Effect of heat and power extraction on turbojet-engine performance 1: analytical method of performance evaluation with compressor-outlet air bleed (open access)

Effect of heat and power extraction on turbojet-engine performance 1: analytical method of performance evaluation with compressor-outlet air bleed

Report presenting an analytical investigation of the performance of a turbojet engine with air bled off at the compressor outlet. A wide range of engine and flight conditions are covered and air bleeds of 0 to 15 percent of the air mass flow are considered. Results are provided in the form of generalized performance charts that are applicable to a wide range of operating conditions.
Date: March 1950
Creator: Hensley, Reece V.; Rom, Frank E. & Koutz, Stanley L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tables of wing-aileron coefficients of oscillating air forces for two-dimensional supersonic flow (open access)

Tables of wing-aileron coefficients of oscillating air forces for two-dimensional supersonic flow

Report presenting the wing-aileron coefficients of oscillating air forces for two-dimensional supersonic flow for a variety of Mach numbers. Various ratios of control-surface chord to airfoil chord are employed in the calculation and for each combination of chord ratio and Mach number, approximate 35 values of reduced frequency are utilized.
Date: March 1950
Creator: Huckel, Vera & Durling, Barbara J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Velocity Distribution on Wing Sections of Arbitrary Shape in Compressible Potential Flow 3: Circulatory Flows Obeying the Simplified Density-Speed Relation (open access)

Velocity Distribution on Wing Sections of Arbitrary Shape in Compressible Potential Flow 3: Circulatory Flows Obeying the Simplified Density-Speed Relation

"The method of computing velocity and pressure distributions along wing profiles under the assumption of the simplified density-speed relation, outlined in NACA Technical Note 1006, is extended to the case of a nonsymmetrical profile and a flow with circulation. The shape of the profile, the speed of the undisturbed flow, and a parameter determining the angle of attack may be prescribed. The problem is reduced to a nonlinear integral equation which can be solved numerically by an iteration method" (p. 1).
Date: March 1950
Creator: Bers, Lipman
System: The UNT Digital Library
A method of computing subsonic flows around given airfoils (open access)

A method of computing subsonic flows around given airfoils

From Summary: "An extremely simple computational method is established for obtaining circulatory flows around given bodies to a high degree of accuracy for flows satisfying the linear pressure and specific-volume equation of state. The method depends not on an integral equation but on the transformation from the holograph to the physical plane involving the determination of an arbitrary analytic function. The determination of the arbitrary analytic function by elementary means results in a close approximation of the given body."
Date: March 1950
Creator: Gelbart, Abe & Resch, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library
The effect of rate of change of angle of attack on the maximum lift of a small model (open access)

The effect of rate of change of angle of attack on the maximum lift of a small model

Report presenting a wind-tunnel investigation of a partial model of a conventional fighter airplane to determine the effects of rate of change of angle of attack on its maximum lift. The results indicated that the maximum lift coefficient increased linearly with pitching velocity up to a limit value of the lift coefficient which depended on the Mach number.
Date: March 1950
Creator: Harper, Paul W. & Flanigan, Roy E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dynamic Similitude Between a Model and a Full-Scale Body for Model Investigation at Full-Scale Mach Number (open access)

Dynamic Similitude Between a Model and a Full-Scale Body for Model Investigation at Full-Scale Mach Number

Note presenting an analysis for interpreting results of dynamic tests of a model investigated at full-scale Mach number in terms of the corresponding full-scale body. The analysis indicates that dynamic similarity for such a condition can be closely approximated although the effect of gravity is not to scale.
Date: March 1950
Creator: Neihouse, Anshal I. & Pepoon, Philip W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Theoretical Lift and Damping in Roll of Thin Sweptback Tapered Wings With Raked-in and Cross-Stream Wing Tips at Supersonic Speeds: Subsonic Leading Edges (open access)

Theoretical Lift and Damping in Roll of Thin Sweptback Tapered Wings With Raked-in and Cross-Stream Wing Tips at Supersonic Speeds: Subsonic Leading Edges

