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Effects of Components and Various Modifications on the Drag and the Static Stability and Control Characteristics of a 42 Deg Swept-Wing Fighter-Airplane Model at Mach Numbers of 1.60 to 2.50

Description: Wind tunnel testing of swept wing fighter aircraft model for determining drag and static longitudinal and lateral stability and control characteristics. Results regarding performance, longitudinal stability, lateral stability, and strakes are provided.
Date: April 15, 1959
Creator: Church, James D.
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Aerodynamic characteristics of the X-15/B-52 combination

Description: Report presenting an investigation to determine the carry loads and mutual aerodynamic interference effects from high-speed wind-tunnel tests and the drop characteristics of the X-15 through the B-52 flow field from low-speed dynamic-model drop tests and six-degree-of-freedom calculations. The X-15 installation was found to increase drag at cruise conditions by approximately 15 percent.
Date: 1959
Creator: Alford, William J., Jr. & Taylor, Robert T.
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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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Boundary-Layer Displacement Effects in Air at Mach Numbers of 6.8 and 9.6

Description: "Measurements are presented for pressure gradients induced by a laminar boundary layer on a flat plate in air at a Mach number of 9.6 and for the drag of thin wings at a Mach number of about 6.8 and zero angle of attack. The pressure measurements at a Mach number of 9.6 were made in the presence of substantial heat transfer from the boundary layer to the plate surface. The measured pressure distribution o the surface of the plate was predicted with good accuracy by a modification to insulated-p… more
Date: 1959
Creator: Bertram, Mitchel H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Forty-Fourth Annual Report of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics Administrative Report Including Technical Reports Nos. 1342 to 1392

Description: "In accordance with act of Congress, approved March 3, 1915, as amended (U.S.C., title 50, .sw 151), which established the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, the Committee submits its Forty-fourth Annual Report for the fiscal year 1958. This is the Committee's final report to the Congress. The National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (Public Law 85-568) provides in section 301 that the NACA "shall cease to exist" and "all functions, powers, duties, and obligations, and all real and … more
Date: 1959
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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An Analytical Evaluation of the Effects of an Aerodynamic Modification and of Stability Augmenters on the Pitch Behavior and Probable Pilot Opinion of Two Current Fighter Airplanes

Description: Memorandum presenting the effects of wing modification and stability augmentation on the computed longitudinal behavior in the pitch-up region and probable pilot opinion of the pitch-up characteristics of two current fighter airplanes. An exploration of the addition of a wing-leading edge is included. Results regarding computed pitch-up behavior and probable pilot opinion are provided.
Date: April 21, 1959
Creator: Sadoff, Melvin & Stewart, John D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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