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Analysis of the High-Altitude Cooling of the Ranger SGV-770 D-4 Engine in the Bell XP-77 Airplane

Description: Report presenting an analysis of the cooling installation in the high-altitude XP-77 airplane for the entire altitude range. The engine was tested with the same cylinders, aluminum fins, and turbulent-flow baffles proposed for the high-altitude SCV-770 engine. The report is incomplete.
Date: October 1943
Creator: Nielsen, Jack N. & Schumacher, Lloyd E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Analysis of Wind-Tunnel Stability and Control Tests in Terms of Flying Qualities in Full-Scale Airplanes

Description: From Summary: "The analysis of results of wind-tunnel stability and control tests of powered airplane models in terms of the flying qualities of full-scale airplanes is advocated. In order to indicate the topics upon which comments are considered desirable in the report of a wind-tunnel stability and control investigation and to demonstrate the nature of the suggested analysis, the present NACA flying-qualities requirements are discussed in relation to wind-tunnel tests. General procedures for … more
Date: October 1943
Creator: Kayten, Gerald G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Certain Mechanical Strength Properties of Aluminum Alloys 25S-T and X76S-T

Description: Note presenting tests made to determine certain mechanical strength properties of 25S-T aluminum alloy. Results are presented from static tests in tension and torsion, bending fatigue tests employing three different types of testing machines, and from impact tests of notched and unnotched specimens in tension as well as Charpy impact tests made at several low temperatures. These are made in order to study the stresses that propeller blades experience.
Date: October 1943
Creator: Dolan, Thomas J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Critical Stresses for Plates

Description: Report presenting the basic methods of theoretically calculating the critical stress for plates with elastically restrained edges. Design charts for various types of sections and columns and critical stress for flat plates and curved sheets are provided.
Date: October 1943
Creator: Lundquist, Eugene E. & Schuette, Evan H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Data on buckling strength of curved sheet in compression

Description: Report presenting tests of curved panels of four different thicknesses and with radius-thickness ratios varying from about 150 to infinity. Results are also included from some previous testing.
Date: October 1943
Creator: Crate, Harold & Levin, L. Ross
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The effect of altitude on bomber performance

Description: Report presenting a study devoted to the analysis of the effect of design and operating altitude on the performance of bombers. The primary emphasis is on range performance and charts are presented with range as a function of wing loading, power loading, and design altitude. Results regarding the range at maximum L/D, range at constant power, and performance charts are provided.
Date: October 1943
Creator: Hill, Paul R. & Crigler, John L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Effect of Length-Beam Ration on Resistance and Spray of Three Models of Flying-Boat Hulls

Description: Report presenting an investigation of the effect of changes in the length-beam ratio of flying-boat hulls on resistance and spray. A family of three models of hulls of different length-beam ratios was used and, in order to maintain comparable hull sizes, the plan-form areas of the hulls were made approximately equal by keeping equal products of length and beam. Results regarding resistance, spray, and take-off performance are provided.
Date: October 1943
Creator: Bell, Joe W.; Garrison, Charlie C. & Zeck, Howard
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Effect of pH on strength of resin bonds

Description: Report presenting an investigation to determine the effect of acid on the strength and aging properties of various types of resin bonds for plywood. The pH values of the birch plywoods, flexural and impact strengths before and after aging of birch plywoods bonded with urea-formaldehyde resins and phenolic resins, and delamination properties of birch plywoods bonded with each type of resin are provided.
Date: October 1943
Creator: Rinker, R. C.; Reinhart, F. W. & Kline, G. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Flying qualities of a twin-engine patrol airplane as estimated from wind-tunnel tests

Description: Report presenting an estimate of the flying qualities of a twin-engine patrol airplane from wind-tunnel test results in comparison with flight observations as a possible guide in determining changes which would be necessary to improve these qualities. Results regarding the longitudinal and lateral stability and control of this airplane are provided.
Date: October 1943
Creator: Stevens, Victor I., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Free-Flight-Tunnel Investigation of the Effect of Mode of Propeller Rotation Upon the Lateral-Stability Characteristics of a Twin-Engine Airplane Model With Single Vertical Tails of Different Size

Description: Report presenting an investigation of the effect of direction of propeller rotation on the dynamic lateral stability characteristics of a twin-engine airplane model equipped with single vertical tails of three different sizes. The effects of flap deflection and amount of power were also studied. The most satisfactory lateral-stability characteristics of the model in flight were encountered for the model with large vertical-tail areas.
Date: October 1943
Creator: Pitkin, Marvin
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Heat Transfer Over the Circumference of a Heated Cylinder in Transverse Flow

Description: "A method for recording the local heat-transfer coefficients on bodies in flow was developed. The cylinder surface was kept at constant temperature by the condensation of vapor except for a narrow strip which is heated separately to the same temperature by electricity. The heat-transfer coefficient at each point was determined from the electric heat output and the temperature increase" (p. 1).
Date: October 1943
Creator: Schmidt, Ernst & Wenner, Karl
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Investigation of surface irregularities on an NACA 63(420)-416, a=1.0 airfoil section for the Glenn L. Martin Company design 195

Description: Report presenting the results of an investigation made in the two-dimensional low-turbulence pressure tunnel of surface irregularities on a low-drag airfoil section. The primary objective was to determine the effects of riveted and piano-hinge-type skin joints and of an aileron slot of the drag characteristics. Any type of surface irregularities at the front spar were found to cause substantial increase in drag.
Date: October 1943
Creator: Braslow, Albert L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Measurement of Fuel-Air Ratio by Analysis of the Oxidized Exhaust Gas

