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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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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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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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Correlation of knocking characteristics of fuels in an engine having a hemispherical combustion chamber

Description: From Summary: "Data are presented to show the effects of inlet-air pressure, inlet-air temperature, and compression ratio on the maximum permissible performance obtained with having a hemispherical-dome combustion chamber. The five aircraft-engine fuels used have octane numbers varying from 90 to 100 plus 2 ml of tetraethyl lead per gallon. The data were obtained on a 5 1/4-inch by 4 3/4-inch liquid-cooled engine operating at 2,500 r.p.m. The compression ratio was varied from 6.0 to 8.9. The in… more
Date: July 1940
Creator: Rothrock, A. M. & Biermann, Arnold E.
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Cyclic stress-strain studies of metals in torsion

Description: Report presenting cyclic torsion tests made to determine the effects of varying amounts of torsional overstrain on the shape of the shearing stress-strain diagrams of aluminum alloy 17ST, mild steel, wrought iron, copper, brass, and magnesium alloy AX57S. Results regarding the tensile, compressive, and shear properties are provided.
Date: December 1940
Creator: Paul, D. A. & Moore, R. L.
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Damping formulas and experimental values of damping in flutter models

Description: The problem of determining values of structural damping for use in flutter calculations is discussed. The concept of equivalent viscous damping is reviewed and its relation to the structural damping coefficient g introduced in NACA Technical Report No. 685 is shown. The theory of normal modes is reviewed and a number of methods are described for separating the motions associated with different modes. Equations are developed for use in evaluating the damping parameters from experimental data. Ex… more
Date: February 1940
Creator: Coleman, Robert P.
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The Development of Electrical Strain Gages

Description: "The design, construction, and properties of an electrical-resistance strain gage consisting of fine wires molded in a laminated plastic are described. The properties of such gages are discussed and also the problems of molding of wires in plastic materials, temperature compensation, and cementing and removal of the gages. Further work to be carried out on the strain gage, together with instrument problems, is discussed" (p. 1).
Date: January 1940
Creator: de Forest, A. V. & Leaderman, H.
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Drag Determinations of the Forward Component of a Tricycle Landing Gear

Description: "Wind-tunnel tests were performed to determine the drag of the front-wheel arrangements of several types of tricycle landing gear. One wheel was tested in arrangements to simulate both nonretracted and partially retracted types. The landing gears were tested in conjunction with a fuselage, and the effects of wheel extension and longitudinal location were determined" (p. 1).
Date: December 1940
Creator: Harmon, Hubert N.
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The effects of engine speed and mixture temperature on the knocking characteristics of several fuels

Description: Six 100-octane and two 87-octane aviation engine fuels were tested in a modified C.F.R. variable-compression engine at 1,500, 2,000 and 2,500 rpm. The mixture temperature was raised from 50 to 300 F in approximately 50 degree steps and, at each temperature, the compression ratio was adjusted to give incipient knock as shown by a cathode ray indicator. The results are presented in tabular form. The results are analyzed on the assumption that the conditions which determine whether a given fuel wi… more
Date: July 1940
Creator: Lee, Dana W.
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The Effects of Piston-Head Shape, Cylinder-Head Shape, and Exhaust Restriction, on the Performance of a Piston-Ported Two-Stroke Cylinder

Description: Report presenting testing of a model of the two-stroke engine described in NACA Technical Note No. 674 for the purpose of observing the scavenging-air flow obtained with various inlet-port arrangements. Three types of cylinder head were tried with the round-edge piston in the engine. Results regarding the effect of port arrangement, pistons, cylinder-head shapes, effect of swirl, and exhaust restrictions are provided.
Date: March 1940
Creator: Rogowski, A. R.; Bouchard, C. L. & Taylor, C. Fayette
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Extension of Pack Method for Compressive Tests

Description: "The pack method for determining compressive stress-strain graphs described in NACA Report No. 649 has been modified to extend it's application to thinner gages and stronger materials. The principal modifications consisted in the provision of additional support against instability cementing the specimens of the pack together with fused shellac and the provision of special clamps to hold the specimens together while the test is in progress. The shellac was found to increase the buckling load of … more
Date: December 1940
Creator: Aitchison, C. S.
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Factors Affecting Heat Transfer in the Internal-Combustion Engine

Description: Note presenting a method developed for the direct measurement of the average heat-transfer coefficient from the gases in the cylinder during the cycle of operation of an internal-combustion engine. Experimental measurmeents were made with a heat collector projecting through a spark-plug hole into the combustion chamber of the test engine in order to examine the effects of several engine-operating and design parameters on the mean heat transfer to the collector.
Date: December 1940
Creator: Ku, P. M.
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Flight investigation of control-stick vibration of the YG-1B autogiro

