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High Altitude Performance Investigation of J65-B-3 Turbojet Engine With Both JP-4 and Gaseous Hydrogen Fuels

Description: Memorandum presenting an investigation to determine the performance of the J65-B-3 turbojet engine with JP-4 and gaseous-hydrogen fuels. With JP-4 fuel, the maximum altitude for stable combustion was from about 60,000 to 65,000 feet, and the ultimate blowout limit was at an altitude of about 75,000 feet. The steady-state performance with either fuel decreased considerably with increasing altitude.
Date: April 2, 1957
Creator: Kaufman, Harold R.
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Investigation of Flutter Characteristics of Three Low-Aspect-Ratio All-Movable Half-Span Control Surfaces at Mach Numbers From 1.49 to 2.87

Description: Memorandum presenting results of a supersonic flutter investigation of three low-aspect-ratio control surfaces. Two controls were all-movable but the third had a fixed cutout. Results regarding the experiments and calculations are provided.
Date: May 2, 1958
Creator: Morgan, Homer G.; Figge, Irving E. & Presnell, John G., Jr.
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Effects of Modifications to a Control Surface on a 6-Percent-Thick Unswept Wing on the Transonic Control-Surface Flutter Derivatives

Description: Transonic flutter derivatives for unswept wing control surface configurations determined by pressure cell measurements. The control surfaces were mounted on a wing with an aspect ratio of 3, a taper ratio of 0.6, and a wing-thickness ratio of 0.06. Results regarding aerodynamic balance, vortex generators, splitter-plate configurations, and wedges are provided.
Date: May 2, 1958
Creator: Wyss, John A.; Sorenson, Robert M. & Gambucci, Bruno J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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NACA Investigations of Icing-Protection Systems for Turbojet-Engine Installations

Description: "Investigations have been made in flight and in wind tunnels to determine which components of turbojet installations are most critical in icing conditions, and to evaluate several methods of icing protection. From these studies, the requirements necessary for adequate icing protection and the consequent penalties on engine performance can be estimated. Because investigations have indicated that the compressor-inlet screen constitutes the greatest icing hazard and is difficult to protect, comple… more
Date: May 2, 1951
Creator: von Glahn, Uwe; Callaghan, Edmund E. & Gray, Vernon H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Large-Scale Wind-Tunnel Tests of an Airplane Model With a 45 Degree Sweptback Wing of Aspect Ratio 2.8 With Area Suction Applied to Trailing-Edge Flaps and With Several Wing Leading-Edge Modifications

Description: Memorandum presenting an investigation of an airplane model to determine the effect of area suction trailing-edge flaps and several leading-edge modifications on the aerodynamic characteristics of a 45 degree sweptback wing. The wing had an aspect ratio of 2.8 and a taper ratio of 0.17.
Date: November 2, 1956
Creator: Koenig, David G. & Aoyagi, Kiyoshi
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Tests With Hydrogen Fuel in a Simulated Afterburner

Description: Report presenting an investigation in a 16-inch-diameter simulated afterburner using gaseous hydrogen fuel. Results regarding combustion efficiency, afterburner pressure losses, spontaneous ignition, and a heat-balance check are provided.
Date: July 2, 1956
Creator: Kerslake, W. R. & Dangle, E. E.
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Organophosphorus Compounds in Rocket-Engine Applications

Description: Report discussing the ignition-delay determinations of three organophosphorous fuels with nitric acid oxidants at simulated altitude conditions with a small-scale rocket engine.
Date: April 2, 1954
Creator: Ladanyi, Dezso J. & Hennings, Glen
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Some Research on the Lift and Stability of Wing-Body Combinations

Description: The present paper summarizes and correlates broadly some of the research results applicable to fin-stabilized ammunition. The discussion and correlation are intended to be comprehensive, rather than detailed, in order to show general trends over the Mach number range up to 7.0. Some discussion of wings, bodies, and wing-body interference is presented, and a list of 179 papers containing further information is included. The present paper is intended to serve more as a bibliography and source of … more
Date: July 2, 1959
Creator: Purser, Paul E. & Fields, E. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Performance of a Short Turbojet Combustor With Hydrogen Fuel in a Quarter-Annulus Duct and Comparison With Performance in a Full-Scale Engine

