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Production test 105-2-P (Supplement A) - Activity of pile discharge water (Activation of manganese and iron)

Description: This report discusses the Production Test 105-2-P (Supplement A) -- Activity of Pile Discharge Water. Previous studies of pile discharge water have shown that one of two processes is responsible for the large but variable amount of Mn{sup 56} activity present in the water. One process is the production of Mn{sup 56} by the reaction Mn{sup 55} on manganese impurity in the water. The amount of such impurity has been shown to be too small to produce the observed amount of Mn{sup 56} unless the mea… more
Date: May 8, 1946
Creator: West, J.M.
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A General Method of Selecting Foam Inhibitors

Description: Note presenting a criterion for selecting foam inhibitors from insoluble liquids that form emulsions with the foaming liquid. By determining the surface tensions of the foaming liquid and of the additive saturated with that liquid and the interfacial tension between them, spreading and entering coefficients may be calculated. A mechanism of foam inhibition is also described.
Date: May 1946
Creator: Robinson, J. V. & Woods, W. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Transmittal Letter Regarding Eleven Graphs Showing the Quantity of Dissolved Oxygen in the Columbia and Yakima Rivers

Description: This document contains information concerning the dissolved oxygen content of the Columbia River and Yakima Rivers near the Hanford Production Reactors on May 3, 1946. Data is presented in graphed form with weekly variations plotted.
Date: May 3, 1946
Creator: Valente, F. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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100 Areas: (For Technical Progress Letter No. 97), May 7--13

Description: Physics information for the D and F piles is presented. Thermal conductivity, reactivity, and irradiation levels are included. Concerning the cooling systems: process water control, pressure drip studies, purging studies, corrosion, and gun barrel clearance of expanded graphite are discussed. (GHH)
Date: May 17, 1946
Creator: Jordan, W. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Deposition of Plutonium and Certain Fission Products in Bone as a Decontamination Problem

Description: The following report discusses the deposition of radioactive elements during a nuclear fission in the skeleton. Studies are concerned with chronic effects of toxic radiation developing within the bone marrow and decontaminating the cells.
Date: May 15, 1946
Creator: Copp, D. Harold; Greenberg, David M. & Hamilton, Joseph G.
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Some Notes on the Effects of Jet-Exit Design on Static Longitudinal Stability

Description: Report discussing several types of jet-exit designs, including normal, beveled, and unsymmetrical shapes, and their effect on the stability characteristics of the aircraft. No deviation of the jet center line from its exposed path is likely to be obtained if a jet exist is used that is normal to the flow. Having a tilted or asymmetrical exit was found to adversely affect the stability of the aircraft.
Date: May 1946
Creator: Gillis, Clarence L. & Weil, Joseph
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Tests of the Jet-Motor Air-Intake Duct System on a 1/4-Scale Stub-Wing Model of a Pursuit-Type Airplane

Description: Report discussing the characteristics of the jet-motor air-intake duct system for a pursuit-type airplane with modifications to the duct system. Details of its effects on the Mach number, high pressure recovery, drag, and simplicity of the system are provided. Problems regarding the flow condition through the ducts and some potential modifications to prevent further issues are also described.
Date: May 1946
Creator: Hanson, Frederick H., Jr.
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Hydraulic Characteristics of the NACA Injection Impeller

Description: Report discussing a mock-up injection impeller created to investigate the hydraulic characteristics and limitations of the NACA injection impeller currently in use. Information about the form and magnitude of critical factors of fuel-transfer leakage and peripheral fuel distribution is provided as well as the effects of design variations of components on hydraulic characteristics. Several revisions in portions of the impeller are suggested to improve its fuel-transfer, fuel-pumping, and fuel-eq… more
Date: May 1946
Creator: Ritter, William K.; Johnsen, Irving A. & Lieblein, Seymour
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Comparison of Static Strengths of Machine Countersunk Riveted Joints in 24S-T, X75S-T, and Alclad 75S-T Sheet

