Effects of slot location and geometry on the flow in a square tunnel at transonic Mach numbers (open access)

Effects of slot location and geometry on the flow in a square tunnel at transonic Mach numbers

Report presenting data from an investigation of the effects of slot location and slot geometry on the flow in a square tunnel for a Mach number range up to 1.4. Calculated static-pressure and angle-of-flow distributions along the slotted boundary are presented for several slot configurations in a tunnel with two opposite walls slotted.
Date: November 25, 1953
Creator: Nelson, William J. & Cubbage, James M., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Flight Measurement of Aerodynamic Loads and Moments on an External Store Mounted Under the Wing of a Swept-Wing Fighter-Type Airplane (open access)

Flight Measurement of Aerodynamic Loads and Moments on an External Store Mounted Under the Wing of a Swept-Wing Fighter-Type Airplane

Report discussing an investigation of external-store characteristics using a 245-gallon external fuel tank mounted under a wing of a North American F-86A airplane. The store normal force was found to increase abruptly on penetration of the buffet boundary. Information about the normal- and side-load distribution and integrated force and moment coefficients is provided.
Date: November 25, 1953
Creator: O'Bryan, Thomas C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Applications of auxiliary air injectors to supersonic wind tunnels (open access)

Applications of auxiliary air injectors to supersonic wind tunnels

Report presenting a discussion of the adverse effects of high compression ratio requirements for supersonic wind tunnels as well as the use of second throats for alleviating those effects. The results indicated that an auxiliary air-injector system can reduce starting and running compression ratios as compared to a conventional wind tunnel with a divergent diffuser.
Date: November 25, 1953
Creator: Spiegel, Joseph M.; Hofstetter, Robert U. & Kuehn, Donald M.
System: The UNT Digital Library