Description: From Summary: "As a preliminary step in an investigation of control-stick vibration in direct-control autogiros, the periodic variations in the moments transmitted through the control system of a YG-1B autogiro were recorded in flight. The results of the measurements are presented in the form of coefficients of Fourier series expressing the varying part of the lateral and the longitudinal moments acting between rotor and fuselage at the control trunnions. The most important component of the var… more
Date: June 1940
Creator: Bailey, F. J., Jr.
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A Flight Investigation of Exhaust-Heat De-Icing

Description: The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics conducted exhaust-heat de-icing tests in flight to provide data needed in the application of this method. The capacity to extract heat from the exhaust gas for de-icing purposes, the quantity of heat required, and other factors were examined. The results indicate that a wing-heating system employing a spanwise exhaust tube within the leading edge of the wing removed 30 to 35 percent of the heat from exhaust gas entering the wing. Data are given fr… more
Date: November 1940
Creator: Rodert, Lewis A. & Jones, Alun R.
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The Flow of a Compressible Fluid Past a Sphere

Description: "The flow of a compressible fluid past a sphere fixed in a uniform stream is calculated to the third order of approximation by means of the Janzen-Rayleigh method. The velocity and the pressure distribution over the surface of the sphere are computed and the terms involving the fourth power of the Mach number, neglected in Rayleigh's calculation, are shown to be of considerable importance as the local velocity of sound is approached on the sphere. The critical Mach number, that is, the value of… more
Date: May 1940
Creator: Kaplan, Carl
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The frequencies of cantilever wings in beam and torsional vibrations

Description: From Summary: "Methods are described for calculating the period and frequency of vibration of cantilever wings and similar structures in which the weight and moment of inertia vary along the span. Both the beam and torsional frequencies may be calculated by these methods. The procedure is illustrated by examples."
Date: January 1940
Creator: Burgess, C. P.
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A Full-Scale Investigation of the Effect of Several Factors on the Shimmy of Cantering Wheels

Description: "A full-scale investigation has been conducted to determine the effect of various factors on the shimmy of castering wheels. The factors considered were the geometric arrangement, the tire types, the variations of load, the spindle moment of inertia, and the tire inflation. A comparison of the results of the present investigation with those calculated from existing theory was made" (p. 1).
Date: April 1940
Creator: Howard, Walter B., Jr.
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A Generalized Vortex Theory of the Screw Propeller and Its Application

Description: "The vortex theory as presented by the author in earlier papers has been extended to permit the solution of the following problems: (1) the investigation of the relation between thrusts and torque distribution and energy loss as given by the induction of helical vortex sheets and by the parasite drag; (2) the checking of the theorem of Betz of the rigidly behaving helical vortex sheet of minimum induced energy loss; (3) the extension of the theory of the screw propeller of minimum energy loss f… more
Date: February 1940
Creator: Reissner, Hans
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Internal-Flow Systems for Aircraft

Description: "An investigation has been made to determine efficient arrangements for an internal-flow system of an aircraft when such a system operates by itself or in combination with other flow systems. The investigation included a theoretical treatment of a problem and tests in the NACA 5-foot vertical wind tunnel of inlet and outlet openings in a flat plate and in a wing. When an internal-flow system tends to decrease the final velocity of it's wake, the results showed that it should be arranged in seri… more
Date: October 1940
Creator: Rogallo, F. M.
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An Investigation of Sheet-Stiffener Panels Subjected to Compression Loads With Particular Reference to Torsionally Weak Stiffeners

Description: "A total of 183 panel specimens of 24ST aluminum alloy with nominal thickness of 0.020, and 0.040 inch with extruded bulb-angle sections of 12 shapes spaced 4 and 5 inches as stiffeners were tested to obtain the buckling stress and the amplitude of the maximum wave when buckled. Bulb angles from 3 to 27 1/2 inches long were tested as pin-end columns. The experimental data are presented as stress-strain and column curves and in tabular form" (p. 1).
Date: February 1940
Creator: Dunn, Louis G.
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An Investigation of the Prevention of Ice on the Airplane Windshield

Description: "An investigation of three methods for the prevention and the removal of ice on an airplane windshield has been completed. The methods were: electric heating; hot-air heating; and an alcohol-dispensing, rotating wiper blade. The results showed that vision through the airplane windshield could be maintained during severe icing conditions by the use of heat" (p. 1).
Date: March 1940
Creator: Rodert, Lewis A.
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Ionization in the Knock Zone of an Internal-Combustion Engine

Description: "The ionization in the knock zone of an internal-combustion engine was investigated. A suspected correlation between the intensity of knock and the degree of ionization was verified and an oscillation in the degree of ionization corresponding in frequency to the knock vibrations in the cylinder pressure was observed" (p. 1).
Date: September 1940
Creator: Hastings, Charles E.
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