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Some Recent Contributions to the Study of Transition and Turbulent Boundary Layers

Description: Report presenting a paper in two parts about transition and turbulent boundary layers. The first part reviews the current problem of the instability of laminar boundary layers. The second part reviews the current state of knowledge of the mechanics of turbulent boundary layers and of the methods now being used for fundamental studies of the turbulent fluctuations in turbulent boundary layers.
Date: April 1947
Creator: Dryden, Hugh L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Flight Measurements of Helicopter Blade Motion With a Comparison Between Theoretical and Experimental Results

Description: Note presenting photographic records of the behavior of a blade in flight as obtained with a conventional single-rotor helicopter. The results of the measurements of flapping motion, in-plane motion, and blade distortions are presented for selected conditions of flight at tip-speed ratios ranging from 0.12 to 0.25. Plots of blade twisting and blade bending in the plane of flapping are presented for a sample case.
Date: April 1947
Creator: Myers, Garry C., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Flight Tests of a Helicopter in Autorotation, Including a Comparison With Theory

Description: Note presenting the results of glide performance tests conducted on a test helicopter with its original production blades in the autorotation condition. The data was reduced to coefficient form, and performance at standard sea-level conditions were calculated.
Date: April 1947
Creator: Gessow, Alfred & Myers, Garry C., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Investigation of Effects of Surface Temperature and Single Roughness Elements on Boundary-Layer Transition

Description: Note presenting an investigation of the laminar boundary layer and the position of the transition point on a heated flat plate. The Reynolds number of transition was found to decrease as the temperature of the plate is increased. Results regarding the effect of surface temperature, effect of roughness elements, mean-velocity profile near a heated wall, instability of inflection-point profiles, and laminar separation and transition are provided.
Date: April 1947
Creator: Liepmann, Hans W. & Fila, Gertrude H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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An analysis of the factors that affect the exhaust process of a four-stroke-cycle reciprocating engine

Description: From Introduction: "An investigation was made to determine the relative significance of the factors that affect the exhaust process; the effects that an exhaust-process change has on cylinder charging were given special attention. Differential equations of this nature have been developed by Kemble (reference 1) but the forms of these equations are such that general conclusions regarding the various factors affecting the exhaust process cannot be determined."
Date: April 1947
Creator: Stanitz, John D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Axial-flow fan and compressor blade design data on 52.5 degrees stagger and further verification of cascade data by rotor tests

Description: From Summary: "Previous tests of blower-blade sections have been extended by a series of tests at 52.5 degrees stagger. The results of these tests have been combined with the earlier test results and are presented in new blade design charts which supersede those previously presented. An investigation in a test blower over a range of stagger from 44 degrees to 65 degrees has shown that for blades at a solidity of 1.0, the two-dimensional cascade data predict the turning angle to within 1/2 degre… more
Date: April 1947
Creator: Bogdonoff, Seymour M. & Hess, Eugene E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Effect of the tunnel-wall boundary layer on test results of a wing protruding from a tunnel wall

Description: Report presenting two-dimensional span-loading tests of a two-foot-chord NACA 65(sub 1)-012 airfoil model in the stability tunnel to determine tunnel-wall boundary-layer effects. Testing indicated that a small loss in average load may be expected. Results regarding tunnel-wall velocity profiles, pressure distributions, spanwise surveys, and force and moment coefficients are provided.
Date: April 1947
Creator: Mendelsohn, Robert A. & Polhamus, Josephine F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Compressive-Strength Comparisons of Panels Having Aluminum-Alloy Sheet and Stiffeners With Panels Having Magnesium-Alloy Sheet and Aluminum Alloy Stiffeners

Description: Report presenting comparisons of 24S-T aluminum-alloy flat compression panels with longitudinal Z-section stiffeners and panels with flat FS-1E magnesium-alloy sheet and longitudinal 24S-T aluminum-alloy Z-section stiffeners. The use of the composite magnesium-alloy, aluminum-alloy construction permits wider stiffener spacing with little to not loss in structural efficiency or stress for local buckling. Results regarding stiffener spacing, proportions, and consideration of the different materia… more
Date: April 1947
Creator: Dow, Norris F.; Hickman, William A. & McCracken, Howard L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Metallurgical Investigation of Large Forged Discs of Low-Carbon N-155 Alloy

Description: Research was undertaken to ascertain the properties of better wrought heat resisting alloys in the form of large discs required for gas turbine rotors. The properties of large discs of low carbon N-155 alloy in both the as-forged and water-quenched and aged conditions were determined by means of stress-rupture and creep tests for time periods up to about 2000 hours at 1200, 1350, and 1500 F. Short-time tensile test, impact test, and time-total deformation characteristics are included.
Date: April 1947
Creator: Cross, Howard C. & Freeman, J. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Effect of Catalysts and pH Strength of Resin-Bonded Plywood

