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Altitude-chamber performance of British Rolls-Royce Nene II engine 1: standard 18.75-inch-diameter jet nozzle

Description: Report presenting an altitude-chamber investigation to determine the altitude performance characteristics of the British Rolls-Royce Nene II turbojet engine with a standard 18.75-inch-diameter jet nozzle. Results regarding the simulated flight performance and generalized performance across other altitude and pressure characteristics are provided.
Date: September 23, 1949
Creator: Barson, Zelmar & Wilsted, H. D.
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Flight-Test Measurements of Aileron Control Surface Behavior at Super Critical Mach Numbers

Description: Report presenting measurements of the behavior at supercritical Mach numbers of ailerons on a jet-propelled fighter plane. Results regarding aileron upfloat and aileron oscillations are provided.
Date: April 23, 1947
Creator: Brown, Harvey H.; Rathert, George A., Jr. & Clousing, Lawrence A.
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Altitude-Wind-Tunnel Investigation of a 3000-Pound-Thrust Axial-Flow Turbojet Engine 3 - Analysis of Combustion-Chamber Performance

Description: Combustion chamber performance properties of a 3000-pound-thrust axial-flow turbojet engine were determined. Data are presented for a range of simulated altitudes from 15,000 to 45,0000 feet and a range of Mach numbers from 0.23 to 1.05 for various modifications of the engine.
Date: August 23, 1948
Creator: Campbell, Carl E.
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Altitude-Wind-Tunnel Investigation of a 3000-Pound-Thrust Axial-Flow Turbojet Engine 1 - Analysis of Turbine Performance

Description: A wind tunnel investigation was conducted to determine the performance of a turbine operating as an integral part of a turbojet engine. Data was obtained while the engine was running over full operable range of speeds at various altitudes and flight mach numbers, and with four nozzles of different outlet areas.A maximum turbine efficiency of 0.875 was obtained at altitude of 15 thousand feet, Mach number 0.53, and corrected turbine speed of 5900 rpm.
Date: August 23, 1948
Creator: Conrad, Earl W.; Dietz, Robert O., Jr. & Golladay, Richard L.
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Performance of Compressor of XJ-41-V Turbojet Engine 6 - Analysis of Compressor Flow Choking

Description: "An extended analysis was made of the previously reported performance investigation of the original compressor from the XJ-41-V turbojet engine and a similar compressor revised a to obtain a 33-percent increase in the geometric passage area at the vaned-collector entrance. This analysis was based on the concept of the vaned-collector entrance as the throat section of a nozzle. Because of nonuniform air distribution at the vaned-collector entrance, approximately 90 percent of the available flow … more
Date: March 23, 1948
Creator: Creagh, John W. R. & Ginsburg, Ambrose
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Altitude-Wind-Tunnel Investigation of a 3000-Pound-Thrust Axial-Flow Turbojet Engine 2 - Analysis of Compressor Performance

Description: Compressor performance properties for two 11-stage compressors of 3000-pound-thrust axial-flow turbojet engines were determined. Data are presented for a range of simulated altitudes and a range of Mach numbers for various modifications of the engine.
Date: August 23, 1948
Creator: Dietz, Robert O., Jr.; Berdysz, Joseph J. & Howard, Ephraim M.
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Low-speed wind-tunnel investigation of the longitudinal stability characteristics of a model equipped with a variable-sweep wing

Description: Report presenting an investigation to determine the longitudinal stability characteristics of a complete model equipped with a variable-sweep wing at four different angles of sweepback. The primary objective was to study various wing modifications and an external-flap arrangement designed to minimize the shift in neutral point accompanying the change in sweep angle.
Date: May 23, 1949
Creator: Donlan, Charles J. & Sleeman, William C., Jr.
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Some Effects of Stator Cone Angle and Blade-Tip Leakage on 40 Percent Reaction Turbine Having Rotor-Blade Caps

Description: Memorandum presenting an investigation of the effects of stator cone angle and tip leakage on turbine performance. A single-stage turbine with 40-percent reaction was operated with two stators and two stationary shrouds. The turbine was operated at an entrance temperature of 660 degrees R with total-pressure ratios from 1.25 to 3.70 and equivalent mean blade speeds from 166 to 655 feet per second.
Date: March 23, 1949
Creator: English, Robert E.; McCready, Robert J. & McCarthy, John S.
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Ditching Tests of a 1/18-Scale Model of the Lockheed Constellation Airplane

