Report presenting testing of a centrifugal compressor from a production-type turbojet engine, which was successfully operated as a centripetal refrigeration turbine over a range of rotor speed, inlet pressure, and pressure ratio for full admission. The performance results indicated that partial admission was found to be the most efficient method of turbine control, but throttling at the turbine inlet was easy to apply. When nozzles are used, they should have erosion-resistant surfaces to minimize erosion effects.

From Summary: "This paper contains the results of measurements at 20 degrees and 60 degrees wing sweep of the low-speed pressure distribution on the wing, wing slat, wing leading-edge fillet, and fuselage of a 1/4-scale model of a preliminary Bell X-5 airplane design. The pressure-distribution measurements were made to obtain specific aerodynamic load information for application to the Bell X-5 airplane. Some of the results, however, are useful for application to swept-wing airplanes in general."

Report presenting the effect of control effectiveness of systematically varying the size and location of trailing-edge flaps on a 45 degree sweptback wing at a Mach number of 1.9. The wing model had an aspect ratio of 2.5, a taper ratio of 0.625, and 6-percent-thick hexagonal airfoil sections. Results regarding the rolling-moment and yawing-moment coefficients, lift, rolling-moment, and pitching-moment effectiveness parameters, and flap characteristics are provided.

Memorandum presenting an eight-stage high-pressure-ratio axial-flow compressor designed for use as a research unit in which the problems associated with design and off-design performance of transonic stages combined with highly loaded subsonic stages could be studied. The report discusses the design procedure and presents the experimentally determined overall performance of the compressor.

Report presenting an investigation in the low-turbulence pressure tunnel to determine the lift, drag, and pitching-moment characteristics of two unswept wings, one with airfoil sections designed for high maximum lift at low speeds (NACA 2-006) and one with NACA 65A006 airfoil sections. Results regarding lift and pitching-moment, effects of roughness, drag, and wings with flaps are provided for high- and low-speed performance.

Report presenting an investigation to develop screech instrumentation and study the mechanism of screech in a simulated afterburner. Results regarding the screech mechanism, effect of system variables on screech, speculation regarding screech mechanism, and suggested techniques for elimination or control of screech are provided.

From Introduction: "For the analysis reported herein, the same hypothetical 12-stage compressor discussed in reference 6 was chosen, and the effects of inlet-stage stall characteristics and stage interactions were estimated by arbitrary adjustment of the stall characteristics and stage interactions were estimated by arbitrary adjustment of the stalled characteristics of the individual stages."

Report presenting an investigation using a number of systematic configuration modifications to an afterburner to determine their effect on screech characteristics. The modifications included changes in the afterburner diffuser, the fuel system, and the flame holder. Results regarding some of the characteristics of screeching combustion, effect of diffuser flow conditions, and effect of fuel system and flame holder are provided.