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Correlation of cylinder-head temperatures and coolant heat rejections of a multicylinder, liquid-cooled engine of 1710-cubic-inch displacement

Description: "Data obtained from an extensive investigation of the cooling characteristics of four multicylinder, liquid-cooled engines have been analyzed and a correlation of both the cylinder-head temperatures and the coolant heat rejections with the primary engine and coolant variables was obtained. The method of correlation was previously developed by the NACA from an analysis of the cooling processes involved in a liquid-cooled-engine cylinder and is based on the theory of nonboiling, forced-convection… more
Date: August 31, 1948
Creator: Lundin, Bruce T.; Povolny, John H. & Chelko, Louis J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Summary of Results of Tumbling Investigations Made in the Langley 20-Foot Free-Spinning Tunnel on 14 Dynamic Models

Description: Report presenting the tumbling characteristics of dynamic models of 14 airplane designs in the free-spinning tunnel for various loadings and configurations. Conventional airplanes were not found to tumble, but tailless and tail-first airplanes might depending on the amount of static longitudinal stability. Results regarding the effect of dimensional and mass characteristics, effect of controls, use of parachutes as a tumble-recovery device, accelerations, and possibility of pilot escape are pro… more
Date: December 31, 1948
Creator: Stone, Ralph W., Jr. & Bryant, Robert L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Effect of wing sweep, taper, and thickness ratio on the transonic drag characteristics of wing-body combinations

Description: Report presenting the transonic drag characteristics of a series of wing-body combinations and their component parts using the free-fall method. The configurations examined had wings of various sweeps and thickness ratios mounted on identical bodies of fineness ratio 12.
Date: December 31, 1948
Creator: Thompson, Jim Rogers & Mathews, Charles W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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