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Sonic Fatigue Design Data for Bonded Aluminum Aircraft Structures

Description: Report describing a combined analytic and experimental program conducted to determine the sonic fatigue design properties of bonded structural sections based on skin-stringer-frame design commonly applied in aircraft and to formulate data and criteria for the development of sonic fatigue resistant designs of such structure. Beam tests were conducted under narrow band shaker excitation and multibay panel tests were conducted under broadband acoustic excitation. The test results are evaluated for… more
Date: June 1977
Creator: Jacobson, Marcus J.
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STOL Tactical Aircraft Investigation: Volume 6, Air Cushion Landing System Study

Description: Report describing analyses and design studies that have been conducted to determine the characteristics of an Air Cushion Landing System (ACLS) as it would be applied to an Advanced Medium STOL Transport (AMST) equipped with mechanical flaps and a vectored thrust powered lift system.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Gardner, Lloyd H.; Pizzichemi, Charles J. & Milns, Peter
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STOL Tactical Aircraft Investigation: Volume 5, Part 2, Flight Control Technology: Piloted Simulation of a Medium STOL Transport with Vectored Thurst/Mechnical Flops

Description: Report describing a fixed base and piloted simulation studies were conducted to evaluate control systems for a short takeoff and landing (STOL) tactical transport equipped with vectored thrust. The present flying qualities standard for STOL aircraft, MIL-F-8330, are reviewed and several changes are suggested.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Vincent, James H.
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STOL Tactical Aircraft Investigation: Volume 5, Part 1: Flight Control Technology: System Analysis and Trade Studies for a Medium STOL Transport with Vectored Thrust/Mechanical Flaps

Description: Report describing a program of flight control technology applicable to an Advance Medium STOL Transport (AMST) airplane equipped with a vectored-thrust powered lift system. Low q moment producers are evaluated. Mathematical models (control laws) of control systems suitable for the STOL landing approach are defined. The effect of control system mechanization complexity on performance, weight, cost, safety, design risk, and vulnerability to small arms fire are evaluated. A candidate control syste… more
Date: May 1973
Creator: Crandall, Kenneth J.; Maund, David J.; Gerken, William E. & Vincent, James H.
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STOL Tactical Aircraft Investigation: Volume 3, Takeoff and Landing Performance Ground Rules for Powered Lift STOL Transport Aircraft

Description: Report proposing and discussing rules for determining takeoff and landing distances of STOL transport airplanes equipped with powered-lift systems. Procedures for calculation of powered-lift STOL performance are stated in detail.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Davenport, Franklin J.; Rengstorff, Arnold E. & Van Heyningen, Vernon F.
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STOL Tactical Aircraft Investigation: Volume 2, Part 1, Aerodymic Technology: Design Compendium, Vectored Thrust/Mechanical Flaps

Description: Report presenting methods for predicting the performance determining aerodynamic characteristics and the stability derivatives of transport-type configurations employing the vectored-thrust mechanical-flap high-lift concept. These methods are suitable for preliminary design. They have been automated in a FORTRAN 4 computer program, for which a users' manual and listing are included in this document. (Abstract)
Date: May 1973
Creator: Runciman, William J.; Letsinger, Gary R.; Ray, Bernard F. & May, Fred W.
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STOL Tactical Aircraft Investigation: Volume 1, Configuration Definition: Medium STOL Transport with Vectored Thrust/Mechanical Flaps

Description: Report defining a configuration for an Advanced Medium short takeoff and landing (STOL) Transport (AMST) using vectored thrust for powered lift. Capability to operate from an austere forward airfield of 2000 feet length at the midpoint of 500 nm radius mission with 28,000 lbs. of payload is substantiated by aerodynamic, propulsion, structural, and weights data. The vectored thrust powered lift concept is compared with other powered lift schemes considered for the AMST. A program of continuing r… more
Date: May 1973
Creator: Carroll, Richard H.; Jants, John W. & Milns, Peter
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Test of 6-in.-Thick Pressure Vessels. Series 3: Intermediate Test Vessell V-7A Under Sustained Loading

Description: Report describing tests conducted on a Heavy Section Steel Technology (HSST) vessel, V-7, that was repaired after being tested hydrostatically to leakage and was retested pneumatically as vessel V-7A. Pretest analyses and a complete set of test data are included, along with a description of the test vessel and a discussion of test facility design and performance
Date: February 1978
Creator: Bryan, R. H.; Cate, T. M.; Holz, P. P.; King, T. A.; Merkle, J. G.; Robinson, Godfrey C. et al.
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Isotec Technology Program: Annual Summary Report for the Period July 1, 1970 Through June 20, 1971

Description: Report summarizing the yearly activities of a General Atomic (GA) program called the Isotec Technology Program, which aims to develop selenide thermoelectric materials to improve the performance and useful life of P-type (Cu,Ag)₂Se and N-type rare earth selenide thermoelectrical materials for the Department of Energy (DOE). The program was generally intended to develop a high-temperature radioisotope thermoelectric generator.
Date: January 26, 1973
Creator: Eisner, N.; Rovner, L.; Staley, G.; Mautz, C. & Leedy, R.
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Development of a Thermionic Reactor Space Power System: Summary Report for Period, March 1 1972 - June 30, 1972

Description: Report discussing significant accomplishments during a four-month period regarding the development of a thermionic reactor for a nuclear space power system. This report discusses the development of a thermionic reactor including materials technology, thermionic fuel element development, reactor technology, and systems technology.
Date: January 5, 1973
Creator: Gulf General Atomic Incorporated
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A 40 kWe Thermionic Power System for a Manned Space Laboratory

