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Derivation of charts for determining the horizontal tail load variation with any elevator motion

Description: Report presenting equations relating the wing and tail loads are derived for a unit elevator displacement. The equations are converted into a nondimensoinal form and charts are given that can be used to predict wing- and tail-load-increment variation for any type of elevator motion and for degrees of airplane stability.
Date: January 1943
Creator: Pearson, Henry A.
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Icing Tests of Aircraft-Engine Induction Systems

Description: Report presenting a program of icing tests conducted on an aircraft-engine induction system consisting of a Wright R-1820, G-200 blower section, Holley 1375-F carburetor and adapter, and specially built air scoop. The primary purpose of the investigation was to determine the effect of a number of possible factors on icing of engine-induction systems, including carburetor-air temperature, air-moisture content, water-droplet size, throttle opening, mixture ratio, rate of air flow, altitude, and o… more
Date: January 1943
Creator: Kimball, Leo B.
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Wind Tunnel Investigation of Control-Surface Characteristics 11: Various Large Overhang and Internal-Type Aerodynamic Balances for a Straight- Contour Flap on the NACA 0015 Airfoil

Description: Report presenting force-test measurements in two-dimensional flow in the 4- by 6-foot vertical tunnel to determine the characteristics of several different shaped overhang-type aerodynamic balances applied to a straight-contour flap mounted on an NACA 0015 airfoil. The flap with blunt-nose overhang was overbalanced throughout certain ranges of flap deflection. Results regarding precision, lift, flap hinge moments, pitching moment, and drag are provided.
Date: January 1943
Creator: Sears, Richard I. & Hoggard, H. Page, Jr.
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Wind Tunnel Investigation of Control Surface Characteristics: [Part] 12 - Various Cover-Plate Alinements on the NACA 0015 Airfoil With a 30 Percent Chord Flap and Large Sealed Internal Balance

Description: Report presenting force-test measurements in two-dimensional flow made in the 4- by 6-foot vertical tunnel to determine the aerodynamic effects of changing the alignment of the cover plates on a sealed internally balanced flap. Manufacturing imperfections in the alignment of the cover plates with the airfoil contour may have serious effects on the resultant hinge moment of a flap with a sealed internal balance. Results regarding lift, flap hinge moments, pitching moment, and drag are provided.
Date: January 1943
Creator: Hoggard, H. Page, Jr.
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Theory and preliminary flight tests of an all-movable vertical tail surface

Description: Report presenting flight testing of an improved type of all-movable tail surface. The particular arrangement tested provides control-free stability and a stable variation of the control forces during maneuvers. Results regarding rudder effectiveness, directional stability, rudder-free lateral motion, and rudder-free turns are provided.
Date: January 1943
Creator: Jones, Robert T. & Kleckner, Harold F.
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Wind-Tunnel Investigation of a Plain Aileron with Various Trailing-Edge Modifications on a Tapered Wing 3: Ailerons with Simple and Spring-Linked Balancing Tabs

Description: Aerodynamics data are obtained for the design of linked balancing tabs and effect of varied tab span and location to produce suitable lateral control characteristics with reasonable stick pressures for high-speed aircraft. Simple and spring-linked balancing tabs may considerably reduce control pressures if aileron system is designed for low maximum aileron deflection. Spring-linked tabs also decrease variation of stick pressure with speed and impart better controlllability at low speeds.
Date: January 1943
Creator: Purser, Paul E. & Rogallo, F. M.
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Wind-tunnel investigation of a plain aileron with thickened and beveled trailing edges on a tapered low-drag wing

Description: Report presenting an investigation in the 7- by 10-foot tunnel of various modifications of the trailing-edge portion of a 0.20-chord plain aileron on a partial-span model of a tapered low-drag wing. The modifications tested included various amounts of symmetrical and unsymmetrical thickening and beveling of the aileron trailing edge. Results regarding coefficients and corrections, characteristics with ailerons neutral, characteristics with ailerons deflected, aileron trim characteristics, and e… more
Date: January 1943
Creator: Purser, Paul E. & McKee, John W.
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Wind-tunnel investigation of profile drag and lift of an intermediate wing section of the XP-51 airplane with beveled trailing-edge and contour ailerons

Description: Report presenting the results of flight investigations showing that a beveled trailing-edge aileron gives as low or a lower profile drag than a contour aileron. Section profile drag and lift coefficients with two different types of ailerons were obtained at 3 different Reynolds numbers.
Date: January 1943
Creator: Abbott, Frank T., Jr. & Underwood, William J.
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The significance of the time concept in engine detonation

Description: Report presenting an experimental technique developed by means of which the variables affecting the time element in the detonation process in a spark-ignition engine can be controlled and approximately measured. Results indicated that higher maximum permissible pressures can be used if the rate of compression of the end gas is increased. Suggestions for future study are provided.
Date: January 1943
Creator: Leary, W. A. & Taylor, E. S.
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Tests of Aluminum-Alloy Stiffened-Sheet Specimens Cut From an Airplane Wing

Description: "The specimens used in the present tests were cut from an actual airplane wing of the stressed-skin type. The specimens thus obtained were not representative of the usual type of laboratory specimens because the stiffeners were not exactly parallel nor evenly spaced and, in one case, the skin consisted of pieces of sheet of different thicknesses. The test data obtained indicate that the buckling strain of stiffened curved sheet can be computed with reasonable accuracy by the equation given by W… more
Date: January 1943
Creator: Holt, Marshall
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Effect of Fillers and of Mixing Procedure on the Strength of Plastic Materials

