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Hydrogen for Turbojet and Ramjet Powered Flight

Description: Memorandum presenting various reports regarding the use of hydrogen for turbojet and ramjet powered flight. Some of the characteristics considered include the combustion properties, potential fueling problems, and flight experience with hydrogen on-board.
Date: April 26, 1957
Creator: Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory
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Analytical Investigation of Fuel-Cooled Turbine Blades With Return-Flow Type of Finned Coolant Passages

Description: Memorandum presenting an investigation of coolant-flow rates for a turbine rotor blade with return-flow type of coolant-passage configuration formed by fins within a capped blade shell with both hydrogen and methane fuels as coolants. Results regarding spanwise blade and coolant temperature distributions, effects of coolant inlet temperature on hydrogen-coolant-flow requirements, comparison of return-flow-blade coolant requirements, effect of fin thickness and fin height, comparison of hydrogen… more
Date: June 26, 1957
Creator: Nachtigall, Alfred J. & Slone, Henry O.
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Investigation of High-Angle-of-Attack Performance of a 14 Deg Ramp-Type Inlet in Various Circumferential Body Locations: Mach Number Range 1.5 to 2.0

Description: Memorandum presenting an investigation to determine the internal flow performance of a fixed 14 degree ramp inlet from zero to 20 degrees angle of attack conducted at three free-stream Mach numbers. The inlet was mounted in three circumferential fuselage locations and utilized inlet throat and fuselage boundary-layer removal.
Date: June 26, 1957
Creator: Mitchell, Glenn A. & Chiccine, Bruce G.
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Wind-Tunnel Investigation of a Wing-Root Inlet Configuration With Various Modifications at Mach Numbers of 1.41, 1.81, and 2.01

Description: Memorandum presenting a wing-root inlet configuration in which inlet components were varied and was tested in the 4- by 4-foot supersonic pressure tunnel at 3 Mach numbers. Angles of attack and sideslip ranges were also varied. Inlet performance and engine-flow distortions as affected by pitch, sideslip, inlet-lip sweep, contraction ratio, boundary-layer control, and engine bypass are presented and discussed.
Date: September 26, 1957
Creator: Robins, A. Warner
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Transonic Flight Evaluation of the Effects of Fuselage Extension and Indentation on the Drag of a 60-Degree Delta Wing Interceptor Airplane

Description: Report presenting the lift and drag characteristics of a 60-degree delta-wing interceptor airplane with fuselage extension and indentation at a range of Mach numbers and altitudes. A comparison with a prototype airplane and a comparison of the flight results with the model tests are provided.
Date: September 26, 1957
Creator: Saltzman, Edwin J. & Asher, William P.
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Endurance Evaluation of Sintered, Porous, Strut-Supported Turbine Blades made by Federal-Mogul-Bower-Bearings, Incorporated, under Bureau of Aeronautics Contract NOas 55-124-C

Description: Four strut-supported, transpiration-cooled turbine blades were investigated experimentally in a turbojet engine. The blade shells were fabricated by the mold-sintering method with spherical stainless-steel powder. Two blades were investigated in order to evolve suitable capping methods for the blade tip. Two other blades were used to evaluate the durability of the porous-shell material. The blades were investigated at a turbine-tip speed of 1305 feet per second, an average turbine-inlet tempera… more
Date: November 26, 1957
Creator: Hickel, Robert O. & Richards, Hadley T.
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Effectiveness at transonic speeds of flap-type ailerons for several spanwise locations on a 4-percent-thick sweptback-wing-fuselage model with and without tails

Description: Report presenting a transonic investigation in the 16-foot transonic tunnel to determine the effects of spanwise location of a flap-type aileron on the lateral characteristics of a 4-percent-thick sweptback-wing-fuselage model. Results regarding the effect of aileron spanwise position on roll and lift effectiveness, tail effects, and effect of spanwise aileron position on complete model rolling-moment characteristics are provided.
Date: February 26, 1957
Creator: Hieser, Gerald & Whitcomb, Charles F.
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Transonic Flight Evaluation of the Effects of Fuselage Extension and Indentation on the Drag of a 60 Degree Delta-Wing Interceptor Airplane

