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Aircraft Woods: Their Properties, Selection, and Characteristics

Description: From Summary: "This report presents, further, information on the properties of various other native species of wood compared with spruce, and discusses the characteristics of a considerable number of them from the standpoint of their possible application in aircraft manufacture to supplement the woods that are now most commonly used."
Date: January 1, 1930
Creator: Markwardt, L. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Coefficients of Flow of Standard Nozzles

Description: We first undertook experiments with air, devoted principally to the investigation of the disturbances due to the differences in the nature of the flow to the nozzle. The difficulty of measuring the air, however, caused us to experiment with water. Due to the possibility of measuring the capacity of the container, this method was much more accurate than measuring with Pitot tobes.
Date: January 1930
Creator: Mueller, H. & Peters, H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Collection of wind-tunnel data on commonly used wing sections

Description: This report groups in a uniform manner the aerodynamic properties of commonly used wing sections as determined from tests in various wind tunnels. The data have been collected from reports of a number of laboratories. Where necessary, transformation has been made to the absolute system of coefficients and tunnel wall interference corrections have been applied. Tables and graphs present the data in the various forms useful to the engineer in the selection of a wing section.
Date: January 1930
Creator: Louden, F. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Combating Airplane Fires

Description: This report provides a summary of the important steps to be taken in combating airplane fires. Some considerations and ways of preventing fires from developing are provided.
Date: January 1930
Creator: Brunat, Henri
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Contribution to the Study of Normal Burning in Gaseous Carbureted Mixtures: Part 1

Description: In the present study it is proposed to provide an equipment permitting the study of the propagation of the region of reaction in mixtures of air and carbureted gases enclosed within a cylinder. Ignition is produced at the end of compression by an electric spark. With this apparatus it is proposed to determine: 1) the influence of the richness of the explosive mixture on the rate of flame propagation; 2) the influence of the degree of volumetric compression on one of the hydrocarbons; 3) the inf… more
Date: January 1930
Creator: Duchene, M. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Flight tests on U.S.S. Los Angeles. Part 2: stress and strength determination

Description: From Summary: "The tests described in this report furnished data on the actual aerodynamic forces, and the resulting stresses and bending moments in the hull of the U. S. S. "Los Angeles" during as severe still-air maneuvers as the airship would normally be subjected to, and in straight flight during as rough air as is likely to occur in service, short of squall or storm conditions. The maximum stresses were found to be within the limits provided for in accepted practice in airship design. Norm… more
Date: January 1930
Creator: Burgess, C. P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Rate of Heat Transfer From Finned Metal Surfaces

Description: The object was to evaluate the factors which control the rate of heat transfer to a moving current of air from finned metal surfaces similar to those used on aircraft engine cylinders. This was to establish data which will enable the finning of cooling surfaces to be designed to suit the particular needs of any specific application. Most of the work was done on flat copper specimens 6 inches square, upon which were mounted copper fins with spacings varying from 1/2 inch to 1/12 inch. All fins w… more
Date: January 1930
Creator: Taylor, C. Fayette & Rehbock, A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Structural Details of the Giant Dornier Seaplane "Do X."

Description: Memorandum presenting a description of the Dornier seaplane Do X. Details of the general description, materials, details of the main wing and upper wing, details of the hull and of the wing stubs, tail surfaces and control lines, power plant, and launching car and floating dock are provided.
Date: January 1930
Creator: Gustosa, Corrado
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Weymann-Lepère W.E.L. 10 Observation Airplane (French): A High-Wing Monoplane

Description: Circular presenting a description of the Weymann-Lepère W.E.L. 10. Some of the characteristics described include the principles of the construction, aerodynamics, descriptions of the components, flight characteristics, and photographs and blueprints.
Date: January 1930
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Design of Airplane Wing Ribs

Description: "The purpose of this investigation was to obtain information for use in the design of truss and plywood forms, particularly with reference to wing ribs. Tests were made on many designs of wing ribs, comparing different types in various sizes. Many tests were also made on parallel-chord specimens of truss and plywood forms in place of the actual ribs and on parts of wing ribs, such as truss diagonals and sections of cap strips" (p. 223).
Date: January 8, 1930
Creator: Newlin, J. A. & Trayer, George W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Airfoil Pressure Distribution Investigation in the Variable Density Wind Tunnel

Description: Report presents the results of wind tunnel tests of pressure distribution measurements over one section each of six airfoils. Pressure distribution diagrams, as well as the integrated characteristics of the airfoils, are given for both a high and a low dynamic scale or, Reynolds number VL/V, for comparison with flight and other wind-tunnel tests, respectively. It is concluded that the scale effect is very important only at angles of attack near the burble.
Date: January 14, 1930
Creator: Jacobs, Eastman N.; Stack, John & Pinkerton, Robert M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Aircraft Accidents: Method of Analysis

