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Experiments with an airfoil model on which the boundary layers are controlled without the use of supplementary equipment
Date: April 1, 1931
Creator: Abbott, I H
Description: This report describes test made in the Variable Density Wind Tunnel of the NACA to determine the possibility of controlling the boundary layer on the upper surface of an airfoil by use of the low pressure existing near the leading edge. The low pressure was used to induce flow through slots in the upper surface of the wing. The tests showed that the angle of attack for maximum lift was increased at the expense of a reduction in the maximum lift coefficient and an increase in the drag coefficient.
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Flow observations with tufts and lampblack of the stalling of four typical airfoil sections in the NACA variable-density tunnel
Date: October 1, 1938
Creator: Abbott, Ira H
Description: A preliminary investigation of the stalling processes of four typical airfoil sections was made over the critical range of the Reynolds Number. Motion pictures were taken of the movements of small silk tufts on the airfoil surface as the angle of attack increased through a range of angles including the stall. The boundary-layer flow also at certain angles of attack was indicated by the patterns formed by a suspension of lampblack in oil brushed onto the airfoil surface. These observations were analyzed together with corresponding force-test measurements to derive a picture of the stalling processes of airfoils.
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Fuselage-drag tests in the variable-density wind tunnel: streamline bodies of revolution, fineness ratio of 5
Date: September 1, 1937
Creator: Abbott, Ira H
Description: Results are presented of the drag tests of six bodies of revolution with systematically varying shapes and with a fineness ratio of 5. The forms were derived from source-sink distributions, and formulas are presented for the calculation of the pressure distribution of the forms. The tests were made in the N.A.C.A. variable-density tunnel over a range of values of Reynolds number from about 1,500,000 to 25,000,000. The results show that the bodies with the sharper noses and tails have the lowest drag coefficients, even when the drag coefficients are based on the two-thirds power of the volume. The data shows the most important single characteristic of the body form to be the tail angle, which must be fine to obtain low drag.
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Variation in the number of revolutions of air propellers
Date: March 1, 1923
Creator: Achenbach, W
Description: None
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Theoretical study of the lateral frequency response to gusts of a fighter airplane, both with controls fixed and with several types of autopilots
Date: March 1, 1956
Creator: Adams, James J
Description: None
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Determination of Shapes of Boattail Bodies of Revolution for Minimum Wave Drag
Date: November 1, 1951
Creator: Adams, Mac C.
Description: By use of an approximate equation for the wave drag of slender bodies of revolution in a supersonic flow field, the optimum shapes of certain boattail bodies are determined for minimum wave drag. The properties of three specific families of bodies are determined, the first family consisting of bodies having a given length and base area and a contour passing through a prescribed point between the nose and base, the second family having fixed length, base area, and maximum area, and the third family having given length, volume, and base area. The method presented is easily generalized to determine minimum-wave-drag profile shapes which have contours that must pass through any prescribed number of points. According to linearized theory, the optimum profiles are found to have infinite slope at the nose but zero radius of curvature so that the bodies appear to have pointed noses, a zero slope at the body base, and no variation of wave drag with Mach number. For those bodies having a specified intermediate.diameter (that is, location and magnitude given), the maximum body diameter is shown to be larger, in general, than the specified diameter. It is also shown that, for bodies having a specified maximum diameter, ...
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Flight investigation of the effect of a local change in wing contour on chordwise pressure distribution at high speeds
Date: September 1, 1946
Creator: Adams, Richard E
Description: None
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Analysis of the horizontal-tail loads measured in flight on a multiengine jet bomber
Date: September 1, 1955
Creator: Aiken, William S
Description: None
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A Comparison of Wing Loads Measured in Flight on a Fighter-Type Airplane by Strain-Gage and Pressure Distribution Methods
Date: November 1, 1949
Creator: Aiken, William S
Description: None
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Standard nomenclature for airspeeds with tables and charts for use in calculation of airspeed
Date: September 1, 1946
Creator: Aiken, William S
Description: None
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