Description: "Tests were made of a 1/18-scale dynamically similar model of the Lockheed Constellation airplane to investigate its ditching characteristics and proper ditching technique. Scale-strength bottoms were used to reproduce probable damage to the fuselage. The model was landed in calm water at the Langley tank no. 2 monorail. Various landing attitudes, speeds, and fuselage configuration were simulated" (p. 1).
Date: November 23, 1948
Creator: Fisher, Lloyd J. & Morris, Garland J.
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An Experimental Investigation of NACA Submerged-Duct Entrances

Description: The results of an investigation of submerged-duct entrances are presented. It is shown that this type of entrance possesses the following characteristics: 1) very high-critical-compressibility speeds throughout the range of high-speed inlet velocity ratios; 2) very low pressure losses for the air entering the duct at all inlet-velocity ratios; and, 3) low external drag. These characteristics are obtained by the proper shaping of the contour of the upstream approach to the submerged inlets and b… more
Date: May 23, 1945
Creator: Frick, Charles W.; Davis, Wallace F.; Randall, Lauros & Mossman, Emmet A.
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Performance of Compressor of XJ-41-V Turbojet Engine V-Performance Analysis of Compressor With Revised Vaned Collector Over Range of Compressor Speeds From 3600 to 11,500 RPM

Description: "An investigation of the XJ-41-V turbojet-engine compressor with a revised vaned collector was conducted to determine the performance of the compressor and to obtain fundamental information on the aerodynamic problems associated with large centrifugal compressors of this type. The original vaned collector was revised by increasing the flow area at the vaned collector entrance. A maximum adiabatic efficiency of 0.81 was obtained at a corrected weight flow of 36.5 pounds per second and a pressure… more
Date: January 23, 1948
Creator: Ginsburg, Ambrose; Creagh, John W. R. & Michel, Donald
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Residual Stress Analysis of Overspeeded Disk With Central Hole by X-Ray Diffraction

Description: An X-ray - diffraction analysis of residual surface stresses after plastic strain was introduced in a parallel-sided 3S-O aluminum disk with a central hole by two types of centrifugal overspeed is reported. Both tangential and radial stresses were generally tensile with large local variations near the hole where surface stresses may have been partly superficial. These stresses were both tensile and compressive dependent on the distance from the disk center when mass compression was effected nea… more
Date: July 23, 1948
Creator: Good, James N.
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The Static-Pressure Error of a Wing Airspeed Installation of the McDonnell XF-88 Airplane in Dives to Transonic Speeds

Description: "Measurements were made, in dives to transonic speeds, of the static-pressure position error at a distance of one chord ahead of the McDonnell XF-88 airplane. The airplane incorporates a wing which is swept back 35 deg along the 0.22 chord line and utilizes a 65-series airfoil with a 9-percent-thick section perpendicular to the 0.25-chord line. The section in the stream direction is approximately 8-percent thick. Data up to a Mach number of about 0.97 were obtained within an airplane normal-for… more
Date: September 23, 1949
Creator: Goodman, Harold R.
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A Theoretical Investigation of Longitudinal Stability of Airplane with Free Controls Including Effect of Friction in Control System

Description: "The relation between the elevator hinge-moment parameters and the control-forces for changes in forward speed and in maneuvers is shown for several values of static stability and elevator mass balance. The stability of the short-period oscillations is shown as a series of boundaries giving the limits of the stable region in terms of the elevator hinge-moment parameters. The effects of static stability, elevator moment of inertia, elevator mass unbalance, and airplane density are also considere… more
Date: December 23, 1943
Creator: Greenberg, Harry & Sternfield, Leonard
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An approximate method for calculating the effect of surface roughness on the drag of an airplane

Description: From Summary: "A method for computing the effect of surface roughness on the drag coefficient of an airplane is presented. Calculated results using this method are compared with experimental results from both flight and wind-tunnel tests. In general, the agreement is believed satisfactory."
Date: July 23, 1947
Creator: Hall, Charles F. & Fitzgerald, Fred F.
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Altitude-Wind-Tunnel Investigation of a 3000-Pound-Thrust Axial-Flow Turbojet Engine, 4, Operational Characteristics