Description: Report presenting the effects of various catalysts used to cure resinous adhesives on the strength properties of plywood, especially in regard to the degree of solidity developed by the catalysts in the resin film and the plywood. Six resins were tested with birch wood, which is the most commonly used wood in aircraft construction.
Date: April 1947
Creator: Kline, G. M.; Reinhart, F. W.; Rinker, R. C. & De Lollis, N. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Hanford Engineer Works technical progress letter No. 146, April 13--19

Description: Further data on the changes in length and weight of expanded graphite samples which were exposed in the pile in atmospheres of oxygen, carbon dioxide, and helium show that all three gases produce roughly the same shrinkage and weigh loss. This result is unexpected in that there is no precedent for such behavior in a helium atmosphere; however, it was found that water vapor had entered the helium stream by some unknown means and had condensed on the plugs at the inlet end of the tube. This opens… more
Date: April 24, 1947
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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100 Areas technical activities report: Physics, March 1947

Description: U.M. Staebier reports from the pile areas. Foil tests were conducted at the B pile. A power coefficient test was performed at the D pile; special request materials and reactivity balance are also reported. The new No. 2 horizontal rod of the F pile has been slightly resized. Graphite temperature readings, thermal conductivity calculations, special request materials, and reactivity balance are also reported. General physics are considered. Production tests 105-85-P and 106-1-P are reported. Egg … more
Date: April 4, 1947
Creator: Gast, P. F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Determination of reactivity coefficients and rod calibration of D Pile. Interim report on Production Test No. 105-97-P

Description: The test of March 7, 1947 was planned as a check on power coefficient values; however, an analysis of reactivity data gave evidence of a considerable flattening of ``A`` rod in the region between 0--75 inches out. A second test of longer duration was therefore made on April 1, 1947 in order to obtain a check calibration of this portion of the control rod. The results of this test verified the flattening of this portion of ``A`` rod. The redetermined power coefficients based on new rod calibrati… more
Date: April 25, 1947
Creator: Kruesi, F. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Uranium Peroxide

Description: It was desired to investigate the precipitation of UO{sub 4} in acid solution, in order to determine the suitability of this reaction for use in the purification of uranium. A series of tests was performed to establish the conditions for precipitation of UO{sub 4}. It was found that uranium could be completely precipitated from pure uranyl sulfate solution at a pH of 2.5 to 3.5, with only silght excess of H{sub 2}O{sub 2}. The presence of sodium sulfate interferred with complete precipitation. … more
Date: April 14, 1947
Creator: Brimm, E. O., Dr. & Nohr, P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Brookhaven National Laboratory Scientific Progress Report: April 1, 1947

Description: From introduction: The fundamental purpose of the laboratory is to provide research and training facilities in nuclear and related studies which are not possible for the individual University.
Date: April 1, 1947
Creator: Brookhaven National Laboratory
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Recovery of Uranium From Contaminated Precipitron Oil

Description: Abstract: The distillation and residue extraction recovery procedures developed for the recovery of uranium from Kinney and diffusion pump oil, were applied to contaminated precipitron oil. The effectiveness and advisability of using the method, in whole or in part, is discussed, and various recommendations for processing this particular type of oil are presented. Additional contaminating substances present in this type of oil added to the complexity of the problem but a satisfactory recovery p… more
Date: April 17, 1947
Creator: Lee, J. E.; Aikin, L. M. & Susano, C. D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Variation of Hydrodynamic Impact Loads With Flight-Path Angle for a Prismatic Float at 0 and -3 Degree Trim and With a 22 1/2 Degree Angle of Dead Rise

Description: Report presenting testing on a prismatic float model to determine the relationship between the vertical landing acceleration and flight-path angle for seaplanes landing in smooth water. Results regarding the maximum load factor, maximum impact normal acceleration, pressures, and stability of landings are provided.
Date: April 1947
Creator: Batterson, Sidney A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Wind-tunnel investigation of control-surface characteristics of plain and balanced flaps with several trailing-edge angles on a NACA 0009 tapered semispan wing

Description: Report presenting force tests in the 4 by 6 foot vertical tunnel to determine the aerodynamic characteristics of an NACA 0009 tapered semispan wing equipped with a plain and a balanced flap with three different included angles on the trailing edge. Results regarding lift, hinge moment, drag, pitching moment, and a comparison of calculated values with experimental values of finite-wing characteristics are provided.
Date: April 1947
Creator: Hoggard, H. Page, Jr. & McKinney, Elizabeth G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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