Note presenting the lift and damping in roll for families of thin sweptback tapered wings with raked-in and cross-stream wing tips. Equations were derived for wings that are contained within a boundary formed by the Mach lines, which means that the wing has subsonic leading edges, supersonic trailing edges, and supersonic wing tips.
Date: March 1950
Creator: Margolis, Kenneth
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analysis of factors influencing the stability characteristics of symmetrical twin-intake Air-induction systems (open access)

Analysis of factors influencing the stability characteristics of symmetrical twin-intake Air-induction systems

From Introduction: "Experimental investigations of air-induction systems in which the air flows of two intakes join in a common duct have inducted that many of these systems are subject to air-flow instability at low inlet-velocity ratios. Therefore, an analysis has been made to determine a proper basis for an explanation and to provide a more quantitative explanation of the flow instability and the flow reversal. This report presents the results of this analysis."
Date: March 1950
Creator: Martin, Norman J. & Holzhauser, Curt A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Properties of a boron carbide-iron ceramal (open access)

Properties of a boron carbide-iron ceramal

Report presenting an investigation to determine the properties of a boron carbide-iron ceramal. The properties were compared to the properties of hot-pressed boron carbide. The properties evaluated were room- and elevated-temperature modulus of rupture, resistance to fracture by thermal shock, density, and oxidation characteristics.
Date: March 1950
Creator: Lidman, William G. & Hamjian, H. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Spin-tunnel investigation to determine the effect on spin recoveries of reducing the opening shock load of spin-recovery parachutes (open access)

Spin-tunnel investigation to determine the effect on spin recoveries of reducing the opening shock load of spin-recovery parachutes

Report presenting an investigation in the 20-foot free-spinning tunnel to determine whether the effectiveness of a spin-recovery parachute would be influenced by a reduction, through the use of a shock absorber, or the opening shock load. The results indicated that a given spin-recovery parachute was effective with or without a rubber shock absorber installed in the parachute towline. Results regarding the effect of the shock absorber on spin-recovery characteristics and effect of porosity and towline length on shock load are provided.
Date: March 1950
Creator: Jones, Ira P., Jr. & Klinar, Walter J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effects of an Aging Treatment on Life of Small Cast Vitallium Gas-Turbine Blades (open access)

Effects of an Aging Treatment on Life of Small Cast Vitallium Gas-Turbine Blades

Note presenting an investigation conducted to determine the effects of an aging treatment on the life of a small cast Vitallium gas-turbine blades operated at a blade temperature of approximately 1500 degrees Fahrenheit and a stress of 20,000 pounds per square inch at the blade-failure plane. Twenty blades that were aged for 48 hours at 1500 degrees Fahrenheit were compared with 33 unaged blades. Results regarding turbine evaluation and metallurgical examination are provided.
Date: March 1950
Creator: Hoffman, Charles A. & Yaker, Charles
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chart for simplifying calculations of pressure drop of a high-speed compressible fluid under simultaneous action of friction and heat transfer - application to combustion-chamber cooling passages (open access)

Chart for simplifying calculations of pressure drop of a high-speed compressible fluid under simultaneous action of friction and heat transfer - application to combustion-chamber cooling passages

Report presenting a method for calculating the pressure drop of a high-speed compressible fluid in a constant-area duct under the simultaneous action of friction and heat transfer. The temperature distribution assumed in the development of the working chart can be made to closely approximate, in on one or two steps, the temperature distributions found in the cooling passages of ramjet and tail-pipe-burner combustion chambers.
Date: March 1950
Creator: Sibulkin, Merwin & Koffel, William K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An investigation of aircraft heaters 33: experimental determination of thermal and hydrodynamical behavior of air flowing along finned plates (open access)

An investigation of aircraft heaters 33: experimental determination of thermal and hydrodynamical behavior of air flowing along finned plates

Report presenting an experimental investigation on the thermal and hydrodynamical behavior of air flowing along a steam-heated plate to which were attached cylindrical fins. The data indicate that the principal criterion for the application of the equations for heat transfer along unfinned flat plates is the initiation of a thermal boundary layer.
Date: March 1950
Creator: Boelter, L. M. K.; Leasure, R.; Romie, F. E.; Sanders, V. D.; Elswick, W. R. & Young, G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Method of Calibrating Airspeed Installations on Airplanes at Transonic and Supersonic Speeds by Use of Temperature Measurements (open access)