Description: The revised report includes the chart for the analysis of aircraft accidents, combining consideration of the immediate causes, underlying causes, and results of accidents, as prepared by the special committee, with a number of the definitions clarified. A brief statement of the organization and work of the special committee and of the Committee on Aircraft Accidents; and statistical tables giving a comparison of the types of accidents and causes of accidents in the military services on the one … more
Date: January 28, 1930
Creator: Committee on Aircraft Accidents
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Clerget 100 Hp Heavy-Oil Engine

Description: A complete technical description of the Clerget heavy-oil engine is presented along with the general characteristics. The general characteristics are: 9 cylinders, bore 120 mm, stroke 130 mm, four-stroke cycle engine, rated power limited to 100 hp at 1800 rpm; weight 228 kg; propeller with direct drive and air cooling. Moving parts, engine block, and lubrication are all presented.
Date: January 1931
Creator: Léglise, Pierre
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Coal-Mine Fatalities in December, 1930

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the coal mine related deaths during December, 1930. The number of fatalities and the causes are presented. This report includes tables.
Date: January 1931
Creator: Adams, William Waugh & Chenoweth, L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The effect of small variations in profile of airfoils

Description: This report deals with the effect of small variations in ordinates specified by different laboratories for the airfoil section. This study was made in connection with a more general investigation of the effect of small irregularities of the airfoil surface on the aerodynamic characteristics of an airfoil. These tests show that small changes in airfoil contours, resulting from variations in the specified ordinates, have a sufficiently large effect upon the airfoil characteristics to justify the … more
Date: January 1931
Creator: Ward, Kenneth E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Focke-Wulf F 19a "Ente" Commercial Airplane (German): A Tail-First High-Wing Monoplane

Description: Circular presenting a description of the Focke-Wulf F 19a "Ente" aircraft, which includes the unique design feature of the horizontal control surfaces being placed at the forward end of the fuselage while the wing is farther aft. Details of the design, aerodynamic characteristics, wings, controls, landing gear, power plant, fuel tanks, characteristics, drawings, and photographs are provided.
Date: January 1931
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Hanriot H 431 Military Airplane (French): A General Purpose Biplane

Description: Circular presenting a description of the Hanriot H 431, which was designed to meet the requirements of the French War Ministry for general purpose airplanes. Details are provided for the design, flying qualities, and improvements over other aircraft designs.
Date: January 1931
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Lift and drag characteristics of a cabin monoplane determined in flight

Description: From Summary: "The results of flight tests conducted by the NACA to determine the lift and drag characteristics of a full-scale airplane are given herein. A Fairchild FC-2W2 cabin monoplane having a Gottingen 387 wing section was used for the tests. The maximum lift coefficient for the airplane is compared with that obtained for the Gottingen 387 airfoil in recent tests in the Variable Density Tunnel. The maximum lift coefficient for the airplane was found to be 1.50 and that for the airfoil 1.… more
Date: January 1931
Creator: Thompson, F. L. & Keister, P. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The pressure distribution over a square wing tip on a biplane in flight

Description: This note presents the results obtained in pressure distribution tests on the right upper panel of a Douglas M-3 airplane in flight. These tests are a part of an extensive investigation on the effect of changes in tip shape on the load distribution.
Date: January 1931
Creator: Rhode, Richard V. & Lundquist, Eugene E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Resistance of Plates and Pipes at High Reynolds Numbers

Description: It was learned that the law of resistance for high R values does not follow the simple powers, and that the powers, which can be obtained approximately for the velocity distribution, gradually change. Since, moreover, very important investigations have recently been made on the resistance of plates at very high R values, it seemed of interest to apply the above line of reasoning to the new general law of resistance. For this purpose, the resistance and velocity distribution along the plate must… more
Date: January 1931
Creator: Schiller, L. & Hermann, R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Wrinkling of Reinforced Plates Subjected to Shear Stresses

Description: An analysis is made here of the problem of long plates with transverse stiffeners subject to shear. A typical example would be a long Wagner beam. The shear stress is calculated at which the web wrinkles and shear stress becomes a maximum. The equation is solved for both a condition of free support and rigidity of support on the edges.
Date: January 1931
Creator: Seydel, Edgar
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Wrinkling Phenomena of Thin Flat Plates Subjected to Shear Stresses

Description: This report covers a series of tests on thin flat elastic strips restrained at two parallel edges and subjected to shear by conversely directed stresses. Theoretical treatments, particularly those of Lilly, Southwell and Skan, and Timoshenko are briefly outlined. The problem to be solved by these tests was to find out whether, and to what extent the conditions and assumptions upon which the calculations are based are complied with in the tests.
Date: January 1931
Creator: Bollenrath, F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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