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Experimental Investigation of Diffuser Pressure Ratio Control With Shock Positioning Limit on 28 Inch Ram-Jet Engine

Description: Report presenting an investigation of the performance of a diffuser static-pressure-ratio control with a normal shock-positioning limit on a ramjet engine installed in an altitude free-jet facility. Testing occurred at Mach numbers of 2.35 and 2.50, altitudes of 50,000, 60,000 and 65,000 feet, and angles of attack of 0 and 7 degrees. Results regarding the effects of control constants, effects of disturbance size and operating point, effects of flight conditions, and control limitations and poss… more
Date: January 15, 1957
Creator: Dunbar, William R.; Wentworth, Carl B. & Crowl, Robert J.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Preliminary Wind-Tunnel Investigation of the Performance of Republic F-105 Wing-Root Inlet Configurations at Various Angles of Attack and a Mach Number of 2.01

Description: "A 1/13-scale model of the forebody of the Republic F-105 with twin-duct wing-root inlets was tested in the Langley 4- by 4-foot supersonic pressure tunnel through a range of angle of attack from -4 deg to 15 deg at a Mach number of 2.01 and a Reynolds number of approximately 3.4 x 10(exp 6) per foot. The tests were made with four configurations which incorporated varying amounts of sweep and stagger of the inlet leading edges, modifications to the areas of the boundary-layer diverter floor pla… more
Date: January 15, 1957
Creator: Kouyoumjian, Walter L.
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Altitude Free-Jet Investigation of Dynamics of a 28-Inch-Diameter Ram-Jet Engine

Description: From Introduction: "The feasibility of closed-loop control of ram-jet-engine thrust is demonstrated in references 1 and 2. The dynamic behavior of a 28-inch-diameter ram-jet engine designed to operate in Mach number range of 2.35 to 2.70 is evaluated herein."
Date: January 15, 1957
Creator: Wentworth, Carl B.; Dunbar, William R. & Crowl, Robert J.
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Influence of Boric Oxide Deposition on Turbojet-Engine Operation

Description: Memorandum presenting a study of the effect of oxide-depositing fuels on engine starting, operation, and performance by using a modified production turbojet engine operated using a trimethyl borate azeotrope as a fuel. Results regarding boric oxide deposition, engine operation and performance, effect of turbine-inlet temperature, and dissipation of boric oxide deposits are provided.
Date: February 15, 1957
Creator: Useller, James W.; Burley, Richard R. & Velie, Wallace W.
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Influence of boric oxide deposition on turbojet-engine operation

Description: Report presenting testing of a modified production turbojet engine using a trimethyl borate azeotrope as a fuel. Operation with this fuel for 100 minutes produced a 2-percent deterioration in engine speed and only a 1-percent increase in combustor total-pressure loss with the best engine configuration investigated. Results regarding boric oxide deposition, engine operation and performance, effect of turbine-inlet temperature, and dissipation of boric oxide deposits are provided.
Date: February 15, 1957
Creator: Useller, James W.; Burley, Richard R. & Velie, Wallace W.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experimental investigation of dynamic relations in a 48-inch ram-jet engine

Description: Engine dynamics were investigated for supercritical operation of the ram jet at Mach 2.75 over a range of simulated altitudes from 68,000 to 82,000 feet. Indicial-and frequency-response tests were conducted with fuel flow as the input variable. For a wide range of operating points, the response of static or total pressure to fuel flow consisted of a dead time followed by a response form that generally approximated a linear, first-order, lead-lag. The dead time varied significantly only with dis… more
Date: February 15, 1957
Creator: Hurrell, Herbert G.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Transonic and Supersonic Characteristics of a Horn-Balanced Control With Unbalancing Tab on a 55 Degree Sweptback Wing

Description: Report presenting an investigation of a semispan-wing-fuselage model with a 55 sweptback triangular wing of aspect ratio 3.5 with a horn-balanced flap-type control with a partially inset unbalancing tab. Control hinge-moment and effectiveness characteristics were obtained for a range of angles of attack, flap deflections, and tab deflections.
Date: January 15, 1957
Creator: Guy, Lawrence D.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Thermal Decomposition of Some Group I, II, and III Metal Alkyls