Description: Report presenting the lift and drag characteristics of a 60 degree delta-wing interceptor airplane with a fuselage extension and indentation. The data was obtained over a range of Mach numbers and altitudes. Results regarding a comparison with a prototype airplane with similar wings and a comparison of the flight tests with model tests are provided.
Date: September 26, 1957
Creator: Saltzman, Edwin J. & Asher, William P.
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Design and Engine Evaluation of a Semistrut Corrugated Air-Cooled Turbine Blade for Operation at a Tip Speed of 1300 Feet Per Second

Description: Report presenting an improved air-cooled turbine blade that was described, stress-analyzed, and evaluated in a full-scale turbojet engine. The blade consists of a sheet-metal outer shell and an internal strut of partial blade length. The effect on blade rupture life of varying outer-shell thickness, strut length, blade temperature distribution, and corrugation pitch and amplitude are provided.
Date: June 26, 1957
Creator: Meyer, André J., Jr.; Kemp, Richard H. & Morgan, William C.
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An Investigation of Screens for Removing Distortions in Ducted Flows at High Subsonic Speeds

Description: Report presenting an investigation of resistance screens for the purpose of obtaining uniform flow in ducts. The new screen designs consisted of several different screen shapes with the elements set at oblique angles (swept) to the flow. Results regarding a rectangular channel and diffuser investigation are provided.
Date: September 26, 1957
Creator: Wood, Charles C. & Knip, Gerald, Jr.
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Investigation at transonic speeds of loading over a 30 degree sweptback wing of aspect ratio 3, taper ratio 0.2, and NACA 65A004 airfoil section mounted on a body

Description: Report presenting the aerodynamic load characteristics for a wing-body combination for a range of Mach numbers and angles of attack. Two wings with the same dimensions but different types of construction (one of solid steel, one of plastic with an inner steel core) were tested. Results regarding flow studies, chordwise pressure distributions, spanwise load distributions, panel loads, center of loads, and twist distribution are provided.
Date: September 26, 1957
Creator: Arabian, Donald D.
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Foreign-object retention and flow characteristics of retractable engine-inlet screens

Description: Report presenting an investigation to determine and improve on the foreign-object-retention capabilities and pressure-loss characteristics of rectractable engine-inlet screens. Testing occurred with two commerically made retractable screens installed in the engine-inlet sections for which they were designed. Results regarding the retention for both the original and modified screens and pressure tests are provided.
Date: July 26, 1957
Creator: Steffen, Fred W. & Rodert, Lewis A.
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Flight Investigation of the Low-Speed Characteristics of a 35 Degree Swept-Wing Airplane Equipped with an Area-Suction Ejector Flap and Various Wing Leading-Edge Devices

Description: Memorandum presenting tests conducted to determine the flight characteristics of an F-86F airplane equipped with an area-suction-type boundary-layer control installation on the trailing-edge flaps. Measurements were made of the lift, drag, and engine bleed-air requirements. Results regarding the aerodynamic characteristics as well as some miscellaneous characteristics are provided.
Date: September 26, 1957
Creator: Anderson, Seth B.; Faye, Alan E., Jr. & Innis, Robert C.
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Zero-Lift Drag of a Large Fuselage Cavity and a Partially Submerged Store on a 52.5 Degree Sweptback-Wing-Body Configuration as Determined From Free-Flight Tests at Mach Numbers of 0.7 to 1.53

Description: Report presenting a free-flight investigation of a rocket-propelled model at a range of Mach numbers from 0.7 to 1.53 to determine the drag at zero lift of a configuration with a large fuselage cavity and partially submerged store. Testing was performed out of a desire to determine if large stores can be attached to aircraft wings without negatively affecting the aerodynamic properties. Results regarding total drag and pressure drag are provided.
Date: February 26, 1957
Creator: Hoffman, Sherwood
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Propellant vaporization as a criterion for rocket-engine design : experimental effect of fuel temperature on liquid-oxygen - heptane performance

Description: Characteristic exhaust velocity of a 200-pound-thrust rocket engine was evaluated for fuel temperatures of -90 degrees, and 200 degrees f with a spray formed by two impinging heptane jets reacting in a highly atomized oxygen atmosphere. Tests covered a range of mixture ratios and chamber lengths. The characteristic exhaust-velocity efficiency increased 2 percent for a 290 degree f increase in fuel temperature. This increase in performance can be compared with that obtained by increasing chamber… more
Date: July 26, 1957
Creator: Heidmann, M. F.
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A study of temperature transients at the inlet of a turbojet engine

