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An analysis of a highly compounded two-stroke-cycle compression-ignition engine

Description: This report presents an analysis of a compound engine operating with manifold pressures ranging from 60 to 110 lb/sq in. absolute and discusses the effects of engine limits (peak cylinder pressure and turbine-inlet temperature) and component efficiency.
Date: April 4, 1949
Creator: Tauschek, Max J.; Sather, Bernard I. & Biermann, Arnold E.
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An analysis of a piston-type gas-generator engine

Description: From Introduction: "An analysis of an engine having a division of work such that the power of the reciprocating engine is just sufficient to drive the compressor is reported herein. This combination of a reciprocating-type internal-combustion engine that drives its own supercharging compressor and generates gas for further expansion through a turbine will be called a piston-type gas generator in this report."
Date: February 18, 1948
Creator: Tauschek, Max J. & Biermann, Arnold E.
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An Analysis of Airspeeds and Mach Numbers Attained by Lockheed Constellation Airplanes in Transcontinental Operations During the Early Summer of 1946

Description: Report presenting airspeed and altitude data obtained from Lockheed Constellation airplanes flying between New York and San Francisco during May and June of 1946 in order to determine the probability of reaching or exceeding given values of airspeed and Mach number. Analysis indicated that the total probability of exceeding the placard "never extend" speed depends primarily on the probability of exceeding this speed in descent. The probability of exceeding the critical Mach number is very negli… more
Date: October 10, 1947
Creator: Steiner, Roy
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An Analysis of Airspeeds Attained by a Douglas DC-4 Airplane in Commercial Operations During the Early Months of 1947

Description: Report presenting airspeed and altitude data for nonscheduled cargo operations of a Douglas DC-4 airplane between Seattle, Washington and Alaska during February and March of 1947 to determine the probability of reaching or exceeding given values of airspeed and Mach number. The total probability of exceeding a placard never-exceed speed of 266 mph depends primarily on exceeding the speed in descent. The probability was found to be about once in 100 hours of descent or once in 1000 hours of gene… more
Date: October 6, 1949
Creator: Steiner, Roy
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An analysis of available data on effects of wing-fuselage-tail and wing-nacelle interference on the distribution of the air load among components of airplanes

Description: From Introduction: "The purpose of the present paper is to summarize the available data on the effects of wing-fuselage-tail and wing-nacelle interference on the distribution of the air load among aircraft components. Some discussion is also given of the effects of center-of-gravity position."
Date: April 11, 1949
Creator: Wollner, Bertram C.
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Analysis of Effects of Inlet Pressure Losses on Performance of Axial-Flow Type Turbojet Engine

Description: From Introduction: "An analytical evaluation of the effects of inlet losses on the net thrust and the fuel economy of an axial-flow-compressor type turbojet engine with a two-stage turbine is presented herein. The analysis is based on engine performance characteristics that were determined from experiments in the NACA Cleveland altitude wind tunnel (references 1 and 2). The experimental investigation did not include tests in which inlet losses were systematically varied, but the effects of thes… more
Date: November 24, 1948
Creator: Sanders, Newell D. & Palasics, John
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An analysis of longitudinal-control problems encountered in flight at transonic speeds with a jet-propelled airplane

Description: From Introduction: "This report presents an analysis based on flight and wind-tunnel test data directed toward the determination of the probable cause of the pitch-up. Wing pressure distribution and stability and control characteristics in the dive are also included."
Date: September 25, 1947
Creator: Brown, Harvey H.; Rolls, L. Stewart & Clousing, Lawrence A.
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Analysis of measured pressures on airfoils at Mach numbers near 1

Description: Report presenting measured pressure over airfoils at Mach number 1, with subsonic velocities at the nose and supersonic velocities throughout the rear portion, are analyzed by comparison with calculations for similar cases. Results regarding the theoretical basis of approximation, comparison of Prandtl-Meyer flow with measurements, comparison of linear-velocity extrapolation with measurements, and effect of boundary layer upon airfoil pressures are provided.
Date: September 19, 1949
Creator: Habel, Louis W. & Miller, Mason F.
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Analysis of parameters for thrust control of a turbojet engine equipped with air-inlet throttle and variable-area exhaust nozzle

Description: From Introduction: "In this report, altitude, airplane velocity, exhaust-nozzle area, and turbine-inlet temperature were chosen and corresponding engine speed, fuel flow, and throttle pressure ratio were found. A detailed discussion of the engine analysis and the calculations used are presented in Appendix A. The derivations of the principal equations used are presented in appendix B."
Date: August 10, 1948
Creator: Boksenbom, Aaron S. & Feder, Melvin S.
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Analysis of the dynamic lateral stability characteristics of the Bell X-2 airplane as affected by variations in mass, aerodynamic, and dimensional parameters

Description: Report presenting an analysis of the dynamic-lateral-stability characteristics of the Bell X-2 airplane as affected by variations in mass, aerodynamic, and dimensional parameters by means of calculations of the period and rate of damping of the lateral oscillation. Results regarding the airplane with flaps and gear retracted, airplane with flaps and gear lowered, and effects of assumed modifications to the airplane are provided.
Date: August 10, 1949
Creator: Michael, W. H., Jr. & Queijo, M. J.
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Analysis of the Effects of Various Mass, Aerodynamic, and Dimensional Parameters on the Dynamic Lateral Stability of the Douglas D-558-2 Airplane

