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Antiknock Effectiveness of Xylidines in Small-Scale Engines

Description: "The data presented in this report are part of a general program to determine the effects of xylidines on the knock-limited performance of currently used aviation fuels" (p. 2).
Date: August 1943
Creator: Branstetter, J. Robert & Meyer, Carl L.
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The effect of xylidines on the load-carrying capacity of an aircraft-engine oil 1

Description: Report presenting testing to determine the effect of xylidines on the load-carrying capacity of aircraft-engine oil in several test devices. Lubricating oil and lubricating oil with xylidines added was tested in four different testing machines. In all of the experiments, adding the xylidines made the oil a poorer lubricant in the boundary region of lubrication, where metal-to-metal contact occurs.
Date: August 1943
Creator: Spurr, Robert A. & Olson, Walter T.
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The Effect of Xylidines on the Stability of an Aircraft-Engine Lubricating Oil

Description: Report presenting tests to determine the effect of xylidines on the stability of an aircraft-engine lubricating oil. The Indiana oxidation test and measurements of the oxygen absorption rate of the oil samples were performed on Navy 1120 oil, Navy 1120 oil plus 0.5 percent by weight of xylidines, and Navy 1120 oil used in piston-ring-sticking tests both with and without xylidines. Results regarding the Indiana oxidation test, the Davis oxidation test, the automatic oil-oxidation apparatus, and … more
Date: August 1943
Creator: Olson, Walter T. & Meyrowitz, Emanuel
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Elimination of rumble from the cooling ducts of a single-engine pursuit airplane

Description: Report presenting a full-size single-engine pursuit airplane, with wing tips cut off, tested in the 16-foot wind tunnel. The purpose was to find means for eliminating an extreme rumble which occurred at high speeds when the radiator air-duct-exit openings were small. Results regarding rumble, cooling air, and drag are provided.
Date: August 1943
Creator: Matthews, Howard F.
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Flutter tests of modified SB2U model in 16-foot tunnel

Description: Report presenting testing of the flutter characteristics of the SB2U model conducted after the model had been modified to lower its flutter speed. The model was tested to destruction and the flutter speed was measured throughout.
Date: August 1943
Creator: Theodorsen, Theodore; Coleman, R. P. & Smith, N. H.
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Preliminary Vibration and Flutter Studies on P-47 Tail

Description: Report presenting a report illustrated by photographs and vibration records on the failure of the P-47 rudder in the high-speed tunnel at a true speed of 468 miles per hour and a density corresponding to 9000 feet altitude. The fin-rudder unit was tested as being at least representative of the tail design of the P-47 airplane.
Date: August 1943
Creator: Theodorsen, Theodore
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