Description: Memorandum presenting a mechanism for the thermal decomposition of sodium, lithium, beryllium, magnesium, aluminum, and boron alkyls and for the reverse reaction, the addition of olefins to metal hydrides. The reactions are shown to be nonradical and to probably proceed through a cyclic intermediate.
Date: February 15, 1957
Creator: Rosenblum, Louis
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A study of injection processes for 15-percent fluorine - 85-percent oxygen and heptane in a 200-pound-thrust rocket engine

Description: Characteristic exhaust velocity over a range of mixture ratios and variations in gas velocity with distance from the injector were measured for six injectors. Comparisons of injector performance showed the gains obtained from oxidant atomization, fuel atomization, and propellant mixing. The results are compared with oxygen and heptane performance and show the effect, which is qualitatively small, of spontaneous propellant ignition on the relation between injection processes and engine performan… more
Date: January 15, 1957
Creator: Heidmann, M. F.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experimental Investigation of Water Injection in Subsonic Diffuser of a Conical Inlet Operation at Free-Stream Mach Number of 2.5

Description: A spike-type nose inlet with sharp-lip cowl was investigated at a free-stream Mach number of 2.5 with water injection in its 16-inch diameter, 11-foot-long subsonic diffuser section. Inlet total temperature of exit with liquid-air ratios of about 0.04 with no apparent change in the critical pressure recovery. The observed temperature drops were less than the theoretically predicted values, and the amount of water evaporated was 35 to 50 percent less than that theoretically possible.
Date: January 15, 1957
Creator: Beke, Andrew
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Applications of power spectral analysis methods to maneuver loads obtained on jet fighter airplanes during service operations

Description: Report presenting power spectral densities of normal load factor obtained for two service operational training flights of a Republic F-84G airplane and three service operational training flights of a North American F-86A airplane in order to indicate the load-factor frequency content and possible uses of power spectral methods in analyzing maneuver load data. Results regarding the spectra of the two different planes, an analytical representation of maneuver load spectrum, and probability distri… more
Date: January 15, 1957
Creator: Mayer, John P. & Hamer, Harold A.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Approximate analysis of effects of large deflections and initial twist on torsional stiffness of a cantilever plate subjected to thermal stresses

Description: From Summary: "An approximate analysis of the nonlinear effects of initial twist and large deflections on the torsional stiffness of a cantilever plate subjected to a nonuniform temperature distribution is presented. The Von Karman large-deflection equations are satisfied through the use of a variational principle. The results show that initial twist and applied moments can have significant effects on the changes in stiffness produced by nonuniform heating, particularly in the region of the buc… more
Date: May 15, 1957
Creator: Heldenfels, Richard R. & Vosteen, Louis F.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experimental Investigation of Diffuser Pressure-Ratio Control With Shock-Positioning Limit on 28-Inch Ram-Jet Engine

Description: The performance of a control system designed for variable thrust applications was determined in an altitude free-jet facility at various Mach numbers, altitudes and angles of attack for a wide range of engine operation. The results are presented as transient response characteristics for step disturbances in fuel flow and stability characteristics as a function of control constants and engine operating conditions. The results indicate that the control is capable of successful operation over the … more
Date: January 15, 1957
Creator: Dunbar, William R.; Wentworth, Carl B. & Crowl, Robert J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Reactor Physics Primer

Description: Report that describes the reactor physics of the processes used to produce plutonium at Hanford Laboratories. This includes a basic explanation of nuclear physics and the principles of the reactor process.
Date: November 15, 1957
Creator: Lockwood, E. H.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Plating Thickness Tester

Description: An electromagnetic eddy current instrument is described that is capable of measuring copper and nickel plating 1 to 8 mils thick plated on bismuth mandrils of various sizes and shapes.
Date: November 15, 1957
Creator: Fitch, C. E., Jr.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Organic Moderated Reactor Experiment Progress Report: October 1955-July 1956

Description: Report describing technical progress on the design and construction of an Organic Moderated Reactor Experiment (OMRE), to be operated at the National Reactor Testing Station in Arco, Idaho. "This is the first report of the series and coves the period from the initiation of the project to July 31, 1956. Also included as an appendix to the report is a detailed description of the OMRE facility" (p. 3).
Date: March 15, 1957
Creator: Trilling, C. A.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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