Description: Report presenting wind-tunnel experiments on the effect of rapid temperature increases at the inlet of an engine in order to learn why inlet temperature transients disturb the operation of turbojet engines. The study was made over a range of altitudes, temperature-rise rates, and engine speeds. Results regarding pressure-ratio histories, required temperature rise for stall, effect of partial admission of hot gases to the compressor inlet, effect of altitude on stall and blowout, and effect of r… more
Date: June 26, 1957
Creator: Wallner, Lewis E.; Useller, James W. & Saari, Martin J.
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Low-speed pressure-distribution investigation of a thin-delta-wing-fuselage model having double slotted flaps and spoilers

Description: Report presenting an investigation in the 300 mph 7- by 10-foot tunnel to determine the chordwise and spanwise load distribution on a thin 60 degree delta wing-fuselage model with double slotted flaps and spoilers mounted on the flap. The results are presented in the form of lateral aerodynamic characteristics of the plain-wing and double-slotted-flap configurations and as normal-force coefficients and pitching-moment coefficients of the wing, vane, flap, and spoiler, sample pressure plots, sam… more
Date: February 26, 1957
Creator: Croom, Delwin R. & Huffman, Jarrett K.
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Rocket Thrust Variation With Foamed Liquid Propellants

Description: An analysis is presented on a method for varying rocket thrust by varying the bulk density of the propellants. This density variation was accomplished by uniformly dispersing an inert, insoluble gas in the liquid propellants. Only qualitative agreement with theory was obtained from preliminary experiments with a 1000-pound-thrust ammonia - nitric acid rocket engine; the required experimental gas-flow rates were two to six times greater than those predicted by theory. It was demonstrated, howeve… more
Date: February 26, 1957
Creator: Morrell, G.
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Arrangements of jet engine and airframe for increased range

Description: Report presenting an evaluation of a number of factors affecting engine-airframe arrangements in terms of range. Appropriate equations are developed and evaluated for a range of Mach numbers, ramjet and turbojet engines at several cycle temperatures, and two airplane lift-drag ratios. Some of the factors explored include inlet locations, jet cant for lift, engine moments for trim, a combination of the three factors, and the use of boundary layer in the engine.
Date: July 26, 1957
Creator: Luidens, Roger W.
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Analytical investigation of fuel-cooled turbine blades with return-flow type of finned coolant passages

Description: From Introduction: "The purpose of this report was to investigate the possible use of engine fuels (hydrogen and methane) as coolants for turbine rotor blades and to determine the pressure-drop characteristics of these coolants for a turbine blade with a more effective coolant-passage configuration than that considered in reference 5 but for the same engine and flight conditions."
Date: June 26, 1957
Creator: Nachtigall, Alfred J. & Slone, Henry O.
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Some Reynolds number phenomena in a turbojet compressor

Description: Memorandum presenting an investigation with a compressor of a current turbojet engine to determine the effects of Reynolds number variations on some boundary-layer phenomena. The compressor was instrumented to obtain first-stage and overall compressor performance. Results regarding inlet guide vanes, effect of turbulence, first stator, and overall compressors are provided.
Date: June 26, 1957
Creator: Kaufman, Harold R.
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Wind-tunnel investigation of a wing-root inlet configuration with various modifications at Mach numbers of 1.41, 1.81, and 2.01

Description: Report presenting a wing-root inlet configuration with varying inlet components that were tested in the supersonic pressure tunnel at several Mach numbers, angles of attack, and sideslip angles. The intent was to determine the effects on inlet performance and engine-face total-pressure distributions of variations in these variables. Some inlet-lip stagger was found to improve pressure recoveries at high angles of attack with little to not compromise at an angle of attack of 0.
Date: September 26, 1957
Creator: Robins, A. Warner
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Survey of hydrogen combustion properties

Description: This literature digest of hydrogen-air combustion fundamentals presents data on flame temperature, burning velocity, quenching distance, flammability limits, ignition energy, flame stability, detonation, spontaneous ignition, and explosion limits. The data are assessed, recommended values are given, and relations among various combustion properties are discussed. New material presented includes: theoretical treatment of variation in spontaneous ignition lag with temperature, pressure, and compo… more
Date: April 26, 1957
Creator: Drell, Isadore L. & Belles, Frank E.
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