Description: Report describing a thermionic reactor power system for application to a long-lived, manned space laboratory. Design description, design analysis, and operational analysis descriptions are included.
Date: July 1, 1971
Creator: Gietzen, A. J.; Homeyer, William G.; Heath, C. A.; Hackney, M. R.; Merrill, M. H.; Fisher, C. R. et al.
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Industrial Application Fluidized-Bed Combustion-Category III Indirect Fired Heaters: Quarterly Technical Report No. 12

Description: Report discussing a program to evaluate the technical and economic potential for the application of fluidized bed combustion to refiner and petrochemical plan indirect fired process heaters. The report includes sections on the two-dimensional flow visualization studies, process stream coking studies, fluidized bed heat transfer students, and economic and application evaluations.
Date: October 1979
Creator: Exxon Research and Engineering Company. Engineering Technology Department.
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Wing/Inlet Composite Advanced Development

Description: Report discussing a program to design a composite wing and inlet structure to replace the metal counterpart for the F16 airplane, including the design, testing, and project management data associated with the program.
Date: September 1976
Creator: Maske, E. B.; Waddoups, M. E.; Howeth, M. S.; Fant, J. A.; LaSalle, R. M.; Mahaffey, P. T. et al.
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Performance of Steady and Intermittent Blowing Jet Flaps and Spanwise Upper Surface Slots

Description: Report discussing a program of the Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory (FXM), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, to experimentally investigate steady and intermittent blowing jet flaps and constant percent chord span wise upper surface slots on controlling shock induced boundary layer separation and their effect on transonic performance on a conventional wind (Foreword). A wind tunnel test conducted in the NASA Ames 14 foot wind tunnel is described, along with analyses of jet flap data and stead… more
Date: November 1975
Creator: Ely, W. L. & Berrier, F. C.
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United States Earthquakes, 1968

Description: Report discussing earthquake activity in the United States and other locations under its jurisdiction during 1968, broken down by regions with information about data collection and related seismological observations.
Date: 1970
Creator: Coffman, Jerry L. & Cloud, William K.
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Surface Acoustic Wave Filters at UHF: Design and Analysis

Description: Report discussing a unified and reasonably self-contained source of theoretical techniques for ideal surface acoustic wave (SAW) bandpass filter design and analysis. Topics discussed include an introduction to sampling theory, transducer analysis from sampling weights, cosine squared-on-a-pedestal transducers, and phase reversal transducers. Synthesis of phase weighted bandpass filters are also considered in detail, as are second order and real life effects such as inaccurate apodization, inacc… more
Date: June 3, 1975
Creator: Slobodnik, Andrew J.
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[Wide-Spaced Uranium Geochemical Survey in the Plainview, Lubbock, and Big Spring Quadrangles, Texas: Appendix H]

Description: Tables presenting field and laboratory data for stream sediment, stream water, and groundwater samples collected in the Plainview, Lubbock, and Big Spring quadrangles for a wide-spaced uranium geochemical survey.
Date: December 30, 1977
Creator: Nichols, C. E.; Butz, T. R.; Cagle, G. W. & Kane, V. E.
Location: None
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Habitat Development Field Investigations, Windmill Point Marsh Development Site, James River, Virginia: Appendix B: Propagation of Vascular Plants

Description: Appendix detailing the results of experiments conducted on the propagation of vegetation at the James River Habitat Development Site, in addition to results of laboratory germination tests of all the species of seeds used at the Site. This appendix accompanies the final report of the habitat field investigations of the Windmill Point Marsh Development Site, James River, Virginia.
Date: April 1978
Creator: Garbisch, E. W., Jr.
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Uranium Hydrogeochemical and Stream Sediment Reconnaissance of the Lander NTMS Quadrangle, Wyoming, Including Concentrations of Forty-Three Additional Elements [Microfiche]

Description: Report detailing uranium and other elemental data resulting from the Hydrogeochemical and Stream Sediment Reconnaissance (HSSR) of 355 water and 1376 sediment samples collected from 1443 locations in the Lander National Topographic Map Series (NTMS) quadrangle, Wyoming, by the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.
Date: September 1979
Creator: Shannon, Spencer S.; Sandoval, Walter F.; Montoya, Janet D.; Minor, Michael M.; Simi, Oliver R.; Talcott, Carol L. et al.
Location: None
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Habitat Development Field Investigations, Windmill Point Marsh Development Site, James River, Virginia: Appendix A

Description: Appendix containing an assessment of vegetation on a dredged material island located near Windmill Point in the freshwater tidal reach of the James River. It accompanies a report on habitat development field investigations of the Windmill Point Marsh Development Site, James River, Virginia.
Date: November 1977
Creator: Silberhorn, G. M. & Barnard, Thomas A., Jr.
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Appendix C. FRAP-T4 Computer Code Model Description

Description: Report providing a description of the FRAP-T4 (Fuel Rod Analysis Program - Transient) computer code used for Power-Cooling-Mismatch (PCM) Test Series, Test PCM-1.
Date: August 1979
Creator: Sparks, Daniel T. & Stanley, Clifford J.
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Appendix D. Pretest Fuel Rod Characterization Data

Description: Report presenting the pretest physical characterization data for the Power-Cooling-Mismatch (PCM) Test Series, Test PCM-1 fuel rod for use in model evaluation and posttest comparison. (p. 78)
Date: August 1979
Creator: Sparks, Daniel T. & Stanley, Clifford J.
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