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Wing-Tunnel Investigation of Effects of Various Aerodynamic Balance Shapes and Sweepback on Control-Surface Characteristics of Semispan Tail Surfaces With NACA 0009, 0015, 66-009, 66(215)-014, and Circular-Arc Airfoil Sections

Description: Note presenting a summary of force data on unswept and sweptback airplane control surfaces. Lift and hinge-moment characteristics were determined for four unswept, semispan control surfaces, and lift, drag, hinge moment, and pitching moment were determined for two semispan, sweptback control surfaces. Measured values of the parameters are compared with those obtained from section data by application of lifting-surface and lifting-line theory.
Date: October 1951
Creator: Harper, John J.
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The Wing With a Pointed Tip

Description: In airplane construction generally one finds an almost exclusive use of wing tips that are practically square end but occasionally those with large rounded tips. For use as a cantilever wing, however, a wing with pointed tips may contain valuable aerodynamic advantages.
Date: October 1922
Creator: v. Prondzynski, Stephan
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Wings With Nozzle-Shaped Slots

Description: Even before the publication of the results of the Gottingen experiments on the removal of the boundary layer by suction, experiments with nozzle-slotted wings were begun. A report of those experiments will be given here. Taken collectively, the experiments show that, as regards increasing the lift values, the effect of the air flowing from the nozzle-shaped slots is similar to the effect produced in the case of ordinary slotted wings. The high lift values are attained, however, at the smaller a… more
Date: July 1929
Creator: Katzmayr, Richard
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WIPP Hydrology Program Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Southeastern New Mexico: Hydrologic Data Report #6

Description: From introduction: This report describes the objectives, scope, design, drilling and hydrologic history, and the test results collected during permeability testing of sub-horizontal boreholes drilled in the waste-handling shaft (WHS) at the Waste Pilot Plant (WIPP) site located in southeastern New Mexico.
Date: May 1988
Creator: Stensrud, W. A.; Bame, M. A.; Lantz, K. D.; Cauffman, T. L.; Palmer, J. B. & Saulnier, G. J., Jr.
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Wire Chamber -- Computer System

Description: First paragraph of report: M. Neumann and H. Sherrard reported the development of a wire spark chamber experiment toward receiving digitized spark information. Since late 1962 our effort has been directed toward a wire-chamber with a core memory, using standard ferrite cores, and toward an on-line operation between spark chamber and computer.
Date: June 1964
Creator: Bounin, J.; Miller, R.; Neumann, M.; Sarma, J. & Sherrard, H.
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Wire cloth as porous material for transpiration-cooled walls

Description: The permeability characteristics and tensile strength of a porous material developed from stainless-steel corduroy wire cloth for use in transpiration-cooled walls where the primary stresses are in one direction were investigated. The results of this investigation are presented and compared with similar results obtained with porous sintered metal compacts. A much wider range of permeabilities is obtainable with the wire cloth than with the porous metal compacts considered and the ultimate tensi… more
Date: November 13, 1951
Creator: Eckert, E. R. G.; Kinsler, Martin R. & Cochran, Reeves P.
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Wire Suspensions in Wind Tunnel Experiments

Description: The elimination of the rigid supports for models and their replacement by wires constitute a great improvement by rendering negligible the interactions of support. There are disadvantages to wire, namely, the aerodynamic resistance is very large and their use is rather difficult because the whole suspension lacks rigidity and easily becomes distorted. We will here investigate the nature of these distortions, evaluate the errors they entail and describe the methods for taking account of or avoid… more
Date: December 1925
Creator: Kerneis, Jean
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Wood Versus Metal in Airplane Construction

Description: The aim of this article is to present, in broad outline, a scientific method for solving the problem, "Wood or Metal." It will be shown that structural methods have by no means reached their final perfection. The strength of the different materials is discussed as well as different construction methods.
Date: June 1923
Creator: Seehase, H.
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Wood Versus Metal in Airplane Construction

Description: The aim of this article is to present, in broad outline, a scientific method for solving the problem, "Wood or Metal." It will be shown that structural methods have by no means reached their final perfection. The strength of the different materials is discussed as well as different construction methods.
Date: June 1923
Creator: Seehase, H.
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Work in Progress at the Applied Fisheries Laboratory

Description: The following report describes developing experiments at the Applied Fisheries Laboratory, including: basic research on the effect of X-radiation on invertebrate animals, the effect of X-radiation on the early developmental stages of salmonoid fishes, inherited radiation effects in four generations of rainbow trout in which the first generation had been exposed to X-rays, and further examinations on the effect of radiation on aquatic life.
Date: 1952
Creator: University of Washington. Applied Fisheries Laboratory
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Work of the Safety Division, Fiscal Year 1942

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the investigative and educational work done by the Safety Division during 1942. Accident prevention methods and safety incentives are presented. These include first-aid and mine rescue training programs. This report includes tables, and photographs.
Date: April 1943
Creator: United States. Bureau of Mines. Safety Division.
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Working Charts for the Computation of Propeller Thrust Throughout the Take-Off Range

Description: Report presenting data from tests conducted on full-scale propellers with 3155 blade design, which have been used to construct a set of propeller thrust charts for use in the calculation of take-off performance. By using the charts, the thrust of modern single- and dual-rotating propellers may be easily and rapidly calculated through the entire take-off range.
Date: July 1943
Creator: Desmond, Gerald L. & Freitag, Robert F.
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Working Charts for the Determination of the Lift Distribution Between Biplane Wings

Description: "In this report are presented empirical working charts from which the distribution of lift between wings, that is the fraction of the total lift borne by each, can be determined in the positive lift range for any ordinary biplane cellule whose individual wings have the same profile. The variables taken directly into account include airfoil section, stagger, gap/chord ratio, decalage, chord ratio, and overhang. It is shown that the influence of unequal sweepback and unequal dihedral in upper and… more
Date: July 11, 1932
Creator: Kuhn, Paul
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