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Comparison of NACA 65-series compressor-blade pressure distributions and performance in a rotor and in cascade

Description: An investigation has been conducted to compare the performance of NACA 65-series compressor blades in two-dimensional cascade with that in an axial flow compressor. Blade pressure distributions were obtained by the use of a mercury-seal pressure-transfer device. The comparison indicated that cascade data accurately predicted the turning angle and blade pressure distribution obtained in the compressor at design conditions.
Date: March 1957
Creator: Westphal, Willard R. & Godwin, William R.
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A comparison of typical National Gas Turbine Establishment and NACA axial-flow compressor blade sections in cascade at low speed

Description: Report presenting comparative low-speed cascade tests of the National Gas Turbine Establishment of Great Britain axial-flow compressor blade sections at a range of air-inlet angles and a solidity of 1.0 using the porous wall technique. Results regarding a comparison of performance characteristics of the NGTE and NACA axial-flow compressor blade sections and a comparison of NGTE and NACA low-speed cascade tests of the NGTE 10C4/30C50 section are provided.
Date: March 1957
Creator: Felix, A. Richard & Emery, James C.
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A correlation of low-speed, airfoil-section stalling characteristics with Reynolds number and airfoil geometry

Description: From Summary: "The low-speed stalling characteristics of a large number of airfoil sections have been correlated with Reynolds number and a single airfoil ordinate near the leading edge as the correlation parameters. The correlation is appropriate only to airfoils without high-lift devices in flows of very low turbulence and with aerodynamically smooth surfaces."
Date: March 1957
Creator: Gault, Donald E.
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The erosion of meteors and high-speed vehicles in the upper atmosphere

Description: From Summary: "A simple inelastic collision model of meteor-atmosphere interaction is used and analytic relations for velocity, deceleration, size, and relative luminous magnitude of meteors are derived and expressed in dimensionless parametric form. The analysis is compared with available quantitative observations of meteor behavior and it is indicated that a large fraction of the atmospheric bombardment energy is used in eroding meteor material. The erosion from large, high-speed vehicles as … more
Date: March 1957
Creator: Hansen, C. Frederick
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Experimental Comparison of Speed: Fuel-Flow and Speed-Area Controls on a Turbojet Engine for Small Step Disturbances

Description: Optimum proportional-plus-integral control settings for speed - fuel-flow control, determined by minimization of integral criteria, correlated well with analytically predicted optimum settings. Engine response data are given for a range of control settings around the optimum. An inherent nonlinearity in the speed-area loop necessitated the use of nonlinear controls. Response data for two such nonlinear control schemes are presented.
Date: March 1957
Creator: Wenzel, L. M.; Hart, C. E. & Craig, R. T.
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Experimental Investigation of Temperature Feedback Control Systems Applicable to Turbojet-Engine Control

Description: Temperature - fuel-flow and temperature-area feedback control systems were investigated as means of controlling tailpipe gas temperature of a turbojet engine during transient operation in the high-speed region. Proportional-plus-integral control was used in both systems, but in the temperature-area control system it was necessary to add nonlinear components to the basic proportional-plus-integral control to provide satisfactory transient response to a desired step increase in temperature. Time … more
Date: March 1957
Creator: Hart, C. E.; Wenzel, L. M. & Craig, R. T.
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Experimental investigation of the forces and moments due to sideslip of a series of triangular vertical- and horizontal-tail combinations at Mach numbers of 1.62, 1.93, and 2.41

Description: Report presenting an experimental investigation at three Mach numbers of a series of tail combinations consisting of a triangular vertical tail attached symmetrically to a triangular horizontal tail to determine the lateral force, yawing moment, and rolling moment due to sideslip. The results indicated that the lateral-force derivative and yawing-moment derivative were predicted satisfactorily with the method used with the exception of when leading edges approach a sonic condition.
Date: March 1957
Creator: Coletti, Donald E.
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Flight tests of a model of a high-wing transport vertical-take-off airplane with tilting wing and propellers and with jet controls at the rear of the fuselage for pitch and yaw control

