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Accelerations Measured at Center of Gravity and Along Span of the Wing of a B-24D Airplane in Landing Impacts

Description: Report presenting measurements of a Consolidated B-24D airplane of accelerations at various points on the wing during landing impacts. landings were made with the wheels initially stationary but free to rotate, with the brakes set before contact, and with the main wheels rotating prior to contact.
Date: August 1944
Creator: Westfall, John R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Accuracy of Approximate Methods for Predicting Pressures on Pointed Nonlifting Bodies of Revolution in Supersonic Flow

Description: Note presenting an investigation of the accuracy and range of applicability of the linearized theory, second-order theory, tangent-cone method, conical-shock-expansion theory, and Newtonian theory for predicting pressure distributions on pointed bodies of revolution at zero angle of attack. Three shapes, cone, ogive, and a modified optimum body, are investigated over a wide range of fineness ratios and Mach numbers. The results indicated that for most combinations of fineness ratio and Mach num… more
Date: August 1952
Creator: Ehret, Dorris M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Aerodynamic Characteristics of a Circular Cylinder at Mach Number 6.86 and Angles of Attack Up to 90 Degrees

Description: "Pressure-distribution and force tests of a circular cylinder have been made in the Langley 11-inch hypersonic tunnel at a Mach number of 6.88, a Reynolds number of 129,000, and angles of attack up to 90 degrees. The results are compared with the hypersonic approximation of Grimminger, Williams, and Young and a simple modification of the Newtonian flow theory. An evaluation of the crossflow theory is made through comparison of present results with available crossflow Mach number drag coefficien… more
Date: January 1957
Creator: Penland, Jim A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Aerodynamic characteristics of a full-span trailing-edge control on a 60 degree delta wing with and without a spoiler at Mach number 1.61

Description: Report presenting an investigation at Mach number 1.61. to determine the aerodynamic characteristics of a full-span trailing-edge control on a 60 degree delta wing with and without a partial-span spoiler mounted on the wing just ahead of the control. Pressure distribution and hinge-moment measurements were made over a range of angles of attack and control deflection. Results indicated that regions of increase pressure due to flow separation ahead of the control at the larger control deflections… more
Date: March 10, 1954
Creator: Lord, Douglas R. & Czarnecki, K. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Aerodynamic characteristics of several 6-percent-thick airfoils at angles of attack from 0 degrees to 20 degrees at high subsonic speeds

Description: Report presenting two-dimensional tests of eight 6-percent-thick symmetrical airfoils of the supersonic and subsonic types. Static pressures along the surfaces of each airfoil measured over a range of Mach numbers and angles of attack. Results regarding lift coefficient, drag coefficient, quarter-chord pitching-moment coefficient, and schileren photographs of the pressure distributions are provided.
Date: May 1955
Creator: Daley, Bernard N. & Lord, Douglas R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Aerodynamic characteristics of several tip controls on a 60 degree wing at a Mach number of 1.61

Description: Report presenting an investigation at a Mach number of 1.61 to determine the control effectiveness characteristics of seven tip controls on a 60 degree delta wing. Pressure distribution measurements were made for a range of angles of attack and control deflections. Results regarding the effect of control deflection, effect of wing angle of attack, effect of hinge-line location, effect of fences, and effect of control size and location are provided.
Date: August 5, 1954
Creator: Lord, Douglas R. & Czarnecki, K. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Aerodynamic characteristics of the NACA RM-10 research missile in the Ames 1- by 3-foot supersonic wind tunnel no. 2: Pressure and force measurements at Mach numbers of 1.52 and 1.98

Description: Report presenting an experimental investigation of the aerodynamic characteristics of a fin-stabilized body of revolution, designated as RM-10, in a supersonic wind tunnel. Pressure distributions and force characteristics were determined at two different Mach numbers. Results regarding pressure distributions, body-alone force tests, and body-tail combination force tests are provided.
Date: September 19, 1951
Creator: Perkins, Edward W.; Gowen, Forrest E. & Jorgensen, Leland H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Aerodynamic loadings associated with swept and unswept spoilers on a flat-plate at Mach numbers of 1.61 and 2.01

