From Introduction: "Presented in this report are the basic data obtained from investigation. The data are presented with limited analysis in order to expedite their availability to those concerned with jet-exit-afterbody design."
Report presenting an investigation to determine separately the aerodynamic characteristics of a Douglas Aircraft Company store and a semispan delta-wing-fuselage configuration in the presence of one another. The store was located at the 50-percent-semispan station with the store nose both ahead of and behind the wing leading edge for two longitudinal and three vertical positions.
From Introduction: "In this study wide variations in many of the pertinent aerodynamic were investigated at subsonic and supersonic speeds. The effects of large changes in principal axis inclination and mass distribution are also included. The primary purpose of this paper is to summarize the information obtained from the analog calculations and to compare the results with the trends predicted from a slightly modified version of reference 2."
Report presenting testing to determine the resistance of a model of a seaplane with a length-beam ratio of 15 and a wing loading of 120 pounds per square foot was determined in smooth water and three wave heights under various conditions of load, speed, elevator setting, angle of dead rise, and center-of-gravity position.
Thorium, a fertile material, is of interest to the Reactor Program in the production of U233. Thorium can be extracted and processed to a very pure bulk metal for fabrication into solid fertile elements. There are advantages, technical and economic, for using fabricated bulk thorium dioxide rather than the metal in some applications. It is the purpose of this paper to point out these advantages and to present briefly the technology related to fabrication, radiation damage and chemical processing of ThO2.
From abstract: " This report describes the construction of a plasma source that projects deuterium and titanium ions and eletrons at speeds up to 2 x 10^7 cm/sec."
Report presenting an investigation to determine the reduction in minimum drag that could be obtained at supersonic speeds by redesigning the fuselage and reducing the wing and tail thickness of a modified delta-wing fighter-type airplane. Results regarding the mass-flow ratio, total-pressure recovery, and drag are provided.
Niobium is determined as the peroxy complex in concentrated sulfuric acid by photometric measurement at 360 m mu . Uranium interference is cancelled by using a solution of the sample for reference in the photometric measurement. The method covers the determination of niobium in uranium --niobium alloys made from pure melting stock. Molybdenum interferes and must be removed if present. Zirconium does not interfere. The calibration curve covers a concentration range from 0.2 to 5.0 mg. (auth)
The following report focuses on research made to determine whether the service performance of UOâ‚‚ fuel-elements cores for the PWR can be improved by certain ceramic or metal additions.
Report presenting an investigation to evaluate the unnotched fatigue properties of two titanium alloys at elevated temperatures. A variety of temperatures were tested and the results are provided in tabular form and as curves of stress versus cycles to failure for each test temperature. Both alloys were found to have potential use at the temperature ranges investigated.
A Ti pulse feeder diaphragm failed by cracking after 450 hr service in the Homogeneous Reactor Test mock-up. The diaphragm, which was made of MST Grade III Ti, was vibrated at 78 cpm at 40 to 50 deg C. One side of the diaphragnn was exposed to demineralized H/sub 2/O and the other side was exposed to 10g U/l UO/ sub 2/SO/sub 4/ solution. The main corrosion product was TiO/sub 2/. (W.L.H.)
"This paper presents the results of an investigation of sting-support interference on afterbody drag at transonic speeds. Stings with varying diameter, cone angle, and cylindrical length were tested at the rear of a model with various afterbody shapes. The data were obtained at an angle of attack of 0 deg. and at Mach numbers from 0.80 to 1.10. It was found that, in general, the addition of a sting caused a drag reduction" (p. 1).
"A flight investigation was conducted to determine the effect of jet exhaust on the drag, trim characteristics, and afterbody pressures on a 0.125-scale rocket model of the McDonnell F-101A airplance. Power-off data were obtained over a Mach number range of 1.04 to 1.9 and power-on data were obtained at a Mach number of about 1.5. The data indicated that with power-on the change in external drag coefficient was within the data accuracy and there was a decrease in trim angle of attack of 1.27 degrees with a corresponding decrease of 0.07 in lift coefficient" (p. 1).