Description: Memorandum presenting an investigation of a number of short turbojet combustor configurations for hydrogen fuel in a quarter-annulus duct. The best combustor liner consisted of an annular primary zone and a secondary zone composed of T-shaped channels sloping from the primary zone to the combustor wall.
Date: July 2, 1956
Creator: Friedman, Robert; Norgren, Carl T. & Jones, Robert E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Aerodynamic Characteristics of Low-aspect-ratio Wings at High Supersonic Mach Numbers

Description: Memorandum presenting some recently obtained data on the aerodynamic characteristics of low-aspect-ratio wings at supersonic Mach number of 4.04 and 6.9 and discusses some new methods of predicting the lift and drag of such wings. The plan forms, airfoil sections, and thickness ratios of the wings tested are provided.
Date: November 2, 1953
Creator: Ulmann, Edward F. & Bertram, Mitchel H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Preliminary Analysis of Problem of Determining Experimental Performance of Air-Cooled Turbine 3: Methods for Determining Power and Efficiency

Description: Suggested formula are given for determining air-cooled turbine-performance characteristics, such as power and efficiency, as functions of certain parameters. These functions, generally being unknown, are determined from experimental data obtained from specific investigations. Special plotting methods for isolating the effect of each parameter are outlined.
Date: August 2, 1950
Creator: Ellerbrock, Herman H., Jr. & Ziemer, Robert R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Lateral-control investigation of flap-type controls on a wing with quarter-chord line swept back 60 degrees, aspect ratio 4, taper ratio 0.6, and NACA 65A006 airfoil section: transonic bump method

Description: Report presenting an investigation by the transonic-bump method through a range of Mach numbers in the high-speed 7- by 10-foot tunnel to determine the lateral-control characteristics of 30-percent-chord flap-type controls of various spans and locations. The wing of the semispan fuselage-wing combination had 60 degrees of sweepback of the quarter-chord line, a taper ratio of 0.6, an aspect ratio of 4.0, and an NACA 65A006 airfoil section parallel to the free air stream.
Date: March 2, 1950
Creator: Vogler, Raymond D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Preliminary analysis of effects of air cooling turbine blades on turbojet-engine performance

Description: The effects of turbine-blade cooling on engine performance were analytically investigated for a turbojet engine in which cooling air is bled from the engine compressor. The analysis was made for a constant turbine-inlet temperature and a range of altitudes to determine the minimum cooling requirements to permit substitution of nonstrategic materials in turbine blading. The results indicate that, for a constant inlet temperature, air cooling of the turbine blades increases the specific fuel cons… more
Date: August 2, 1950
Creator: Schramm, Wilson B.; Nachtigall, Alfred J. & Arne, Vernon L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Effects of boundary-layer control on the longitudinal characteristics of a 45 degrees swept-forward wing-fuselage combination

Description: Report presenting an investigation to determine the benefits obtainable by applying boundary-layer control to a 45 degree swept-forward wing-fuselage combination. Force and pressure-distribution data were obtained with and without boundary-layer control with various combinations of leading-edge and trailing-edge flaps.
Date: February 2, 1950
Creator: McCormack, Gerald M. & Cook, Woodrow L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Wing-tunnel investigation at Mach numbers from 0.50 to 1.29 of an all-movable triangular wing of aspect ratio 4 alone and with a body

Description: Report presenting the aerodynamic characteristics of an all-movable, triangular-plan-form wing alone and with a body as determined from semispan model tests. The agreement between calculated and experimental results was not satisfactory for the most part, which seemed to be due to the failure of linear theory to define the actual flow field about the configurations investigated. Results regarding lift characteristics, drag characteristics, and pitching-moment characteristics are provided.
Date: February 2, 1950
Creator: Stivers, Louis S. & Malick, Alexander W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Some properties of beryllium oxide and beryllium oxide - columbium ceramals

