Survey of Supersonic Inlets for High Mach Number Applications (open access)

Survey of Supersonic Inlets for High Mach Number Applications

Report discussing various inlet design philosophies based on the results of testing at Mach numbers up to 5. The most ideal inlet design was found to be one with combined external-plus-internal compression due to problems noted with both external-only and internal-only inlets.
Date: April 1, 1958
Creator: Connors, James F. & Allen, John L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Survey of supersonic inlets for high Mach number applications (open access)

Survey of supersonic inlets for high Mach number applications

Report presenting an assessment of various inlet design philosophies assessed on the basis of recent experimental results at Mach numbers up to 5. The basic compression systems are compared for Mach 4.0 turbojet and hypersonic-cruise ramjet engines.The best-suited inlet for the Mach 4.0 turbojet engine is the combined external-plus-internal compression.
Date: April 1, 1958
Creator: Connors, James F. & Allen, John L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dilution of liquid oxygen when nitrogen is used for pressurization (open access)

Dilution of liquid oxygen when nitrogen is used for pressurization

Report presenting a graphic method for determining the composition and phases within a propellant tank when liquid oxygen is pressurized with nitrogen gas and some of the calculations involved. The assumed limiting conditions are that pressurizing gas flows adiabatically from the pressure tank and that equilibrium exists in the oxygen-nitrogen system. The experiment indicates that a series dilution of the oxidant occurs when nitrogen is used as a pressurizing gas, but a barrier at the liquid-gas interface would permit the use of nitrogen.
Date: April 1, 1958
Creator: Walsh, Thomas J.; Hibbard, R. R. & Ordin, Paul M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The adhesion of molten boron oxide to various materials (open access)

The adhesion of molten boron oxide to various materials

This report includes the description and results of an experiment evaluating the amount of adhesion existing between the liquid boron oxide and various materials used in engines.
Date: April 1, 1958
Creator: Witzke, W. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library