Description: An investigation was conducted to evaluate the operational characteristics of a 3000 pound thrust axial flow turbojet engine over a range of simulated altitudes from 2000 to 50,000 feet and simulated flight Mach numbers from 0 to 1.04 throughout the operable range of engine speeds. Engine operating range, acceleration, deceleration, starting, altitude, and flight Mach number compensation of the fuel control system, and operation of the lubrication system at high and low ambient air temperatures… more
Date: August 23, 1948
Creator: Hawkins, W. Kent & Meyer, Carl L.
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Altitude-wind-tunnel investigation of operational characteristics of Westinghouse X24C-4B axial flow turbojet engine

Description: From Summary: "An investigation has been conducted in the NACA Cleveland altitude wind tunnel to evaluate the operational characteristics of a 3000-pound-thrust axial-flow turbojet engine over a range of simulated altitudes from 2000 to 50,000 feet and simulated flight Mach numbers from 0 to 1.04 throughout the operable range of engine speeds. Operational characteristics investigated include engine operating range, acceleration, deceleration, starting, altitude and flight-Mach-number compensati… more
Date: November 23, 1948
Creator: Hawkins, W. Kent & Meyer, Carl L.
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The calculation of drag for airfoil sections and bodies of revolution at subcritical speeds

Description: Report presenting a method for calculating the drag, in a real compressible fluid and at subcritical Mach numbers, of airfoil sections at arbitrary life coefficients and of bodies of revolution at zero angle of attack. The values of drag coefficient are compared with values obtained for the same configurations by other methods. The differences between the results are found to lie withint he limits of accuracy of current experimental techniques.
Date: April 23, 1947
Creator: Heaslet, Max A. & Nitzberg, Gerald E.
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Wind-Tunnel Investigation of the Effects of Spoilers on the Characteristics of a Low-Drag Airfoil Equipped With a 0.25-Chord Slotted Flap

Description: Report discussing the effects of circular-arc spoilers on the section characteristics of an NACA 66,2-216 airfoil with a 0.25-chord slotted flap. Spoilers were tested on the upper surface of the airfoil, on the lower surface, and on both simultaneously. Only the simultaneous placement of spoilers was found to provide satisfactory results as a lateral control device.
Date: July 23, 1945
Creator: Holtzclaw, Ralph W.
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Wind-Tunnel investigation of NACA 65,3-418 airfoil section with boundary-layer control through a single suction slot applied to a plain flap

Description: Report presenting an investigation in the two-dimensional low-turbulence tunnel of the NACA 65,3-418 airfoil section with a 25-percent-airfoil-chord plain flap and a suction slot on the flap. The primary purpose of the investigation is to determine the effect of the type of boundary-layer control on the section lift-drag ratio.
Date: February 23, 1949
Creator: Horton, Elmer A. & von Doenhoff, Albert E.
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Thin Oblique Airfoils at Supersonic Speed

Description: "The well-known methods of thin-airfoil theory have been extended to oblique or sweptback airfoils of finite aspect ratio moving at supersonic speeds. The cases considered thus far are symmetrical airfoils at zero lift having plan forms bounded by straight lines. Because of the conical form of the elementary flow fields, the results are comparable in simplicity to the results of the two-dimensional thin-airfoil theory for subsonic speeds" (p. 267).
Date: May 23, 1946
Creator: Jones, Robert T.
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Measurements of the Longitudinal Stability and Control and Stalling Characteristics of a North American P-51H Airplane (AAF No. 4-64164)

Description: From Summary: "Flight tests have been made to determine the longitudinal stability and control and stalling characteristics of a North American P-51H airplane. The results indicate that the airplane has satisfactory longitudinal stability in all the flight conditions tested at normal loadings up to 25,000 feet altitude. At Mach numbers above 0.7, the elevator push force required for longitudinal trim decreased somewhat because of compressibility effects."
Date: March 23, 1948
Creator: Kraft, Christopher C., Jr. & Reeder, J. P.
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Effect of the Performance of a Turbosupercharged Engine of an Exhaust-Gas-to-Air Heat Exchanger for Thermal Ice Prevention

Description: This report presents the results of a flight investigation to determine the effect on the performance of a turbosupercharged engine of an exhaust-gas-to-air heat exchanger installed between the engine-exhaust collector ring and the turbosupercharger. The background, results, and discussion of the investigation are described.
Date: August 23, 1945
Creator: Look, Bonne C.
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