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The 1350 F stress-rupture properties of two wrought alloys and three cast alloys

Description: From Summary: "These properties compare favorably with those of the strongest similar alloys previously investigated. However, compared with a 60Cr-25Fe-15Mo alloy, the three cobalt-chronium-nickel cast alloys are inferior. A correlation of NACA and OSRD (Project NRC-8) data is presented, showing the variation of rupture strengths with temperature in the range of 1350^o to 2000^o for alloys."
Date: November 1947
Creator: Reynolds, E. E.; Freeman, J. W. & White, A. E.
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Adaptor for Measuring Principal Strains With Tuckerman Strain Gage

Description: Report discussing an adapter which uses three Tuckerman optical strain gages to measure the displacement of the three vortices of an equilateral triangle along lines 120 degrees apart. These displacements are substituted in well-known equations in order to compute the magnitude and direction of the principal strains. Tests of the adaptor indicate that principal strains over a gage length of 1.42 inch may be measured with a systematic error not exceeding 4 percent and a mean observational error … more
Date: June 1943
Creator: McPherson, A. E.
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Aerodynamic characteristics of 15 NACA airfoil sections at seven Reynolds numbers from 0.7 x 10(exp 6) to 9.0 x 10(exp 6)

Description: Report presenting an investigation of the two-dimensional aerodynamic characteristics of 15 NACA airfoils at four Reynolds numbers. The results indicate that the drag coefficient at the design lift coefficient and the maximum lift coefficient are the most important aerodynamic characteristics and are most affected by Reynolds number changes.
Date: October 1949
Creator: Loftin, Laurence K., Jr. & Smith, Hamilton A.
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Aerodynamic characteristics of the NACA 8-H-12 airfoil section at six Reynolds numbers from 1.8 x 10(exp 6) to 11.0 x 10(exp 6)

Description: Report presenting an investigation in the two-dimensional low-turbulence pressure tunnel to determine the aerodynamic characteristics of the NACA 8-H-12 airfoil section at four Reynolds numbers. The section lift, drag, and pitching-moment characteristics are presented for smooth and rough surface conditions. Generally, no unusual scale effects are present for either condition.
Date: December 1949
Creator: Schaefer, Raymond F. & Smith, Hamilton A.
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Aerodynamic heating and the deflection of drops by an obstacle in an air stream in relation to aircraft icing

Description: From Summary: "Two topics of interest to persons attempting to apply the heat method of preventing ice formation on aircraft are considered. Surfaces moving through air at high speed are shown, both theoretically and experimentally, to be subject to important aerodynamic heating effects that will materially reduce the heat required to prevent ice. Numerical calculations of the path of water drops in an air stream around a circular cylinder are given. From these calculations, information is obta… more
Date: October 1940
Creator: Kantrowitz, Arthur
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Aerodynamic Properties of Cruciform-Wing and Body Combinations at Subsonic, Transonic, and Supersonic Speeds

Description: From Introduction: "Although the aerodynamic characteristics of the components of such configurations may be well known, the mutual interference resulting from combining the wings, as well as the wings and body, may be so great that is desirable to study the aerodynamic properties of the complete configurations. Two methods of handling this problem are presented in this report. The first method is essentially an extension of the theory for slender wing-body combinations of reference 1 to determ… more
Date: June 1949
Creator: Spreiter, John R.
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Aerodynamic Properties of Slender Wing-Body Combinations at Subsonic, Transonic, and Supersonic Speeds

Description: From Introduction: "In an incomprehensible medium, the mutual interference of a fuselage and wing of high-aspect ratio (to which lifting-line theory is applicable) has been treated by Lennertz, Wiselsberger, Pepper, and Multhopp in reference 1, 2, 3, and 4. It is the purpose of this note to treat the effect of on the aerodynamic loading of the mutual interference between a low-aspect-ratio pointed wing and a fuselage consisting of a slender body of revolution."
Date: July 1948
Creator: Spreiter, John R.
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Aerodynamics characteristics of 24 NACA 16-series airfoils at Mach numbers between 0.3 and 0.8

Description: Report presenting an investigation to determine the aerodynamic characteristics of a group of NACA 16-series airfoils related in camber and thickness over a range of Mach numbers. All of the currently available force-test data for NACA 16-series airfoils obtained under the same test conditions in the 24-inch high-speed tunnel are presented.
Date: September 1948
Creator: Lindsey, W. F.; Stevenson, D. B. & Daley, Bernard N.
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The aerodynamics of a wind-tunnel fan

Description: From Introduction: "This paper deals only with the aerodynamics of the fan proper and demonstrates the manner in which the radial distribution of axial velocity of fluid through a fan is governed by geometry of the fan itself."
Date: August 1941
Creator: Corson, Blake W.
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The Aileron as an Aid to Recovery From the Spin

