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Tests of a Thermal Ice-Prevention System for a Wing Leading-Edge Landing-Light Installation

Description: Report discussing the creation of a thermal ice-prevention system of a bomber-type airplane to provide protection against ice and fog formations on the transparent fairing over the landing light in the wing leading edge. A comparison between the design performance and actual performance showed that the outer-surface heat-transfer coefficient was correctly predicted, but the inner-surface heat-transfer coefficient was four times as large, leading to failure of the plastic fairing.
Date: December 1944
Creator: Hillendahl, Wesley H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Performance of an exhaust-gas "blowdown" turbine on a nine-cylinder radial engine

Description: Report presenting tests on an exhaust-gas turbine with four separate nozzle boxes each covering a 90 degree arc of the nozzle diaphragm and each connected to a pair of adjacent cylinders in a Pratt & Whitney R-1340-12 nine-cylinder radial engine. Results regarding the power output of the engine and turbine, effect of the turbine on engine power, turbine power output and speed characteristics, mean turbine efficiency, effect of the blowdown turbine on exhaust-gas temperature, and condition of th… more
Date: December 1944
Creator: Turner, L. Richard & Desmon, Leland G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Wall interference in a two-dimensional-flow wind tunnel with consideration of the effect of compressibility

Description: Report presenting tunnel-wall corrections for an airfoil of finite thickness and camber in a two-dimensional-flow wind tunnel. The theory takes account of the effects of the wake of the airfoil and of the compressibility of the fluid and is based on the assumption that the chord of the airfoil is small in comparison with the height of the tunnel. The theoretical results are compared with the small amount of low-speed experimental data available and agreement is seen to be satisfactory, even for… more
Date: December 1944
Creator: Allen, H. Julian & Vincenti, Walter G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Advanced map and aerial photograph reading.

Description: "The purpose of this manual is to provide a text on advanced map and aerial photograph reading for military personnel who throughly understand the basic material in FM 21-25." (Page 1.)
Date: December 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Physical reconditioning.

Description: Describes the purpose and functions of the Physical Reconditioning portion of the U.S. Army's Reconditioning Program, for the treatment of convalescent soldiers who have been wounded or who have experienced prolonged illness.
Date: December 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Health Hazard From a Long-Lived Rare Gas Activity

Description: In considering the health hazard of long-lived rare gas activity as a complication of the stack gas problem, the author evaluates briefly two physical-physiological conditions: first, that the body is subjected to external radiation from an infinite cloud of activity, and, second, that the gaseous activity is respired and its daughter products are deposited in the lungs. It is concluded that no additional hazard is to be expected from the long-lived gaseous activity.
Date: December 16, 1944
Creator: Sullivan, W. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Melting Point -- Composition Diagrams in the U-UBr3 System

Description: Abstract. A portion of the liquid-solid phase equilibrium region of the system U-UBr3 has been investigated by the method of thermal analysis. Uranium tribromide was prepared by introducing bromine vapor into a bulb containing finely divided uranium formed from the hydride. Cooling curves were obtained with tribromide and then with various compositions of tribromide and uranium. the information obtained showed that no solid sub halide exists but that the metal was soluble in the halide.
Date: December 20, 1944
Creator: Thurmond, Carl
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Mountain Broadcast and Prairie Recorder, Number 2, December 1944

Description: The Mountain Broadcast and Prairie Recorder was dedicated to information about folk and country songs and singers in the United States, with articles, photos, and a section of sheet music. These issues are from the collection of Floy Case, a pioneering music journalist who wrote many articles for this publication.
Date: December 1944
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Neutron Distribution Around a black Sphere with a Gap

Description: Abstract. Successive approximations ae obtained from transport theory for the neutron distribution around a black sphere surrounded by a spherical gap and a non-absorbing medium extending to infinity. Six cases are calculated numerically to show the difference between this treatment and simple diffusion theory. The extrapolation distance and a quantity that is essentially the thermal utilization are calculated in different approximations. It is found that the neutron density in the gap, instead… more
Date: December 5, 1944
Creator: Plass, G. N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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On the Statistics of Rod Warping