Description: "An investigation was made to determine a method of measuring fuel-air ratio that could be used for test purposes in flight and for checking conventional equipment in the laboratory. Two single-cylinder test engines equipped with typical commercial engine cylinders were used. The fuel-air ratio of the mixture delivered to the engines was determined by direct measurement of the quantity of air and of fuel supplied and also by analysis of the oxidized exhaust gas and of the normal exhaust gas" (p… more
Date: October 1, 1943
Creator: Gerrish, Harold C. & Meem, J. Lawrence, Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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National Safety Competition of 1942

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on its annual safety contest between mine workers. Different types of mines enrolled in the competition and the winners and honorable mentions for 1942 are presented. This report includes tables.
Date: October 1943
Creator: Adams, William Waugh & Lawrence, T. D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Pressure distribution measurements on various surfaces of a 0.2375-scale model of the Douglas XA-26 airplane in the 19-foot pressure tunnel

Description: Report presenting pressure-distribution measurements on a scale model of the Douglas XA-26 airplane as obtained in the 19-foot pressure tunnel. The measurements were made on the spinner-cowl-nacelle assembly and the fuselage for a range of angles of yaw and angles of attack.
Date: October 1943
Creator: Ashworth, C. Dixon
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Stresses Around Rectangular Cut-Outs in Skin-Stringer Panels Under Axial Loads 2

Description: "Cut-outs in wings or fuselages produce stress concentrations that present a serious problem to the stress analyst. As a partial solution of the general problem, this paper presents formulas for calculating the stress distribution around rectangular cut-outs in axially loaded panels. The formulas are derived by means of the substitute-stringer method of shear-lag analysis" (p. 1).
Date: October 1943
Creator: Kuhn, Paul; Duberg, John E. & Diskin, Simon H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Use of Stagnation Temperature in Calculating Rate of Heat Transfer in Aircraft Heat Exchangers

Description: "Theoretical and experimental investigations of the effect of frictional heat on the rate of heat transmission at high fluid velocities are briefly reviewed. On the basis of these investigations, calculations are made which show that the use of the stagnation temperature of the cooling air as the effective temperature for heat transfer in an aircraft heat exchanger is sufficiently accurate" (p. 1).
Date: October 1943
Creator: Wood, George P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Wind-Tunnel Investigation of Wing Ducts on a Single Engine Pursuit Airplane

Description: Report presenting a study of several ducts installed in the wings of a model of a conventional single-engine pursuit airplane in the full-scale tunnel to determine the influence of inlet design and cooling-air flow on the pressure losses within the duct and on the aerodynamic characteristics of the airplane. Large differences in the total pressure at the radiator occurred as a result of variations in the inlet-velocity ratio, the lift coefficient, the shape and position of the inlet, the slope … more
Date: October 1943
Creator: Nelson, W. J. & Czarnecki, K. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Wind-tunnel tests of two tapered wings with straight leading edges and with constant-chord center sections of different spans

Description: Report presenting an investigation in the 19-foot pressure tunnel of two-tapered wings with NACA 230-series airfoil sections, straight leading edges, and constant-chord center sections. Lift, drag, and pitching-moment coefficients were determined for the plain wing and for each flap arrangement for a range of Reynolds numbers. The results indicated that the wing with the square center section has greater maximum lift coefficients and increments of maximum lift due to flap deflections than the w… more
Date: October 1943
Creator: Fairbanks, Richard W. & Alexander, Sidney R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Diffusion Length and the Utilization of Thermal Neutrons in a Heterogeneous Pile

Description: Abstract: "An accurate calculation is given for the quantity which corresponds to the diffusion length in the theory of the pile. The procedure is to establish a relationship between the diffusion length and the change in thermal utilization from a pile with infinite sides to one with sides of a finite length. The calculation of this change in the thermal utilization is then carried through. Approximation to the answer and numerically exact calculations are given in the report. The results show… more
Date: October 6, 1943
Creator: Plass, Gilbert N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Flight tests of thermal ice-prevention equipment in the XB-24F airplane

Description: Report presenting performance tests of thermal ice-prevention equipment designed and installed in the XB-24F airplane in icing and non-icing conditions. The recorded temperature and air-flow data, and the calculated quantities of heat flow throughout the system are presented in tabular form.
Date: October 7, 1943
Creator: Neel, Carr B. & Jones, Alun R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Report on Reserves and Production Situation of Vanadiferous and Related Ores in Colorado Plateau Region

Description: From introduction: The general distribution of known deposits of vanadium-bearing sandstone, which also contain some uranium and radium, is shown in figure 1 1/ and Exhibit A, plate 53. 2/ During 1939-41 the Geological Survey made detailed geological studies of these deposits in the Uravan district, Montrose County, Colorado, as well as preliminary examinations in other parts of the Colorado Plateau vanadium region. In 1942 detailed geological studies were made o the deposits in the Egnar-Slick… more
Date: October 10, 1943
Creator: Fischer, Richard P. & Stokes, William Lee
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Some Cases of Pile Activity Flattening

Description: Radial flattening of activity in the cores of spherical and cylindrical piles is discussed in connection with pile control and power improvement. Partial flattening as a result of k loss from temperature rise is also considered.
Date: October 10, 1943
Creator: Morehouse, N. & Young, G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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