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Aerodynamic study of a wing-fuselage combination employing a wing swept back 63 degrees: Effects of split flaps, elevons, and leading-edge devices at low speed

Description: Report presenting an investigation to evaluate the effects of split flaps, elevons, sharp leading edges, drooped-nose flaps, and extended-nose flaps on the lift, drag, and pitching-moment characteristics at low speed of a wing-fuselage combination with a wing with the leading edge swept back 63 degrees and an aspect ratio of 3.5. Results regarding the plain wing and wing-fuselage combinations, Reynolds number, split flaps, elevons, leading-edge devices, and highest lift coefficient attained bef… more
Date: May 19, 1949
Creator: Hopkins, Edward J.
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Aerodynamic study of a wing-fuselage combination employing a wing swept back 63 degrees: Investigation at a Mach number of 1.53 to determine the effects of cambering and twisting the wing for uniform load at a lift coefficient of 0.25

Description: Testing was performed at Mach number 1.53 with a wing-fuselage combination with a wing with 63 degrees leading-edge sweep, an aspect ratio of 3.46, and a taper ratio of 0.25. The wing had an NACA 64A005 thickness distribution parallel to the plane of symmetry and was cambered and twisted. Results regarding the comparison of lift, drag, and pitching-moment characteristics of WF-63c and WF-63, effects of sweep, and effects of Reynolds number are provided.
Date: May 6, 1949
Creator: Madden, Robert T.
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Altitude-wind-tunnel investigation of AN-F-58 fuel in experimental version of J47 turbojet engine

Description: An altitude-wind-tunnel investigation of the performance of AN-F-58 and AN-F-32 fuels in an experimental turbojet engine was conducted over a range of simulated altitudes and flight Mach numbers. Combustion efficiencies obtained with AN-F-58 and AN-F-32 fuels were approximately equal. The minimum-speed altitude operational limit was essentially the same with either AN-F-58 or AN-F-32 fuel. Starting characteristics of the two fuels were approximately the same at low wind milling speeds. Visual o… more
Date: May 2, 1949
Creator: Meyer, Carl L.
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An Approximate Method for Estimating the Incompressible Laminar Boundary-Layer Characteristics on a Flat Plate in Slipping Flow

Description: Memorandum presenting an approximate method for the estimation of the properties of the incompressible laminar boundary layer on a flat plate in the slip-flow region using Karman's momentum method. At equivalent stations, the total thickness and the skin friction of a slipping boundary layer are less than that of the normal boundary layer at the same Reynolds number.
Date: May 2, 1949
Creator: Donaldson, Coleman duP.
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Biaxial Fatigue Strength of 24S-T Aluminum Alloy

Description: Note presenting an investigation to determine the fatigue-strength values for 24S-T aluminum alloy when subjected to various ratios of biaxial stresses. The stresses considered were both tensile. The results indicated that uniaxial fatigue-strength values in the longitudinal direction cannot be used to predict the fatigue strength, and that biaxial fatigue strength may be as low as 50 percent of the uniaxial fatigue strength.
Date: May 1949
Creator: Marin, Joseph & Shelson, William
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CHEMISTRY DIVISION, SECTION C-1 SUMMARY REPORT FOR JANUARY, FEBRUARY, AND MARCH 1949

Description: Physical and inorganic Chemistry. Studies are reported on: volatile complexes of ZrCl/sub 4/ and HfCl/sub 4/ with POCl/sub 3/; reaction of UCl/sub 4/ with LiAlH/sub 4/; preparation and properties of metal uranates and polyuranates; heats of solution of UO/sub 2/(NO/sub 3/)/sub 2/ hydrates; absorption spectra of Np in HClO/sub 4/, and separation of Np and Pu chlorides by a flow method. Process Chemistry. Extraction of Th from Mailiackrodt U raffinate was studied. Nuclear Chemistry aad Radiochemi… more
Date: May 12, 1949
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Comparison of Pitching Moments Obtained During Seaplane Landings With Values Predicted by Hydrodynamic Impact Theory

Description: Report presenting an investigation of pitching moments and center-of-pressure locations obtained from a landing investigation in smooth water of a conventional flying boat as compared to values predicted by general hydrodynamic impact theory. Landings were generally moderate and covered as wide a range of trim and velocities as practical. Results regarding the center of pressure and pitching moments are provided.
Date: May 1949
Creator: Haines, Gilbert A.
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Compressive Buckling of Flat Rectangular Metalite Type Sandwich Plates With Simply Supported Loaded Edges and Clamped Unloaded Edges

Description: Note presenting a theoretical solution for the problem of the compressive buckling of flat rectangular Metalite type sandwich plates with simply supported loaded edges and clamped unloaded edges. The solution is based on the general small-deflection theory for flat sandwich plates developed in a previous report. Results regarding stability orientation and buckling curves, comparison with approximate solution, correction for plasticity, and comparison of theory and experiment are provided.
Date: May 1949
Creator: Seide, Paul
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Critical Axial-Compressive Stress of a Curved Rectangular Panel With a Central Longitudinal Stiffener