Description: Abstract. The probability of exceeding assigned values of displacements or forces in simple rod models assembled from slugs picked at random is discussed, and some estimate for the statistical gain resulting from use of shorter slugs is obtained. The probability that a rod with self-warping will touch the top of the tube appears great enough to justify a recommendation of the use of top ribs.
Date: December 28, 1944
Creator: Martin, A. V. & Young, G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Biological Action of Gamma and X-Rays

Description: Report of experimentation on mice of exposure to daily doses of gamma radiation at two rates and the resultant damage.
Date: December 22, 1944
Creator: Lorenz, E.; Eschenbrenner, A.; Derringer, M. & Heston, W. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Activator, Volume 1, Number 3, December 1944

Description: This publication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society includes information about research, prominent scientist, organizational business, and various other stories of interest to the community. Published monthly during long academic semesters.
Date: December 1944
Creator: American Chemical Society. Dallas/Fort Worth Section.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Wind Tunnel Investigation of the Effects of Slot Shape and Flap Location on the Characteristics of a Low-Drag Airfoil Equipped with a 0.25-Chord Slotted Flap

Description: Tests were conducted at dynamic pressure of 50 lb per square foot with lift drag and pitch moment measurements throughout useful angle of attack range for constant flap deflection and position of a low-drag airfoil. Two slots were investigated and practical flap paths were selected for each Slot shape had a negligible effect on the maximum lift coefficient flap deflected, the rounded-entry slot had lower profile drag.
Date: December 1944
Creator: Holtzclaw, Ralph W. & Weisman, Yale
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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High-Speed Wind-Tunnel Tests of Semispan Horizontal Tails With Fabric-Covered and Metal-Covered Elevators for a Bomber Airplane

Description: "This report contains the results of tests of a full-scale semispan horizontal tail plane of a bomber airplane. The effects of fabric distortion on the aerodynamic characteristics of the elevator are determined by comparing the aerodynamic characteristics of a fabric-covered elevator with those of a metal-covered elevator. In addition, the results of cutting holes in the balance seal, the effect of fixing transition, the tab effectiveness both sealed and unsealed, and the section drag of this t… more
Date: December 18, 1944
Creator: Erickson, Albert L. & Nelson, Warren H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Knock-limited power outputs from a CFR engine using internal coolants 1: monomethylamine and dimethylamine

Description: Report presenting an investigation to determine the knock-limited power obtainable by injecting water solutions of monomethylamine and dimethylamine as internal coolants into a CFR engine using AN-F-28, Amendment-2, fuel.
Date: December 1944
Creator: Bellman, Donald R.; Moeckel, W. E. & Evvard, John C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Power-Off Tests of the Northrop N9M-2 Tailless Airplane in the 40- by 80-Foot Wind Tunnel

Description: Report discussing tests on the N9M-2 airplane to evaluate the airplane efficiency factor and to investigate the characteristics of the aeroboost in the elevon control system. The efficiency factor compared reasonably well to conventional airplanes and the aeroboost system and valve-chatter tests were satisfactory.
Date: December 14, 1944
Creator: Stevens, Victor I., Jr. & McCormack, Gerald M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Flight Tests of the High-Speed Performance of a P-51B Airplane (AAF No. 43-12105)

Description: Report discussing testing to check the improvement of 3 or 4 miles per hour in the maximum speed of the P-51B airplane as a result of sealing the wing-gun access doors and flap-spar lightening holes. Large variations in speed were observed during testing, so additional testing and analysis was carried out to determine the effects of various factors that were suspected of contributing to the inconsistency of the plane's performance.
Date: December 18, 1944
Creator: Voglewede, T. J. & Danforth, E. C. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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