Description: An investigation of the stability and control of a high-wing transport vertical-take-off airplane with four engines during constant-altitude transitions from hovering to normal forward flight was conducted with a remotely controlled free-flight model. The model had four propellers distributed along the wing with the thrust axes in the wing chord plane. The wing could be rotated to 90 degrees incidence so that the propeller thrust axes were vertical for hovering flight. An air jet at the rear of… more
Date: March 1957
Creator: Lovell, Powell M., Jr. & Parlett, Lysle P.
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An investigation at low speed of the flow over a simulated flat plate at small angles of attack using pitot-static and hot-wire probes

Description: Report presenting results from pitot-static and hot-wire anemometer surveys at low speed of the flow over a thin, sharp-edge airfoil which simulated a flat plate. The primary purpose was to obtain detailed measurements of the flow associated with the so-called thin-airfoil type of stall. Results regarding the preliminary tests, pressure distributions, mean flow measurements, velocity fluctuation measurements, and observations and measurements of the flow in the immediate vicinity of the leading… more
Date: March 1957
Creator: Gault, Donald E.
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An Investigation of High-Temperature Vacuum and Hydrogen Furnace Brazing

Description: Note presenting an investigation of the vacuum and hydrogen brazing of four heat-resistant alloys with two types of high-temperature brazing alloy. The effect of time at two brazing temperatures on the 1200 degrees Fahrenheit shear strength of joints and on the base-metal properties was studied. Shear specimens of all four base alloys brazed in hydrogen with box types of brazing alloy exhibited erratic joint coverage by the brazing alloys.
Date: March 1957
Creator: Russell, Walter E. & Wisner, John P.
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Investigation of separated flows in supersonic and subsonic streams with emphasis on the effect of transition

Description: Report presenting experimental and theoretical research on flow separation associated with steps, bases, compression corners, curved surfaces, shock-wave boundary-layer reflections, and configurations producing leading-edge separation. Results were obtained from pressure-distribution measurements, shadowgraph observations, high-speed motion pictures, and oil-film studies.
Date: March 1957
Creator: Chapman, Dean R.; Kuehn, Donald M. & Larson, Howard K.
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Investigation of the planing lift of a flat plate at speeds up to 170 feet per second

Description: Report presenting an investigation in the high-speed hydrodynamics facility to determine whether planing lift coefficient of a flat-bottom planing surface remains constant with increasing speed at the high towing speeds obtainable. The generally accepted assumption that there is no effect of speed on the lift coefficient of positive-pressure lifting surfaces is valid at least up to 170 fps.
Date: March 1957
Creator: Christopher, Kenneth W.
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Measurements of Lift Fluctuations Due to Turbulence

Description: Note presenting a study of the fluctuating lift of a rigid wing in turbulent flow and the power spectra of the lift and turbulent fluctuations. Using these measurements, the aerodynamic admittance of the wing was obtained. Results regarding the infinite wing and aspect-ratio effect are provided.
Date: March 1957
Creator: Lamson, P.
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Preliminary Data at a Mach Number of 2.40 of the Characteristics of Flap-Type Controls Equipped With Plain Overhang Balances

Description: Report presenting an investigation at Mach number 2.40 to determine the aerodynamic characteristics of plain overhang balances on flap-type controls. Testing was performed on a two-dimensional wing with three trailing-edge flaps with balance lengths of 38, 60, and 82 percent of the flap chord. The effect of wing-flap gap size were investigated for the flap with 38 percent balance.
Date: March 1957
Creator: Mueller, James N. & Czarnecki, K. R.
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A study of sprays formed by two impinging jets

Description: Report presenting an investigation of the spray formed by two impinging liquid jets over a range of jet velocities in order to determine the characteristics of that particular method of atomization. Results regarding the spray patterns, velocity range, effect of fluid properties on spray pattern, effects of jet velocity and geometry on fully developed sprays, and discussions of the single-jet characteristics are provided.
Date: March 1957
Creator: Heidmann, Marcus F.; Priem, Richard J. & Humphrey, Jack C.
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A Study of the Impact Behavior of High-Temperature Materials

