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Abundance and Distribution of Uranium and Thorium in Zircon, Sphene, Apatite, Epidote, and Monazite in Granitic Rocks

Description: The following report covers investigations of uranium and thorium discovered within host minerals in the earth's crust, zircon, sphene, apatite, epidote, and monazite. The object of this investigation has been to obtain an approximate measure of the abundance and distribution of uranium and thorium among these five mineral phases.
Date: November 1956
Creator: Hurley, P. M. & Fairbairn, H. W.
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Aerodynamic characteristics and flying qualities of a tailless triangular-wing airplane configuration as obtained from flights of rocket-propelled models at transonic and supersonic speeds

Description: Report discussing a flight investigation of rocket-powered models of a tailless triangular-wing airplane configuration was made through the transonic and low supersonic speed range at the Langley Pilotless Aircraft Research Station at Wallops Island, Va. An analysis of the aerodynamic coefficients, stability derivatives, and flying qualities based on the results obtained from the successful flight tests of three models is presented.
Date: November 1956
Creator: Mitcham, Grady L.; Stevens, Joseph E. & Norris, Harry P.
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Aeroelastic Problems of Airplane Design

Description: The technical memorandum briefly summarizes the growth of interest in aeroelastic phenomena as aircraft speed increased and wing designs changed for faster aircraft. Different types of aircraft vibrations are then introduced, and the mathematical basis for the theory behind them is described. Special attention is given to static oscillations, wing flutter, and the flutter of skin panels. The last section of the memorandum deals with the prevention of flutter by design specifications.
Date: November 1956
Creator: Küssner, H. G.
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An Airborne Simulator Investigation of the Accuracy of an Optical Track Command Missile Guidance System

Description: Memorandum presenting an airborne missile simulator used to represent visually the predicted flight behavior of the Navy XASM-N-7 Bullpup air-to-surface missile, which is guided along the line of sight to the target by bang-bang radio signals controlled by the pilot of the launch airplane. Quantitative response measurements showed that the simulator gave a good representation of the trajectory and control characteristics predicted for the Bullpup missile, and the simulation appeared plausible t… more
Date: November 23, 1956
Creator: Douvillier, Joseph G., Jr.; Foster, John V. & Drinkwater, Fred J., III
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Analysis of elastic thermal stresses in thin plate with spanwise and chordwise variations of temperature and thickness

Description: From Introduction: "The object of the present paper is to present an approximate method for calculating accurately the thermal stresses in a thin plate with both chordwise and spanwise variations in temperature and chordwise but restricted spanwise variations in thickness."
Date: November 1956
Creator: Mendelson, Alexander & Hirschberg, Marvin
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Analysis of particle motions for a class of three-dimensional incompressible laminar boundary layers

Description: From Introduction: "Results obtained in the experimental investigations of secondary flows in turbomachines (refs. 1 to 3) indicate that information concerning three-dimensional laminar boundary-layer behavior can be of practical value in interpreting and correlating measurements of losses in the turbo-machines for design purposes. Reference 4 gives a theoretical analysis of the overturning (more than mainstream turning) of the three-dimensional laminar boundary layer developed on flat or nearl… more
Date: November 1956
Creator: Hansen, Arthur G. & Herzig, Howard Z.
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Analysis of the vertical-tail loads measured during a flight investigation of the Douglas X-3 research airplane

Description: From Summary: "Results are presented of an analysis of the strain-gage measurements of vertical-tail loads experienced in rudder pulses, gradually increasing sideslips, and rudder-fixed aileron rolls at transonic speeds with the Douglas X-3 research airplane."
Date: November 9, 1956
Creator: Marcy, William L.; Stephenson, Harriet J. & Cooney, Thomas V.
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Analysis of Thorex Pilot Plant Radiation Exposures During 1955

Description: The Thorex Pilot Plant at Oak Ridge National Laboratory was operated during 1955, processing reactor-irradiated thorium slugs to recover U233 and thorium and 12 MTR fuel elements to recover U235 and Np237. The radiation exposure received by operating personnel during this period averaged 60 mrcp/man-week. Most radiation exposure was received in areas that were intended to be only slightly or nonradioactive. However, because insufficient decontamination of process solutions was achieved and equi… more
Date: November 16, 1956
Creator: McCarley W. T.
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Analysis of turbojet and ram-jet engine cycles using various fuels

Description: From Introduction: "These data have been collected for presentation in this report to illustrate the performance of turbojet and ram-jet cycles utilizing several of the more promising high-energy fuels. Results are presented in terms of engine over-all efficiency and thrust per pound of airflow as functions of flight Mach number."
Date: November 27, 1956
Creator: Wilcox, E. Clinton; Weber, Richard J. & Tower, Leonard K.
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Centrifugal Casting for Plutonium and Plutonium-Uranium Plates

Description: The objective of this investigation was to determine the feasibility of centrifugal casting to produce fuel element plates suitable for use in a power reactor. Preliminary investigations involving the centrifugal casting of metal plates suitable for use in a power reactor proved to be successful. Lead plates cast at medium speeds contained very few voids and exhibited a surface which conformed very closely to that of the mold.
Date: November 28, 1956
Creator: Quinlan, F. B. & Tverberg, J. C.
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Coking of JP-4 fuels in electrically heated metal tubes