Description: "A theoretical solution is presented for the critical axial-compressive stress of a simply supported curved rectangular panel having a central longitudinal stiffener offering no torsional restraint. The results are presented in the form of computed curves and tables. Because a panel of moderate or large curvature buckles in compression at a stress lower than the theoretical value, a method is suggested to aid in determining the critical stress for use in design" (p. 1).
Date: May 1949
Creator: Schildcrout, Murry & Stein, Manuel
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Design and calibration of a total-temperature probe for use at supersonic speeds

Description: Report presenting a study of the factors involved in the design of total-temperature probes for use at supersonic speeds as applied to the design of an instrument to be used in wind-tunnel calibrations. Tests of the probe showed that the calibration factor required in the conversion of the measured temperature to the true total temperature was 0.992 for a range of Mach numbers.
Date: May 1949
Creator: Goldstein, David L. & Scherrer, Richard
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Effect of hot-gas bleedback ice prevention on performance of a turbojet engine with fixed-area tail-pipe nozzle

Description: Report presenting the results of an analytical investigation, which demonstrated that the inlet of a turbojet engine can be protected from ice accretions by bleeding hot gases from other locations within the engine to the inlet without undue loss in thrust. Results regarding the bleedback requirements, engine performance, effect of nozzle area, mixing efficiency, and seriousness of thrust losses are provided.
Date: May 16, 1949
Creator: Dietz, Robert O., Jr. & Krebs, Richard P.
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Effect of the Acceleration of Elongated Bodies of Revolution Upon the Resistance in a Compressible Flow

Description: The problem of the motion of an elongated body of revolution in an incompressible fluid may, as is known, be solved approximately with the aid of the distribution of sources along the axis of the body. In determining the velocity field, the question of whether the body moves uniformly or with an acceleration is no factor in the problem. The presence of acceleration must be taken into account in determining the pressures acting on the body. The resistance of the body arising from the accelerated… more
Date: May 1949
Creator: Frankl, F. I.
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An Electric Thrust Meter Suitable for Flight Investigation of Propellers

Description: A lightweight instrument that utilizes resistance-wire electric strain gases to measure propeller-shaft thrust has been developed. A wind-tunnel investigation on a propeller installed, on a single-engine pursuit airplane showed that the instrument gave a reliable indication of propeller-shaft thrust to an accuracy of +/-2 percent within its calibrated range. No attempt was made to determine the relation of indicated shaft thrust to net propeller thrust.
Date: May 9, 1949
Creator: Perkins, Porter J., Jr. & Millenson, Morton B.
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Experimental investigation of hot-gas bleedback for ice protection of turbojet engines 2: nacelle with long straight air inlet

Description: Report presenting aerodynamic and icing investigations conducted in the icing research tunnel on a model of a turbojet-engine nacelle with a long straight air inlet in order to provide basic design criteria for hot-gas blowback systems. The most uniform temperature distribution was obtained with a bleedback of 4.4 percent at a gas temperature of 1000 degrees Fahrenheit and resulted in an average dry-air-temperature rise of 46 degrees Fahrenheit.
Date: May 26, 1949
Creator: Callaghan, Edmund E. & Ruggeri, Robert S.
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Experimental investigation of liquid diborane - liquid oxygen propellant combination in 100-pound-thrust rocket engine

Description: Report presenting the specific impulse of liquid diborane and liquid oxygen over a range of mixture ratios in a 100-pound-thrust rocket engine operating at a combustion-chamber pressure of 300 pounds per square inch absolute. A faired curve through the experimental data had approximately the same shape as the theoretical curve.
Date: May 9, 1949
Creator: Rowe, William H.; Ordin, Paul M. & Diehl, John M.
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Final report on Production Test No. 105-245-P -- Effectiveness of cadmium coated splines

Description: This report discussed cadmium coated splines which have been developed to supplement the regular control rod systems under emergency shutdown conditions from higher power levels. The objective of this test was to determine the effectiveness of one such spline placed in a tube in the central zone of a pile, and of two splines in the same tube. In addition, the process control group of the P Division asked that probable spline requirements for safe operation at various power levels be estimated, … more
Date: May 19, 1949
Creator: Carson, A. B.
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Gas Motion in a Local Supersonic Region and Conditions of Potential-Flow Breakdown

Description: "For a certain Mach number of the oncoming flow, the local velocity first reaches the value of the local velocity of sound (M = 1) at some point on the surface of the body located within the flow. This Mach number is designated the critical Mach number M(sub cr). By increasing the flow velocity, a supersonic local region is formed bounded by the body contour and the line of transition from subsonic to supersonic velocity. As is shown by observations with the Toepler apparatus, at a certain flow… more
Date: May 1949
Creator: Nikolskii, A. A. & Taganov, G. I.
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High-subsonic damping-in-roll characteristics of a wing with the quarter-chord line swept back 35 degrees and with aspect ratio 3 and taper ratio 0.6

Description: Report presenting an investigation of the damping-in-roll characteristics of a 35 degree sweptback wing, with and without vertical fins, through a range of Mach numbers in the high speed 7- by 10-foot tunnel utilizing a free-to-roll technique. The damping-in-roll coefficient increased in magnitude with Mach number in the manner indicated by theory and generally was found to increase in magnitude with angle of attack over the range tested.
Date: May 10, 1949
Creator: Myers, Boyd C., II & Kuhn, Richard E.
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