Description: Report presenting an investigation of the effects of various mass, aerodynamic, and dimensional parameters on the dynamic lateral stability of the Douglas D-558-2 airplane. Results regarding an airplane with the flaps and gear retracted, airplane at sea level with flaps deflected 50 degrees and landing gear lowered, and effect of assumed modifications to airplane are provided.
Date: April 15, 1949
Creator: Queijo, M. J. & Michael, W. H., Jr.
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An Analysis of the Effects of Wing Aspect Ratio and Tail Location on Static Longitudinal Stability Below the Mach Number of Lift Divergence

Description: "An analysis is presented of the influence of wing aspect ratio and tail location on the effects of compressibility upon static longitudinal stability. The investigation showed that the use of reduced wing aspect ratios or short tail lengths leads to serious reductions in high-speed stability and the possibility of high-speed instability" (p. 1).
Date: January 9, 1948
Creator: Axelson, John A. & Crown, J. Conrad
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An Analysis of the Full-Floating Journal Bearing

Description: "An analysis of the operating characteristics of a full-floating bearing - a bearing in which a floating sleeve is located between the journal and bearing surfaces - is presented together with charts - from which the performance of such bearings may be predicted. Examples are presented to illustrate the use of these charts and a limited number of experiments conducted upon a glass full-floating bearing to verify some results of the analysis are reported. The floating sleeve can operate over a w… more
Date: January 28, 1947
Creator: Shaw, M. C. & Nussdorfer, T. J., Jr.
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Analytical and Experimental Investigation of 90 Degrees Supersonic Turning Passages Suitable for Supersonic Compressors or Turbines

Description: "Four 90 degree two-dimensional turning passages designed by the method of characteristics were tested at an inlet Mach number of 1.71. The measured losses varied from 5 to 15 percent of the inlet stagnation pressure. The smallest loss was obtained for a passage in which separation on the convex surface was minimized through the introduction of a favorable pressure gradient" (p. 1).
Date: September 12, 1949
Creator: Liccini, Luke L.
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Analytical Comparison of a Standard Turbojet Engine, a Turbojet Engine with a Tail-Pipe Burner, and a Ram-Jet Engine

Description: From Introduction: "Experimental investigations (reference 1) have shown that in some cases the thrust can be more than doubled by means of tail-pipe burning. A comparison is made of a standard turbojet engine, whose thrust is augmented by tail-pipe burning, and a ram-jet engine. The performance characteristics for the ram-jet engine were computed entirely from theoretical considerations and on the assumption that the burner-inlet velocity was constant."
Date: February 10, 1947
Creator: Krebs, Richard P. & Palasics, John
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Analytical determination of effect of water injection on power output of turbine-propeller engine

Description: From Introduction: "Water injection at the compressor inlet has been successfully used to increase the thrust of turbojet engines. References 1 and 2 indicate that the sea-level static thrust of a centrifugal-flow-type turbojet engine may be increased about 25 percent by use of liquid injection. Reference 3 indicates that greater thrust augmentation is possible at a compressor pressure ratio of 11 than of 4."
Date: November 3, 1949
Creator: Ross, Albert O. & Huppert, Merle C.
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Analytical investigation of distribution of centrifugal stresses and their relation to limiting operating temperatures in gas-turbine blades

Description: From Introduction: "Analyses that provide a basis for comparing the centrifugal-stress distributions inherent in jet-engine turbine blades of several designs currently in use were therefore made and are presented."
Date: April 12, 1948
Creator: Kemp, Richard H. & Morgan, William C.
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Analytical investigation of effect of water-cooled turbine blades on performance of turbine-propeller power plants

Description: "Finally the work of the report is applied exclusively to consideration of the turbine-propeller power plant because previous performance analyses of the various gas-turbine propulsion systems combine with recent improvements in propeller design indicate that it is this combination which, will give the best over-all performance in the speed ranges considered" (p. 5).
Date: August 16, 1948
Creator: Bowman, William D
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An Analytical Investigation of the Heat Losses from a U.S. Navy K-Type Airship

Description: From Summary: "The heat losses from the envelope surface of a U.S. Navy K-type airship are evaluated to determine if the use of heat is a feasible means of preventing ice and snow accumulations on lighter-than-air craft during flight and when moored uncovered. Consideration is given to heat losses in clear air (no liquid water present in the atmosphere) and in probable conditions of icing and snow. The results of the analysis indicate that the amount of heat required in flight to raise the surf… more
Date: February 17, 1947
Creator: Hillendahl, Wesley H. & George, Ralph E.
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Analytical investigation of the use of regeneration in compressor-turbine-propeller systems

Description: From Introduction: "The purpose of the present paper is to show in more detail the possibilities end the limitations of the use of regeneration as a means of effecting greater fuel economy and of reducing the net weight of the power plant and fuel of compressor-turbine-propeller aircraft engines."
Date: September 9, 1946
Creator: Wood, George P.
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An Anaylsis of Control Requirements and Control Parameters for Direct-Coupled Turbojet Engines

Description: "Requirements of an automatic engine control, as affected by engine characteristics, have been analyzed for a direct-coupled turbojet engine. Control parameters for various conditions of engine operation are discussed. A hypothetical engine control is presented to illustrate the use of these parameters. An adjustable speed governor was found to offer a desirable method of over-all engine control. The selection of a minimum value of fuel flow was found to offer a means of preventing unstable bur… more
Date: June 13, 1947
Creator: Novik, David & Otto, Edward W.
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Application of an ultraviolet spectrophotometric method to the estimation of alkylnaphthalenes in 10 experimental jet-propulsion fuels

Description: Report presenting the combustion efficiencies of 10 experimental jet-propulsion fuels that are approximately 200 degrees Fahrenheit cuts of five selected crudes available in large quantities in a turbojet engine combustor at altitude conditions.
Date: April 30, 1947
Creator: Cleaves, Alden P. & Carver, Mildred S.
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