This is the monthly report for the Hanford Atomic Laboratories Products Operation, February, 1956. Metallurgy, reactor fuels, chemistry, dosimetry, separation processes, reactor technology, financial activities, visits, biology operation, physics and instrumentation research, and employee relations are discussed.
This report provides a summary of the Hot Semiworks Unit Run PX-13. During Run PX-12 acceptable HA Column decontamination was demonstrated; however, generally under unstable column operating conditions. The principal objectives of PX-13 were: To duplicate the high PX-12 decontamination factors under stable HA Column operating conditions; to study the effects of fresh solvent, IO Column CP carbonate washed solvent, and IO Column Technical grade carbonate washed solvent on A Column decontamination factors; to study the effect of increasing the HA, HC, and IA uranium processing rates to 14 tons per day (plant equivalent); to study the effect of an intermediate 2A Column scrub on UX{sub 1} decontamination; and to study the effect of sulfamic acid addition to the HAF, HAS, IAF, and IAS and NaNO{sub 2} omission from the HAF and IAF.
Report presents the results of the measurements of intensity of turbulence, the longitudinal and lateral correlation coefficients, and the spectra of turbulence in a 3.5-inch-diameter free jet measured with hot-wire anemometers at exit Mach numbers from 0.2 to 0.7 and Reynolds numbers from 192,000 to 725,000.
Local heat-transfer coefficients, temperature recovery factors, and pressure distributions were measured on the front side of a circular cylinder at a nominal Mach number of 3.9 over a range of free-stream Reynolds numbers from 2.1 x 10 to the 3rd power to 6.7 x 10 to the 3rd power and yaw angles from zero degrees to 44 degrees. Yawing the cylinder reduced the heat-transfer coefficients and the pressure drag coefficients. The amount of reduction may be predicted by a theory presented herein.
Report presenting an investigation of the low-speed static longitudinal and lateral stability characteristics of a model with an M-wing in mid and high positions and with three horizontal-tail heights. The wing had its sweep discontinuity at 40-percent wing semispan, an aspect ratio of 6, a taper ratio of 0.60, NACA 65A009 airfoil sections parallel to the plane of symmetry, and 45 degrees sweep of the quarter-chord lines. Results regarding longitudinal stability characteristics and lateral stability characteristics are provided.
Judging from the condition of the tube walls, this heat exchanger was close to failure. The depth of intergranular attack on the inner NaK surface (0.003 in.) and the depth of subsurface voids on the fuel side (0.007 in.) were more than half the wall thickness and these measurements were only from a few scattered specimens and on one plane per specimen. The grain size was much larger in the hot end than in the cold end of the heat exchanger. This increased grain size in the hot end could be attributed to the absence of precipitate and greater triaxial stresses due to thermal expansion and a thermal differential across the tube wall. Also, the strain anneal effect due to the thermal cycling during operation at a specific temperature would accelerate grain growth. These stress conditions and the resulting change in microstructures are directly related to the operating temperature at the hot end. The greater depth of corrosion at the hot end could also be due to a greater stressed condition or a corrosion fatigue. Mass transfer was present where the NaK entered the heat exchanger, but this deposition was influenced greatly by flow against the tube walls. The maximum deposit was 0.003 in (auth)
Report discussing the properties of a plasma held in a steady state by a magnetic field. Properties such as "electric and magnetic fields, current density, particle density, and macroscopic velocity" are determined analytically by assuming uniform temperature throughout the plasma.