Description: A limited exploratory investigation of the rate of coking of four JP-4 fuels in electrically heated metal tubes was conducted in order to provide design information for fuel prevaporizers for turbojet-engine combustors. The fuels tested included two production and two minimum-quality JP-4 type fuels. The heating tube was operated at fuel pressures of approximately 500, 400, and 50 pounds per square inch. The operating fuel temperature was varied between approximately 600 degrees and 1200 degree… more
Date: November 20, 1956
Creator: Smith, Arthur L.; Cook, William P. & Hlavin, Vincent F.
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Comparison of theoretical stresses and deflections of multicell wings with experimental results obtained from plastic models

Description: The experimental deflections and stresses of six plastic multicell-wing models of unswept, delta, and swept plan form are presented and compared with previously published theoretical results obtained by the electrical analog method. The comparisons indicate that the theory is reliable except for the evaluation of stresses in the vicinity of the leading edge of delta wings and the leading and trailing edges of swept wings. The stresses in these regions are questionable, apparently because of sim… more
Date: November 1956
Creator: Zender, George W.
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Compilation and Analysis of U.S. Turbojet and Ram-Jet Engine Characteristics

Description: Report presenting a compilation of sea-level static and flight-performance data for existing and designed U.S. axial-flow turbojet and ram-jet engines. Factors considered include engine size, performance, and weight, and actual and theoretical performances are compared.
Date: November 27, 1956
Creator: Cesaro, Richard S. & Walker, Curtis L.
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Compressive stress-strain properties of 2024-T3 aluminum-alloy sheet at elevated temperatures

Description: Report presenting compressive stress-strain test results for 2024-T3 aluminum-alloy sheet for temperatures ranging from room temperature to 700 degrees Fahrenheit and for exposure times from 0.1 to 100 hours. Results regarding experimental test data, prediction of time-temperature combinations that produce maximum yield stress, and master compressive-yield-stress curve are provided.
Date: November 1956
Creator: Mathauser, Eldon E.
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Compressive stress-strain properties of 7075-T6 aluminum-alloy sheet at elevated temperatures

Description: Report presenting compressive stress-strain testing for 7075-T6 aluminum alloy sheets at temperatures ranging from room temperature to 700 degrees Fahrenheit and exposure times from 0.1 to 100 hours. Results regarding the test results and master compressive-yield-stress curve are provided.
Date: November 1956
Creator: Mathauser, Eldon E.
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Corrosion of Stainless Steel, Titanium, and Tantalum in Plutonium - Nitric Acid Solutions

Description: The letter E. R. Irish/W. H. Swift to R.E. Burns and H. H. Hopkins, dated August 15, 1956, subject Plutonium Concentration Problems, requested information on corrosion of stainless steel, titanium, and tantalum in plutonium nitrate-nitric acid solution, with and without sulfate ion. Experimental conditions and results of tests designed to yield the requested information are given below.
Date: November 27, 1956
Creator: Brunstad, A.
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Crash Injury

Description: "Data from full-scale experimental airplane crashes were studied to determine how impact injuries occur and how the chance of such injuries may be reduced. The following hazards were considered: (1) being crushed, (2) being struck by missiles, (3) striking objects by tearing loose or flailing about, and (4) being injured by the crash decelerations. Transport, cargo, fighter, and light airplane crashes were studied" (p. 1).
Date: November 1956
Creator: Pesman, Gerard J. & Eiband, A. Martin
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Ditching investigations of dynamic models and effects of design parameters on ditching characteristics

Description: From Summary: "Data from ditching investigations conducted at the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory with dynamic scale models of various airplanes are presented in the form of tables. The effects of design parameters on the ditching characteristics of airplanes, based on scale-model investigations and on reports of full-scale ditchings, are discussed. Various ditching aids are also discussed as a means of improving ditching behavior."
Date: November 16, 1956
Creator: Fisher, Lloyd J. & Hoffman, Edward L.
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Drag interference between a pointed cylindrical body and triangular wings of various aspect ratios at Mach numbers of 1.50 and 2.02

Description: The drag of a body alone, six triangular wings of various aspect ratios, and the combinations were measured at Mach numbers of 1.50 and 2.02 at a Reynolds number of 5.5 million (based on the body length). The experimental drag-interference results were in accordance with calculations based on NACA RM A9E19, 1949, with skin-friction effects taken into account, the interference effect being principally the result of fixing transition on the body by adding a wing.
Date: November 1956
Creator: Katzen, Elliott D. & Kaattari, George E.
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Dynamic Model Investigation of Two Tail-Sitter Vertically Rising Airplanes to Determine the Altitude Required to Approach Normal Flight Conditions Under Power Failure in Hovering Flight

Description: "An investigation has been undertaken on two dynamic models simulating 1/20-scale and 1/25-scale models of propeller-driven tail-sitter vertically rising airplanes to determine the altitude required to approach normal-flight conditions after power failure in hovering flight. The results of the investigation indicated that, for the two models investigated, an altitude of 3,600 to 5,400 feet may be required to attain normal gliding flight" (p. 1).
Date: November 9, 1956
Creator: Klinar, Walter J. & Wilkes, L. Faye
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Effect of chord size on weight and cooling characteristics of air-cooled turbine blades

Description: An analysis has been made to determine the effect of chord size on the weight and cooling characteristics of shell-supported, air-cooled gas-turbine blades. In uncooled turbines with solid blades, the general practice has been to design turbines with high aspect ratio (small blade chord) to achieve substantial turbine weight reduction. With air-cooled blades, this study shows that turbine blade weight is affected to a much smaller degree by the size of the blade chord.
Date: November 13, 1956
Creator: Esgar, Jack B.; Schum, Eugene F. & Curren, Arthur N.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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