Description: Note presenting the impact properties of titanium carbide base cermets, some high-temperature alloys, and the intermetallic NiAl, obtained at room and elevated temperatures up to 1750 degrees Fahrenheit. The impact energies of cermets were found to increase with increased amounts of metallic binder. Results regarding the variables of drop test, impact resistance of cermets, high-temperature alloys, and comparison of cermets and alloys are provided.
Date: March 1957
Creator: Probst, H. B. & McHenry, Howard T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A theoretical and experimental study of planing surfaces including effects of cross section and plan form

Description: A summary is given of the background and present status of pure-planing theory. Data for models having sharp chines have been obtained for a rectangular flat plate and two V-bottom surfaces having constant angles of dead rise of 20 degrees and 40 degrees and also for rectangular-flat-plate surfaces having very slightly rounded chines. The theory presented in NACA Technical Note 3233 for a rectangular flat plate is revised and extended to include triangular flat plates planing with base forward … more
Date: March 1957
Creator: Shuford, Charles L., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Observation of Laminar Flow on an Air-Launched 15 Degree Cone-Cylinder at Local Reynolds Numbers to 50 X 10(Exp 6) at Peak Mach Number of 6.75

Description: Report presenting an investigation of a free-flight test vehicle to obtain boundary-layer-transition and heat-transfer data. The model had a 15-degree-included-angle cone-cylinder and a 10 degree conically flared afterbody. Results regarding the free-stream conditions, conditions at outer edge of boundary layer, temperatures and heat-transfer coefficients, and boundary-layer stability conditions are provided.
Date: March 4, 1957
Creator: Rabb, Leonard & Krasnican, Milan J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Problem of Slip Flow in Aerodynamics

Description: Memorandum presenting a survey of the present status of theory in the field of slip-flow aerodynamics, which leads to the conclusion that the Navier-Stokes equations of motion together with first-order velocity slip and temperature jump at any boundary are sufficient insofar as experimental confirmation is available.
Date: March 4, 1957
Creator: Street, Robert E.
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Reductions in Temperature-Recovery Factor Associated With Pulsating Flows Generated by Spike-Nosed Cylinders at a Mach Number of 3.50

Description: Report presenting an investigation to determine the reductions in temperature-recovery factor associated with pulsating flows generated by spike-nose cylinders. The investigation was conducted at zero angle of incidence at a free stream Mach number of 3.50 and a free stream Reynolds number of 1.73 million.
Date: March 4, 1957
Creator: Hermach, C. A.; Kraus, Samuel & Reller, John O., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Some Data on Body and Jet Reaction Controls

Description: Report presenting testing of a series of rocket-propelled general-research test missiles incorporating cruciform delta wings mounted along the diagonals of a fuselage of square cross section used to obtain longitudinal trim in flight. Several combinations of controls and static and dynamic longitudinal stability of the missiles were tested at a range of Mach numbers.
Date: March 4, 1957
Creator: Henning, Allen B.; Wineman, Andrew R. & Rainey, Robert W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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NACA Conference on Aircraft Loads, Structures, and Flutter

Description: "This document contains reproductions of technical papers on some of the most recent research results on aircraft loads, flutter, and structures from the NACA laboratories. These papers were presented by members of the staff of the NACA laboratories at the Conference held at the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory March 5, 6, and 7, 1957. The primary purpose of this Conference was to convey to contractors of the military services and others concerned with the design of aircraft these recent researc… more
Date: March 5, 1957
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A variational theorem for creep with applications to plates and columns

Description: A variational theorem is presented for a body undergoing creep. Solutions to problems of the creep behavior of plates, columns, beams, and shells can be obtained by means of the direct methods of the calculus of variations in conjunction with the stated theorem. The application of the theorem is illustrated for plates and columns by the solution of two sample problems.
Date: March 5, 1957
Creator: Sanders, J. Lyell, Jr.; McComb, Harvey G., Jr. & Schlechte, Floyd R.
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