Description: Report presenting an investigation at two Mach numbers to examine the flow, force, and moment characteristics associated with spoilers mounted on a flat plate at a range of sweep angles. Pressure measurements were obtained over the plate and spoiler faces. The pressures were integrated to determine the spoiler lift, pitching-moment, drag, and hinge-moment characteristics.
Date: March 12, 1956
Creator: Lord, Douglas R. & Czarnecki, K. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Aerodynamics of slender bodies at Mach number of 3.12 and Reynolds numbers from 2 x 10(exp 6) to 15 x 10(exp 6) 4: aerodynamic characteristics of series of four bodies having near-parabolic noses and cylindrical afterbodies

Description: Pressure distributions and forces for a series of four bodies of revolution having nose-fineness ratios varying from 4 to 10 have been obtained and compared with theory for a Mach number of 3.12, a Reynolds number range of 2x10(sup)6 to 14x10(sup)6, and angles of attack from zero to 9 degrees. In general, a comparison of the experimental data with a second-order theory showed good agreement for the range of variables investigated.
Date: January 25, 1954
Creator: Jack, John R. & Moskowitz, Barry
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Altitude Starting Tests of a 1000-Pound-Thrust Solid-Propellant Rocket

Description: Four solid-propellant rocket engines of nominal 1000-pound-thrust were tested for starting characteristics at pressure altitudes ranging from 112,500 to 123,000 feet and at a temperature of -75 F. All engines ignited and operated successfully. Average chamber pressures ranged from 1060 to ll90 pounds per square inch absolute with action times from 1.51 to 1.64 seconds and ignition delays from 0.070 t o approximately 0.088 second. The chamber pressures and action times were near the specificatio… more
Date: August 27, 1952
Creator: Sloop, John L.; Rollbuhler, R. James & Krawczonek, Eugene M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Analysis of pressure distributions for a series of tip and trailing-edge controls on a 60 deg wing at Mach numbers of 1.61 and 2.01

Description: Report presenting an investigation at Mach numbers of 1.61 and 2.01 to determine the pressure distributions for a series of 20 controls on a 60 degree delta wing. Tests occurred at a range of angles of attack and control deflections. Results regarding basic pressure distributions, comparison of experimental and theoretical results, and experimental comparisons are provided.
Date: May 16, 1958
Creator: Lord, Douglas R. & Czarnecki, K. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Analysis of shock motion in ducts during disturbances in downstream pressure

Description: From Summary: "The effect of small downstream pressure distributions on the position of a normal shock in a duct with area variation is analyzed. For the analysis, the gas flow is treated as quasi-one-dimensional, and boundary layer is neglected. The analysis shows that there is a first-order lag relation between shock position and small downstream disturbances in pressure which occur at frequencies below a given limit."
Date: September 1957
Creator: Hurrell, Herbert G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Applicability of the hypersonic similarity rule to pressure distributions which include the effects of rotation for bodies of revolution at zero angle of attack

Description: The analysis of Technical Note 2250, 1950, is extended to include the effects of flow rotation. It is found that the theoretical pressure distributions over drive cylinders can be related by the hypersonic similarity rule with sufficient accuracy for most engineering purposes. The error introduced into pressure distributions and drag effective cylinders by ignoring the rotation term in the characteristic equations is investigated.
Date: June 1951
Creator: Rossow, Vernon J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Application of the generalized shock-expansion method to inclined bodies of revolution traveling at high supersonic airspeeds

Description: The generalized shock-expansion method is applied to obtain solutions to the flow field about pointed bodies of revolution at high supersonic airspeeds and small angles of attack. Simple explicit expressions are obtained for the surface Mach numbers and surface pressures in the special case of slender bodies. In the case of inclined cones, algebraic solutions are obtained defining the entire flow field. Experimental pressure-distribution data for cones and ogives at Mach numbers from 3 to 5 are… more
Date: April 1955
Creator: Savin, Raymond C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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An application of the method of characteristics to two-dimensional transonic flows with detached shock waves

Description: From Summary: "An application of the method of characteristics is presented which affords a means for determining the surface pressures for a class of two-dimensional airfoils of given nose shape and arbitrary rear part in a sonic or supersonic stream if surface pressure data are given for one member of the class. For engineering purposes, the method of characteristics may be replaced by a simple application of Prandtl-Meyer flow concepts. An explanation of the nonlinear force characteristics o… more
Date: March 1953
Creator: Harder, Keith C. & Klunker, E. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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An approximate determination of the lift of slender cylindrical bodies and wing-body combinations at very high supersonic speeds