Description: Note presenting static tests made on machine-countersunk riveted joints in 24S-T, X75S-T, and Alclad 75S-T sheet using A17S-T and 24S-T rivets. In order to intensify the cutting action of the rivets, all specimens were made with the depth of countersink just equal to the thickness of the sheet.
Date: May 1946
Creator: Hartmann, E. C. & Zamboky, A. N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Bending-Torsion Flutter Calculations Modified by Subsonic Compressibility Corrections

Description: Report presenting a number of calculations of bending-torsion wing flutter at two Mach numbers and a comparison of the results. The results indicated that the effect of compressibility on flutter speed for subsonic speeds with no shocks, although complicated, is relatively small in the usual cases.
Date: May 1946
Creator: Garrick, I. E.
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Strain Measurements and Strength Tests of 25-Inch Diagonal-Tension Beams of 75S-T Aluminum Alloy

Description: Note presenting a series of diagonal-tension beams tested to determine the accuracy of previously published design charts and formulas for beams of 24S-T aluminum alloy when used to analyze beams of 75S-T aluminum alloy. Results regarding stresses in the uprights, failure of the uprights, and web failure of beam 8 are provided.
Date: May 1946
Creator: Peterson, James P.
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Stresses Around Large Cut-Outs in Torsion Boxes

Description: The problem treated here is that of the stresses in a torsion box with a large rectangular cut-out. The theoretical treatment is confined to stresses termed the 'primary stresses.' Comparison of the theoretical results with strain gage data for a series of cut-outs indicates that the primary stresses are probably adequate for designing the major part of the structure, the only important exception being in the design of the cover sheet in the full section adjacent to the cut-out.
Date: May 1946
Creator: Kuhn, Paul & Moggio, Edwin M.
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Wind Tunnel Investigation of Effect of Wing Location, Power, and Flap Deflection on Effective Dihedral of a Typical Single-Engine Fighter-Airplane Model With Tail Removed

Description: Note presenting an investigation of the effect of wing location, power, and flap deflection on the effective dihedral of a typical single-engine fighter-airplane model. The model, which was tested in the 7- by 10-foot tunnel, had provisions for placing the wing in either one of two vertical locations. The results are presented as curves of lateral-stability derivatives against lift coefficient.
Date: May 1946
Creator: Tucker, Warren A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Effect of the NACA Injection Impeller on the Mixture Distribution of a Double-Row Radial Aircraft Engine

Description: For the normal range of engine power the impeller provided marked improvement over the standard spray-bar injection system. Mixture distribution at cruising was excellent, maximum cylinder temperatures were reduced about 30 degrees F, and general temperature distribution was improved. The uniform mixture distribution restored the normal response of cylinder temperature to mixture enrichment and it reduced the possibility of carburetor icing, while no serious loss in supercharger pressure rise r… more
Date: May 1946
Creator: Marble, Frank E.; Ritter, William K. & Miller, Mahlon A.
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Comparison of Two-Dimensional Air Flows About an NACA 0012 Airfoil of 1-Inch Chord at Zero Lift in Open and Closed 3-Inch Jets and Corrections for Jet-Boundary Interference

Description: Note presenting pressure distributions and schileren photographs for the high-speed flow about a symmetrical airfoil at zero lift in open and closed jets in order to show the nature of the jet-boundary interference. Results regarding the application of jet-boundary-interference theory, analysis of experimental wall-interference data and comparison with theory, conditions near choking, and change of velocity ratio with Mach number are provided.
Date: May 1946
Creator: Wright, Ray H. & Donaldson, Coleman duP.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Comparison of several methods of predicting the pressure loss at altitude across a baffled aircraft-engine cylinder

Description: Report presenting several methods of predicting the compressible-flow pressure loss across a baffled aircraft-engine cylinder that were analytically and experimentally investigated on a typical air-cooled aircraft-engine cylinder. Results regarding the evaluation of data, comparative accuracy of correction methods, and ability to apply information about heat transfer to compressible-flow pressure-drop predictions are provided.
Date: May 1946
Creator: Neustein, Joseph & Schafer, Louis J., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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