One of the few analytical methods for low levels of uranium which can be adapted for continuous and automatic in-line analysis of Purex process solutions is the polarographic method. Polarographic monitors for uranium in aqueous wastes have been tested in plant and pilot plant operations during the past three years. From time to time the current-voltage waves obtained deviated so much from the classical "S" shaped curves as to render them virtually useless. Furthermore, the correlation of these periods of malfunction with process variables has met with little success. This report is concerned with the study of the effect of certain interferences and artifacts upon the appearance of the current-voltage wave and with the possible corrective measures to be considered in future designs. In some cases the phenomena involved are not understood, but an imperical solution can be offered. In other cases, even though the nature of the failure is known, little can be offered except the recognition of the type and probable duration of this failure.
Introduction: A proposal for using an energetic neutral deuteron beam for injection into a mirror machine has been made by Eugene Lauer. This report describes an experimental attempt to produce a large neutral deuteron beam. The beam from the NTA ion source was passed through a target of hydrogen gas where the charge exchange mechanics produced a beam of energetic neutral deuterium atoms.
This document contains the September 1956 management and operations statistics of the Hanford Atomic Products Operation (HAPO) for their ``Relations and Utilities Operations.`` This is a monthly report. (BN)
Report presenting an investigation of the flutter characteristics of a series of thin cantilever wings with taper ratios of 0.6 for a range of Mach numbers. Results regarding flutter frequencies, time histories, effects of sweep on the flutter-speed ratio, effects of aspect ratio on the flutter-speed ratio, effects of additional models on the reference flutter speed, application of the flutter-speed ratio, and modified experimental flutter-speed coefficient are provided.
Report issued by the Brookhaven National Laboratory discussing a hazards report on replacing the research center's current fuel elements with new highly enriched elements. As stated in the introduction, "this report is a summary of the studies, both theoretical and experimental, which have been made so far of the nuclear properties of the "new" pile, of the stability of the new fuel elements, and of the safety and practicability of operation of the "new" pile" (p. 2). This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Vibrations of rotary-wing aircraft may derive their energy from the rotation of the rotor rather than from the air forces. A theoretical analysis of these vibrations is described and methods for its application are explained in Chapter one. Chapter two reports the results of an investigation of the mechanical stability of a rotor having two vertically hinged blades mounted upon symmetrical supports, that is, of equal stiffness and mass in all horizontal directions. Chapter three presents the theory of ground vibrations of a two-blade helicopter rotor on anisotropic flexible supports.
Activity and ionic impurity specifications are presented for Thorex thorium nitrate products. Two sets of specifications are given, one set for direct handling during refabrication of production reactor thorium metal slugs and the second for refabrication of future power reactor thorium metal elements by semi-remote technics. Consideration was given to the health hazard problems associated with each process step between the Thorex process and final refabricated source material in order to arrive at these specifications.
From abstract; "Two basic instruments were developed for determining the concentration of uranium in solutions. Both instruments detect the gamma activity present in a sample solution, and interpret this analysis into direct presentation as parts per million."
From Summary: "In an effort to increase the operational range of existing small icing tunnels, the use of truncated airfoil sections has been suggested. With truncated airfoils, large-scale or even full-scale wing-icing-protection systems could be evaluated. Therefore, experimental studies were conducted in the NACA Lewis laboratory icing tunnel with an NACA 651-212 airfoil section to determine the effect of truncating the airfoil chord on velocity distribution and impingement characteristics. A 6-foot-chord airfoil was cut successively at the 50- and 30-percent-chord stations to produce the truncated airfoil sections, which were equipped with trailing-edge flaps that were used to alter the flow field about the truncated sections. The study was conducted at geometric angles of attack of 00 and 40, an airspeed of about 156 knots, and volume-median droplet sizes of 11.5 and 18.6 microns. A dye-tracer technique was used in the impingement studies."
Report presenting exploratory measurements of the fluctuations of wing bending moment during normal performance and wind-tunnel testing of a model of the Douglas D-558-II from Mach numbers 0.60 to 0.96. The effects of leading-edge chord-extensions and pylon-mounted underwing external stores were investigated. Results regarding the general nature of buffeting measurements, frequency distribution of buffeting response, interpretation of model buffeting measurements, and effects of changes in model configuration are provided.
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