Description: High-temperature tensile and thermal-shock investigations were conducted on beryllium oxide and beryllium oxide plus columbium metal additions. X-ray diffraction and metallographic results are given. The tensile strength of 6150 pounds per square inch for beryllium oxide at 1800 degrees F compared favorably with the zirconia bodies previously tested. Additions of 2, 5, 8, 10, 12, and 15 percent by weight of columbium metal failed to improve the shock resistance over that of pure beryllium oxide. more
Date: March 2, 1951
Creator: Robards, C. F. & Gangler, J. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Correlation of forced-convection heat-transfer data for air flowing in smooth platinum tube with long-approach entrance at high surface and inlet-air temperatures

Description: A heat-transfer investigation was conducted with air in an electrically heated platinum tube with long-approach entrance, inside diameter of 0.525 inch, and effective heat-transfer length of 24 inches over ranges of Reynolds number up to 320,000, average inside-tube-wall temperature up to 3053 degrees R, and inlet-air temperature up to 1165 degrees R. Correlation of data by the conventional Nusselt relation resulted in separation of data with tube-wall temperature. Good correlation was obtained… more
Date: November 2, 1950
Creator: Desmon, Leland G. & Sams, Eldon W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Investigation at Supersonic Speeds of Some of the Factors Affecting the Flow Over a Rectangular Wing With Symmetrical Circular-Arc Section and 30-Percent-Chord Trailing-Edge Flap

Description: Report presenting an investigation at supersonic speeds of some of the factors affecting the flow over a rectangular wing with a symmetrical circular-arc section and a 30-percent-chord trailing-edge flap. The main purpose is to obtain more information on which to base the design of supersonic controls. Results regarding the effect of Mach number, effect of wing thickness, effect of fixing transition, effect of sealing the hinge gap, effect of model surface condition and asymmetry, and shock bou… more
Date: January 2, 1951
Creator: Czarnecki, K. R. & Mueller, James N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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An investigation of convergent-divergent diffusers at Mach number 1.85

Description: Report presenting an investigation in the supersonic tunnel at Mach number 1.85 and angles of attack from 0 to 5 degrees to determine optimum design configurations for a convergent-divergent type of supersonic diffusers with a subsonic diffuser of 5 degrees included divergence angle. Total-pressure recoveries in excess of the theoretical recovery across a normal shock at a free-stream Mach number of 1.85 were obtained with a number of configurations.
Date: February 2, 1951
Creator: Wyatt, DeMarquis D. & Hunczak, Henry R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experimental investigation of effects of design changes on performance of large-capacity centrifugal compressors

Description: Report presenting an investigation to determine the effects of several design changes on the performance of large-capacity, double-entry, centrifugal compressors. Four modifications of a turbojet engine compressor were operated over a range of equivalent impeller tip speeds an the compressor overall and component performances were determined. Results regarding the impeller performance, diffuser performance, and compressor performance are provided.
Date: March 2, 1951
Creator: Withee, Joseph R., Jr.; Kovach, Karl & Ginsburg, Ambrose
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Altitude Operation of Gas-Turbine Engine With Variable-Area Fuel-Nozzle System

Description: From Introduction: "The investigation reported herein was therefore undertaken to extend this study to altitude conditions in which the low fuel-flow rates occur over the full range of engine speeds."
Date: April 2, 1951
Creator: Gold, H. & Rosenzweig, S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Lift, drag, and pitching moment of low-aspect-ratio wings at subsonic and supersonic speeds: Plane triangular wing of aspect ratio 4 with NACA 0005-63 section

Description: Report presenting an investigation of a wing-body combination with a plane triangular wing of aspect ratio 4 and NACA 0005-63 sections in streamwise planes at subsonic and supersonic Mach numbers. Lift, drag, and pitching moment are presented for a range of Mach and Reynolds numbers.
Date: February 2, 1951
Creator: Heitmeyer, John C. & Stephenson, Jack D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Flight Investigation of the Effect of Thickening the Aileron Trailing Edge on Control Effectiveness for Sweptback Tapered Wings Having Sharp-and Round-Nose Sections

Description: Report discussing an investigation of the rolling effectiveness at transonic and supersonic speeds on a 38.1 degree sweptback tapered wing with NACA 0010-64 airfoil sections and partial-span ailerons of true contour with a modified flt-side blunt trailing-edge shape. The variation of Reynolds number with Mach number and the control effectiveness is provided.
Date: May 2, 1950
Creator: Strass, H. Kurt & Fields, Edison M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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