylindrical graphite-enriched uranium unreflected systems. These measurements include both critical mass determinations and time dependent measurements using a pulsed neutron source to drive the assemblies."
Date: April 11, 1957
Creator: Carothers, James Edward
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Curve Plotting Routine for the Oracle

Description: A general program has been written to plot curves on the Oracle curve plotter. A description of the code and complete instructions for preparation of input tapes and operation of the code are given. The code tape is available from the Mathematics Panel or from the author.
Date: April 11, 1957
Creator: Lietzke, M. P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Design and Investigation of a Transonic Axial-Flow Compressor Rotor With an Inlet Hub-Tip Radius Ratio of Essentially Zero

Description: Report presenting an investigation of an axial-flow compressor rotor with an inlet hub-tip radius ratio of basically zero. Results regarding the radial distribution of total-pressure ratio and efficiency, measured pressure ratio at design speed, weight flow, and low-speed cascade data are provided.
Date: March 11, 1957
Creator: Westphal, Willard R. & Maynard, John W., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Flight-determined static lateral stability and control characteristics of a swept-wing fighter airplane to a Mach number of 1.39

Description: Report presenting an investigation of the static lateral stability characteristics of a swept-wing fighter-type airplane with three vertical-tail configurations and two wing configurations at an altitude of 40,000 feet over a range of Mach numbers. Data was obtained in several conditions, including constant-heading sideslips and wings-level turns, aileron rolls, and abrupt rudder pulses. Results regarding the sideslip characteristics, lateral control, and control effectiveness derivatives are p… more
Date: March 11, 1957
Creator: Matranga, Gene J. & Peele, James R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The influence of imperfect radar space stabilization on the final attack phase of an automatic interceptor system

Description: From Summary: "The manner in which imperfect space stabilization of the tracking radar influences the flight path stability of an automatic interceptor during the attack phase is illustrated by means of flight and analog-computer time histories. It is shown analytically that these effects may be interpreted in terms of a destabilizing airplane rate feedback which can be canceled by an additional compensatory feedback in the radar tracking loop."
Date: March 11, 1957
Creator: Triplett, William C.; McLean, John D. & White, John S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Preliminary investigation of the combustion of a 50 percent pentaborane - 50 percent JP-4 fuel blend in a turbojet combustor at simulated altitude conditions

Description: A preliminary investigation was conducted to determine the combustion characteristics of a fuel composed of 50 percent pentaborane and 50 percent JP-4 (MIL-F-5624A) by weight in a turbojet combustor. A combustor designed to fit the housing of a J33-A-23 turbojet engine was selected for convenience. The fuel was evaluated at two engine conditions simulating altitudes of 40,000 and 57,000 feet, an engine speed of 85 percent of rated rpm, and a flight Mach number of 0.6. The pentaborane blend was … more
Date: March 11, 1957
Creator: Branstetter, J. Robert; Kaufman, Warner B. & Gibbs, James B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Semipermanent Freeze Plug Tests for HRT-CP

Description: Five uninsulated semipermanent freeze coils, series connected, can be frozen when submerged in 70 F water with a Freon-11 flow rate of 1.85 gpm at an inlet temperature of -40 F. The refrigeration unit of the HRT-CP is capable of delivering >3 gpm to a similar semipermanent freeze coil system located in Cell C. Therefore the number of F-11 risers required in Cell C of the HRT-CP can be minimized by series connecting this many semipermanent freeze coils where required.
Date: March 11, 1957
Creator: Winget, R. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Brief Review of thermal Gradient Mass Transfer in Sodium and NaK Systems

Description: The fact that material transport does occur under conditions of finite temperature difference in a flowing molten metal system was established. The rate mass transfer was thought to be either diffusion limited or solution rate limited. It is believed that the mass transfer of structural materials in Na or NaK systems is solution rate limited. The limiting process has not been qualitatively or quantitatively confirmed for the Inconel-Na or Inconel-NaK system. Increasing the maximum system wall t… more
Date: February 11, 1957
Creator: DeVan, J. H. & West, J. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Control System for HRT Cooling Water

Description: The circuits described herein and shown functionally in Fig. 1 are to be added to the HRT control circuit to provide control and protection for the revised HRT cooling water system. The circuitry will provide protection against excess pressure in the demineralized cooling water loop and cooling water activity, will initiate action to insure containment of activity in event of an explosion and will provide emergency cooling water from the tower basin when required.
Date: February 11, 1957
Creator: Moore, R. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Calculation of Shield Induced Gamma Radiation Escaping Through Openings in a Biological Shield -- Application to the HRT

Description: A method was developed for calculating shield induced gamma radiation escaping through openings in a biological shield. The method was applied to the HRT and the results indicated that the contribution to the dose from induced activity in the HRT shield was around 0.1 r/hr and was insignificant in comparison to to other mechanisms contributing to the escape of gamma rays through shield openings.
Date: January 11, 1957
Creator: Claiborne, H. C. & Fowler, T. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Characterization of Inclusion in Dingot Uranium

Description: Abstract: The nonmetallic inclusions in both as-reduced and fabricated dingot uranium have been studied for comparison with those in ingot uranium. Special attention was paid to the hydride for the purpose of determining the amount and distribution in the various types of uranium. The types and distribution of other inclusions were also studied. It was found that the dingot uranium was of a higher quality than ingot uranium and was comparable to as-reduced derby uranium on the basis of over-all… more
Date: January 11, 1957
Creator: Cheney, Donald M. & Dickerson, Ronald F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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