Determination of Induced Velocity in Front of an Inclined Propeller by a Magnetic-Analogy Method (open access)

Determination of Induced Velocity in Front of an Inclined Propeller by a Magnetic-Analogy Method

Report presenting the horizontal and vertical components of the induced velocity in front of an inclined propeller in a horizontal stream obtained by a magnetic-analogy method. The problem was formulated in terms of the linear theory of the acceleration potential of an incompressible nonviscous fluid.
Date: February 1946
Creator: Gardner, Clifford S. & LaHatte, James A., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Theoretical Study of the Tunnel-Boundary Lift Interference Due to Slotted Walls in the Presence of the Trailing-Vortex System of a Lifting Model (open access)

Theoretical Study of the Tunnel-Boundary Lift Interference Due to Slotted Walls in the Presence of the Trailing-Vortex System of a Lifting Model

"The equations presented in this report give the interference on the trailing-vortex system of a uniformly loaded finite-span wing in a circular tunnel containing partly open and partly closed walls, with special reference to symmetrical arrangements of the open and closed portions. Methods are given for extending the equations to include tunnel shapes other than circular. The rectangular tunnel is used to demonstrate these methods. The equations are also extended to nonuniformly loaded wings" (p. 361).
Date: February 3, 1953
Creator: Matthews, Clarence W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of three methods for determining dynamic characteristics of a turbojet engine (open access)

Evaluation of three methods for determining dynamic characteristics of a turbojet engine

Report presenting transient data from approximate step and sinusoidal disturbances of fuel flow on a turbojet engine operated at one constant simulated altitude and flight condition. Results regarding coefficients of differential equations, Fourier representation, frequency response, transient analysis, and a comparison of the various analytical methods are provided.
Date: February 1952
Creator: Delio, Gene J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Free-flight transonic model investigation of jet effects on a fighter-type configuration employing a tail boom and three horizontal-tail positions (open access)

Free-flight transonic model investigation of jet effects on a fighter-type configuration employing a tail boom and three horizontal-tail positions

Report presenting the results of a limited research program initiated to study the effects of a hot propulsive jet on the longitudinal stability characteristics of a fighter-type airplane configuration. The data was obtained from a rocket-boosted free-flight model investigation over a range of Mach numbers using four models that differed only in the position and size of the horizontal tail. Results regarding the time histories, trim, normal force, pitching moment, aerodynamic-center location, dynamic stability, trim drag, and pressure data are provided.
Date: February 20, 1958
Creator: Jackson, Bruce G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Time-dependent downwash at the tail and the pitching moment due to normal acceleration at supersonic speeds (open access)

Time-dependent downwash at the tail and the pitching moment due to normal acceleration at supersonic speeds

Report presenting an analysis of the time-dependent downwash behind a wing in a supersonic stream when the angle of attack varies linearly with time. The result is applied to the calculation of the contribution of the horizontal tail to the pitching moment and lift due to normal acceleration of the airplane. Results regarding downwash charts and some limitations on the results are provided.
Date: February 1950
Creator: Ribner, Herbert S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
On Compressibility Corrections for Subsonic Flow Over Bodies of Revolution (open access)

On Compressibility Corrections for Subsonic Flow Over Bodies of Revolution

"A study of the subsonic flow past an infinitely long corrugated circular cylinder is presented to show the relation between two-dimensional and axisymmetrical flow. In fact, a solution is obtained which contains as limiting cases both the Prandtl-Glauert correction for two-dimensional flow and the Göthert correction for flow past slender bodies of revolution. Included in the paper are velocity-correction formulas for a cylinder with a single bump and for a corrugated cylinder in the presence of walls" (p. 1).
Date: February 1949
Creator: Reissner, Eric
System: The UNT Digital Library
Some Effects of Aeroelasticity at Mach Numbers From 0.7 to 1.6 on the Rolling Effectiveness of Thin Flat-Plate Delta Wings Having 45 Degree Swept Leading Edges and Full-Span Constant-Chord Ailerons (open access)

Some Effects of Aeroelasticity at Mach Numbers From 0.7 to 1.6 on the Rolling Effectiveness of Thin Flat-Plate Delta Wings Having 45 Degree Swept Leading Edges and Full-Span Constant-Chord Ailerons

From Summary: "The aeroelastic effects on wing-aileron rolling effectiveness and drag of thin flat-plate delta wings with 45 degree swept leading edge and plain constant-chord ailerons have been investigated. This investigation has been carried out over a Mach number range of 0.7 to 1.6 by means of rocket-propelled test vehicles in free flight. The results show a near-linear decrease in lateral control effectiveness with a decrease in the wing torsional stiffness. An aileron-effectiveness reversal was experienced with the more flexible delta-wing models."
Date: February 19, 1952
Creator: Marley, Edward T. & English, Roland D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Thermal Decomposition of Some Group I, II, and III Metal Alkyls (open access)

Thermal Decomposition of Some Group I, II, and III Metal Alkyls

Memorandum presenting a mechanism for the thermal decomposition of sodium, lithium, beryllium, magnesium, aluminum, and boron alkyls and for the reverse reaction, the addition of olefins to metal hydrides. The reactions are shown to be nonradical and to probably proceed through a cyclic intermediate.
Date: February 15, 1957
Creator: Rosenblum, Louis
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experimental Contribution to the Study of Combustion in Compression-Ignition Engines (open access)

Experimental Contribution to the Study of Combustion in Compression-Ignition Engines

The purpose of this paper is to explain the differences in thermodynamic qualities of two oils and to try to make this differentiation clear enough so that it can be applied to two oils extremely alike, as, for instance a given oil and the same oil to which a small amount of another substance has been added.
Date: February 1940
Creator: Duchene, R.
System: The UNT Digital Library