Description: Note presenting a study to prepare a series of molding powders with the use of a given plastic and given fillers in varying proportions and to determine the effect of the differences in composition of the molding powders on certain physical properties of standard test pieces molded from them.
Date: January 1943
Creator: Kynoch, William & Patronsky, L. A.
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Torsional strength of aluminum-alloy round tubing

Description: Report presenting an analysis of existing data on aluminum-alloy tubing with a wide range of plastic properties in order to establish a useful empirical relationship between tensile yield and ultimate strengths, diameter-thickness ratios, and torsional strengths within the range of plastic buckling.
Date: January 1943
Creator: Moore, R. L.
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Tests of flat panels with four types of stiffeners

Description: Report presenting testing of fifty-one aluminum-alloy panels as flat-end columns. The test specimens included all possible combinations of two lengths, four stiffener spacings, and four stiffener designs, and were mostly in duplicate pairs. Results regarding the panel bending tests, panel compression tests, and column tests of individual stiffeners are provided.
Date: January 1943
Creator: Niles, Alfred S.
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Torsional Elastic Properties of 18:8 Chromium-Nickel Steel as Affected by Plastic Deformation and by Heat Treatment

Description: Note presenting a study made of the relationship between torsional stress, strain, and permanent set for 18:8 chromium-nickel steel in the annealed, half-hard, and hard conditions. The influence of plastic extension, plastic torsion, and annealing temperature on the torsional elastic properties is discussed.
Date: January 1943
Creator: Mebs, R. W. & McAdam, D. J., Jr.
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Large-Deflection Theory for End Compression of Long Rectangular Plates Rigidly Clamped Along Two Edges

Description: "The von Karman equations for flat plates are solved beyond the buckling load up to edge strains equal to eight time the buckling strain, for the extreme case of rigid clamping along the edges parallel to the load. Deflections, bending stresses, and membrane stresses are given as a function of end compressive load. The theoretical values of effective width are compared with the values derived for simple support along the edges parallel to the load" (p. 1).
Date: January 1943
Creator: Levy, Samuel & Krupen, Philip
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Torsion tests of 24S-T aluminum-alloy noncircular bar and tubing

Description: From Summary: "Tests of 24S-T aluminum alloy have been made to determine the yield and ultimate strengths in torsion of noncircular bar and tubing. An approximate basis for predicting these torsional strength characteristics has been indicated. The results show that the torsional stiffness and maximum shearing stresses within the elastic range may be computed quite closely by means of existing formulas based on mathematical analysis and the membrane analogy."
Date: January 1943
Creator: Moore, R. L. & Paul, D. A.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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An experimental survey of flow across banks of elliptical and pointed tubes

Description: Report presenting an experimental survey of the details of the flow of fluids across banks of streamline tubes as a continuation of previous work. Information that clarifies the picture of flow has been obtained by surveys of total, dynamic, and static pressure, and hot-wire cooling surveys of the unheated tubes.
Date: January 1943
Creator: Joyner, Upshur T. & Palmer, Carl B.
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General free to trim tests in NACA tank no.2 of three 1/8-full-size models of flying-boat hulls at low speeds-NACA models 116E-3K, 120R, and 143

Description: Report presenting tests of representative models of flying boat hulls to determine the resistance at low speeds. Results regarding the effect of load coefficients, resistance coefficients, and towing and drifting calculations are provided.
Date: January 1943
Creator: Carter, Arthur W.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Effect of Amphibious Floats on the Power-Off Stability and Control Characteristics of a Twin-Engine Cargo Airplane

Description: Report presenting power-off wind tunnel tests of a scale model of a twin-engine cargo airplane equipped with amphibious floats. Longitudinal and lateral stability and control characteristics were investigated for three flap positions.
Date: January 18, 1943
Creator: Belsley, Steven E. & Jackson, Roy P.
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Comparison of various methods for computing drag from wake surveys

Description: "The various equations for computing profile drag by the momentum method are examined, and the errors arising from complete or partial neglect of compressibility effects in the Jones equation and the Bicknell equation are evaluated. The integrating method of Silverstein and Katzoff is shown to be accurate over a wide range of Mach number and wake shapes" (p. 1).
Date: January 1943
Creator: Davis, Wallace F.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Effect on Stability and Control of a Pusher Propeller Behind Conventional Tail Surfaces as Determined by Tests of a Powered Model in the Free-Flight Tunnel

Description: Report presenting an investigation of the effects on stability and control of a pusher propeller behind conventional horizontal and vertical tail surfaces in the free-flight tunnel by tests of a scale model of a submerged-engine pusher airplane. The investigation consisted of flight and balance tests at windmilling and high-power conditions with a partial-span Zap extensible flap extended and retracted. Results regarding the longitudinal stability, longitudinal control, stalling characteristics… more
Date: January 1943
Creator: Campbell, John P. & Hollingworth, Thomas A.
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Tests of two models representing intermediate inboard and outboard wing sections of the XB-36 airplane

Description: Report presenting testing in the two-dimensional low-turbulence pressure tunnel and the two-dimensional low-turbulence tunnel of two models made by the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation, one of the outboard section and one of the inboard section.
Date: January 1943
Creator: Bogdonoff, Seymour M.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A preliminary study of the effect of compressive load on the fairness of a low-drag wing specimen with Z-section stiffeners

Description: "A low-drag airfoil specimen was loaded in compression, and surveys of the fairness of the surface were made at different stresses as well as at zero load after successively higher stresses had been applied and removed. The tests reported and the discussion of the significance of the results obtained suggest a procedure for determining the probable outcome of a particular type of construction for a low-drag wing" (p. 1).
Date: January 1943
Creator: Jacobs, Eastman N.; Lundquist, Eugene E.; Davidson, Milton & Houbolt, John C.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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