Description: Report presenting a theory for very high supersonic flow as applied to determine a first approximation to the pressure distribution, lift, and drag due to lift for a slender cylindrical body of revolution and a wing-body combination. The method indicates that the flow effectively separates from the body before reaching the widest part of the cross section.
Date: October 1948
Creator: Ivey, H. Reese & Morrissette, Robert R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Basic pressure measurements on a fuselage and a 45 degrees sweptback wing-fuselage combination at transonic speeds in the slotted test section of the Langley 8-foot high-speed tunnel

Description: Report presenting the first results of pressure measurements obtained on a fuselage and a 45 degree sweptback wing-fuselage combination at transonic speeds in the slotted test section of the 8-foot high-speed tunnel. The test was part of a systematic investigation of varying amounts of sweepback on wings suitable for transonic flight. Results regarding the wing, fuselage, and fuselage with wing are provided.
Date: September 14, 1951
Creator: Loving, Donald L. & Williams, Claude V.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The belt method for measuring pressure distribution

Description: "The measurement of pressure distribution may be accomplished rapidly for any number of locations deemed necessary in model or full-scale investigations by use of the 'belt' method. Reasonable accuracy may be obtained by careful use of this method" (p. 1).
Date: February 1943
Creator: Corson, Blake W., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Boundary-layer and stalling characteristics of the NACA 63-009 airfoil section

Description: Report presenting a wind-tunnel investigation to determine the boundary-layer and stalling characteristics of the NACA 63-009 airfoil section. Pressure distributions, tuft studies, and boundary-layer measurements were obtained. A localized region of flow separation was found to develop on the upper surface of the airfoil near the leading edge.
Date: June 1949
Creator: Gault, Donald E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Buckling of thin-walled cylinder under axial compression and internal pressure

Description: An investigation was made of a thin-walled cylinder under axial compression and various internal pressures to study the effect of the internal pressure on the compressive buckling stress of the cylinder. A theoretical analysis based on a large-deflection theory was also made. The theoretically predicted increase of compressive buckling stress due to internal pressure agrees fairly well with the experimental results. (author).
Date: 1951
Creator: Lo, Hsu; Crate, Harold & Schwartz, Edward B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Calculated and measured pressure distributions over the midspan section of the NACA 4412 airfoil

Description: Pressures were simultaneously measured in the variable-density tunnel at 54 orifices distributed over the midspan section of 5 by 30 inch rectangular model of the NACA 4412 airfoil at 17 angles of attack ranging from -20 degrees to 30 degrees at a Reynolds number of approximately 3,000,000. Accurate data were thus obtained for studying the deviations of the results of potential-flow theory from measured results. The results of the analysis and a discussion of the experimental technique are pres… more
Date: March 25, 1936
Creator: Pinkerton, Robert M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Calculation of Pressure Distribution on Airship Hulls

Description: These calculations were based on the shape of the ZR III, with the following simplifications: cars, fins, and rudders removed; all cross sections replaced by equivalent circular cross sections. Under these assumptions the pressure distribution was calculated for the following cases: symmetrical case, or flow parallel to the axis; unsymmetrical case, or flow at an angle to the axis. In both cases the simple potential flow first forms the basis for the determination of the pressure distribution.
Date: July 1930
Creator: Von Karman, Theodor
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Calculation of the Pressure Distribution on Bodies of Revolution in the Subsonic Flow of a Gas Part 1 - Axially Symmetrical Flow

Description: "The present report concerns a method of computing the velocity and pressure distributions on bodies of revolution in axially symmetrical flow in the subsonic range. The differential equation for the velocity potential Phi of a compressible fluid motion is linearized tn the conventional manner, and then put in the form Delta(Phi) = 0 by affine transformation. The quantity Phi represents the velocity potential of a fictitious incompressible flow, for which a constant superposition of sources by … more
Date: July 1947
Creator: Bilharz, Herbert & Hölder, Ernst
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Calculation of the supersonic pressure distribution on a single-curved tapered wing in regions not influenced by the root or tip

Description: Report presenting the use of the shock-expansion method for the calculation of the pressure distribution on cylindrical wings in supersonic flow as extended to tapered wings made up of single-curved surfaces. The method applies in regions of the wing where the component of velocity normal to the surface rulings is supersonic and the flow is not influenced by the presence of the root or tip.
Date: June 1955
Creator: Vincenti, Walter G. & Fisher, Newman H., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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