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Calculation of the Induced Efficiency of Heavily Loaded Propellers Having Infinite Number of Blades

Description: Report presenting an approximate method of computing the induced efficiency of heavily loaded propellers in suitable form for extension to finite number of blades and a comparison of results obtained using the method with the data of the Betz-Helmbold theory for heavily loaded propellers.
Date: January 1939
Creator: Lösch, F.; Kramer, K. N.; Bock, G. & Nikodemus, R.
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Dual-Purpose Pines.

Description: Describes dual-purpose pines, which yield both naval stores and wood; provides suggestions for managing dual-purpose pines.
Date: January 1939
Creator: United States. Forest Service. Division of State and Private Forestry.
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Interference of Tail Surfaces and Wing and Fuselage from Tests of 17 Combinations in the N.A.C.A. Variable-Density Tunnel

Description: "An investigation of the interference associated with tail surfaces added to wing-fuselage combinations was included in the interference program in progress in the NACA variable-density tunnel. The results indicate that, in aerodynamically clean combinations, the increment to the high-speed drag can be estimated from section characteristics within useful limits of accuracy. The interference appears mainly as effects on the downwash angel and as losses in the tail" (p. 1).
Date: January 1939
Creator: Sherman, Albert
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Meteorological-Physical Limitations of Icing in the Atmosphere

Description: The icing hazard can, in most cases, be avoided by correct execution of the flights according to meteorological viewpoints and by meteorologically correct navigation (horizontal and, above all, vertical). The zones of icing hazard are usually narrowly confined. Their location can be ascertained with, in most cases, sufficient accuracy before take-off.
Date: January 1939
Creator: Findeisen, W.
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Pressure-Distribution Measurements on a Tapered Wing With a Full-Span Split Flap in Curved Flight

Description: "Pressure-distribution tests were made on the 32-foot whirling arm of the Daniel Guggenheim Airship Institute of a tapered wing to determine the rolling and yawing moments due to an angular velocity in yaw. The model was tested at 0 degree and 5 degrees pitch, -1 degree and 5 degree yaw, and with a full-span flap deflected 60 degrees. The results are given in the form of span load distributions and in calculated moment coefficients" (p. 1).
Date: January 1939
Creator: Troller, T. & Rokus, F.
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Pressure drop in tank and float vent tubes on diving airplanes

Description: Report presenting an experiment regarding tank and float venting conditions that exist on diving airplanes undergoing rapid changes in altitude. The results indicated that large pressure differences build up between the outside and inside of tanks and floats on diving airplanes unless the correct size of venting tube is used.
Date: January 1939
Creator: Waldron, C. D.
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Theory of Two-Dimensional Potential Flow About Arbitrary Wing Sections

Description: "Three general theories treating the potential flow about an arbitrary wing section are discussed in this report. The first theory treats the method of conformal transformation as laid down by Theodorsen and Garrick; the second is a generalization of Birnbaum's theory for moderately thick airfoils; the third is a general investigation of the complex velocity function with particular reference to the relations first discussed by F. Weinig. The relative merits of the different methods in question… more
Date: January 1939
Creator: Gebelein, H.
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The Unsteady Lift of a Finite Wing

Description: Note discussing the lift of a finite wing including the calculations and constants for each step of the lift. This information is compared against the lift of an infinite wing. From Summary: "Unsteady lift function for wings of finite aspect ratio have been calculated by approximate methods involving corrections of the aerodynamic inertia and of the angle of the infinite wing. The starting lift of the finite wing is found to be only slightly less than that of the infinite wing; whereas the fina… more
Date: January 1939
Creator: Jones, Robert T.
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Determination of the Profile Drag of an Airplane Wing in Flight at High Reynolds Numbers

Description: "Flight tests were made to determine the profile-drag coefficients of a portion of the original wing surface of an all-metal airplane and of a portion of the wing made aerodynamically smooth and more nearly fair than the original section. The wing section was approximately the NACA 2414.5. The tests were carried out over a range of airplane speeds giving a maximum Reynolds number of 15,000,000. Tests were also carried out to locate the point of transition from laminar to turbulent boundary laye… more
Date: January 6, 1939
Creator: Bicknell, Joseph
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Preliminary wind-tunnel investigation of an NACA 23012 airfoil with various arrangements of venetian-blind flaps

Description: Report presents the results of an investigation made in the NACA 7 by 10-foot wind tunnel of a large-chord NACA 23012 airfoil with several arrangements of venetian-blind flaps to determine the aerodynamic section characteristics as affected by the over-all flap chord, the chords of the slats used to form the flap, the slat spacing, the number of slats and the position of the flap with respect to the wing. Complete section data are given in the form of graphs for all the combinations tested.
Date: January 10, 1939
Creator: Wenzinger, Carl J. & Harris, Thomas A.
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Effect of exit-slot position and opening on the available cooling pressure for NACA nose-slot cowlings

Description: Report presents the results of an investigation of full-scale nose-slot cowlings conducted in the NACA 20-foot wind tunnel to furnish information on the pressure drop available for cooling. Engine conductances from 0 to 0.12 and exit-slot conductances from 0 to 0.30 were covered. Two basic nose shapes were tested to determine the effect of the radius of curvature of the nose contour; the nose shape with the smaller radius of curvature gave the higher pressure drop across the engine. The best ax… more
Date: January 18, 1939
Creator: Stickle, George W.; Naiman, Irven & Crigler, John L.
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Calculation of the Aerodynamic Characteristics of Tapered Wings With Partial-Span Flaps

Description: "Factors derived from wing theory are presented. By means of these factors, the angle of zero lift, the lift-curve slope, the pitching moment, the aerodynamic-center position, and the induced drag of tapered wings with partial-span flaps may be calculated. The factors are given for wings of aspect ratios 6 and 10 , of taper ratios from 0.25 to 1.00, and with flaps of various length. An example is presented of the method of application of the factors. Fair agreement with experimental results is … more
Date: January 23, 1939
Creator: Pearson, Henry A. & Anderson, Raymond F.
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Static Thrust and Power Characteristics of Six Full-Scale Propellers

Description: "Static thrust and power measurements were made of six full-scale propellers. The propellers were mounted in front of a liquid-cooled-engine nacelle and were tested at 15 different blade angles in the range from -7 1/2 degrees to 35 degrees at 0.75r. The test rig was located outdoors and the tests were made under conditions of approximately zero wind velocity" (p. 85).
Date: January 25, 1939
Creator: Hartman, Edwin P. & Biermann, David
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