Description: From Introduction: "In order to afford a means of comparison and to obtain a clear understanding of the results, a study of the effects of normal angular deflections of the ailerons, with and against the spin, was included in the investigation. Ailerons deflected with the spin means that the ailerons are deflected with right aileron up and left aileron down in a right spin. The results of the investigation are discussed in this paper."
Date: September 1940
Creator: Neihouse, A. I.
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Airfoil in Sinusoidal Motion in a Pulsating Stream

Description: "In the present paper, under the same lineaeizing assumptions as are made in the derivation in reference 1 but with the explicit consideration and simplification of the form of the wake extending from the rear of the airfoil, the methods of Theodorsen (reference 2) have been extended to obtain the forces on the airfoil not only at a fixed angle of attack but also in arbitrary motion" (p. 1).
Date: June 1947
Creator: Greenberg, J. Mayo
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Ambient Pressure Determination at High Altitudes by Use of Free-Molecule Theory

Description: "Several methods (references 1 and 2) based on gas-dynamic principles are available for reducing such measurements. The results obtained by these methods are subject to the limitation of the gas-dynamic theory which is that the mean free path of the molecules between impacts, is small with respect to the measuring device. Inasmuch as no information on the subject is to present known to be available, the purpose of the present paper is to present a method based on the concept of free-molecule th… more
Date: March 1949
Creator: Wiener, Bernard
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Analysis and Preliminary Design of an Optical Instrument for the Measurement of Drop Size and Free-Water Content of Clouds

Description: From Summary: "This paper describes a method for the determination of drop size and free water in clouds, based on the interpretation of an artificially created rainbow. Details of the design and operation of an optical instrument employing this method are presented."
Date: June 1948
Creator: Malkus, Willem V. R.; Bishop, Richard H. & Briggs, Robert O.
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Analysis of Available Data on the Effects of Tabs on Control-Surface Hinge Moments

Description: From Introduction: "A collection balanced-aileron test data is given in reference 1. Reference 2 presents a collection of data applicable to the design of tail surfaces. The results of analyses of data for control surfaces with internal balances, plain-overhang and Frise balances, beveled trailing edges, and unshielded horn balances have already been published in references 3 to 6."
Date: May 1946
Creator: Crandall, Stewart M. & Murray, Harry E.
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Analysis of Circular Shell-Supported Frames

Description: From Summary: "This paper deals with the single problem if circular shell-supported frames subjected to concentrated loadings. A mathematical attack is developed and presented in the form of nondimensional-coefficient curves."
Date: May 1944
Creator: Wignot, J. E.; Combs, Henry & Ensrud, A. F.
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Analysis of Cylinder-Pressure-Indicator Diagrams Showing Effects of Mixture Strength and Spark Timing

Description: "An investigation was made to determine the effect of mixture strength and of normal as well as optimum spark timing on the combustion, on the cylinder temperature, and on the performance characteristics of an engine. A single-cylinder test unit utilizing an air-cooled cylinder and a carburetor and operating with gasoline having an octane rating of 92 was used. The investigation covered a range of fuel-air ratios from 0.053 to 0.118. Indicator diagrams and engine-performance data were taken for… more
Date: August 1940
Creator: Gerrish, Harold C. & Voss, Fred
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Analysis of Deep Rectangular Shear Web Above Buckling Load

Description: From Introduction: "An analysis of a square web above the buckling load was presented in reference 1. The analysis of reference 1 therefore was repeated for a shear web with depth/width = 2.5. Comparison of the results with those for the square web then would indicate the effect in the depth-width ratio."
Date: March 1946
Creator: Levy, Samuel; Woolley, Ruth M. & Corrick, Josephine N.
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Analysis of Ground Effect on the Lifting Airscrew

Description: "A study is presented of ground effect as applied to the lifting airscrew of the type used in modern gyroplanes and helicopters. The mathematical analysis of the problem has been verified by tests made of three rotor models in the presence of a large circular "ground plane." The results of the study are presented in the form of convenient charts" (p. 1).
Date: December 1941
Creator: Knight, Montgomery & Hefner, Ralph A.
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Analysis of means of improving the uncontrolled lateral motions of personal airplanes

Description: From Summary: "The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether such airplanes could be made to fly uncontrolled for an indefinite period of time without getting into dangerous attitudes and for a reasonable period of time (one to three minutes) without deviating excessively from their original course. The results of this analysis indicated that the uncontrolled motions of a personal airplane could be made safe as regards spiral tendencies and could be greatly improved as regards main… more
Date: December 1949
Creator: McKinney, Marion O., Jr.
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Analysis of Performance of a Jet Engine From Characteristics of Components 2: Interaction of Components as Determined From Engine Operation

Description: Report presenting an investigation of a method to analyze and to estimate performance of jet engines, which was applied to the study of the characteristics of a research turbojet engine built for the investigation. Results regarding the compressor performance, turbine performance, combustion chamber, and interaction of jet engine components are provided.
Date: September 1948
Creator: Goldstein, Arthur W.; Alpert, Sumner; Beede, William & Kovach, Karl
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