A Method of Calibrating Airspeed Installations on Airplanes at Transonic and Supersonic Speeds by Use of Temperature Measurements

Note presenting a method of calibrating airspeed installations on airplanes at transonic and supersonic speeds by use of instrumentation in the airplane only. A description of the method and some suggestions for increasing the accuracy of the method are provided.
Date: March 1950
Creator: Zolovcik, John A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pressure Distribution and Damping in Steady Roll at Supersonic Mach Numbers of Flat Swept-Back Wing with Subsonic Edges (open access)

Pressure Distribution and Damping in Steady Roll at Supersonic Mach Numbers of Flat Swept-Back Wing with Subsonic Edges

Note presenting a method for calculating the pressure distribution and damping in steady roll at supersonic Mach numbers of thin, flat, sweptback wings with all edges straight and subsonic. It can be adapted to wings with negative rake at the tips, but the method is developed only for wings with streamwise tips.
Date: March 1950
Creator: Walker, Harold J. & Ballantyne, Mary B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pressure Distributions on the Blade Sections of the NACA 10-(3)(090)-03 Propeller Under Operating Conditions (open access)

Pressure Distributions on the Blade Sections of the NACA 10-(3)(090)-03 Propeller Under Operating Conditions

The third report in a series of five that present unanalyzed pressure data obtained in tests of five full-scale propellers with NACA 16-series blade sections. Pressure distributions on the blade sections were measured under operating conditions to determine the aerodynamic characteristics of each blade section. This particular report presents information for nine radial stations of the NACA 10-(3)(090)-03 propeller.
Date: March 22, 1950
Creator: Johnson, Peter J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Exploratory Investigation of Leading-Edge Chord-Extensions to Improve the Longitudinal Stability Characteristics of Two 52 Degree Sweptback Wings (open access)

Exploratory Investigation of Leading-Edge Chord-Extensions to Improve the Longitudinal Stability Characteristics of Two 52 Degree Sweptback Wings

Report presenting exploratory testing obtained with leading-edge wing chord-extensions on two 52 degree sweptback wings. The wings had the same aspect ratio but different airfoil sections. Results regarding force characteristics and flow characteristics are provided.
Date: March 10, 1950
Creator: Furlong, G. Chester
System: The UNT Digital Library
Performance of High-Pressure-Ratio Axial-Flow Compressor Using Highly Cambered Naca 65-Series Blower Blades at High Mach Numbers (open access)

Performance of High-Pressure-Ratio Axial-Flow Compressor Using Highly Cambered Naca 65-Series Blower Blades at High Mach Numbers

"A complete stage of an axial-flow compressor was designed and built to investigate the possibility of obtaining a high pressure ratio with an acceptable efficiency through the use of the optimum combination of high blade loading and high relative inlet Mach number. Over-all stage performance was investigated over a range of flows at equivalent tip speeds of 418 to 836 feet per second. At design speed (836 ft/sec), a peak total-pressure ration of 1.445 was obtained with an adiabatic efficiency of 0.89. For design angle of attack at the mean radius, a total-pressure ratio of 1.392 was obtained" (p. 1).
Date: March 28, 1950
Creator: Voit, Charles H.; Guentert, Donald C. & Dugan, James F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experimental investigation of the effectiveness of various suction-slot arrangements as a means for increasing the maximum lift of the NACA 65(sub 3)-018 airfoil section (open access)

Experimental investigation of the effectiveness of various suction-slot arrangements as a means for increasing the maximum lift of the NACA 65(sub 3)-018 airfoil section

Report presenting a wind-tunnel investigation to explore the possibility of employing boundary-layer suction slots as a means for delaying laminar separation at the leading edge and turbulent separation over the rear portions of the airfoil section at high lift coefficients. Results regarding lift and drag are explored.
Date: March 31, 1950
Creator: Racisz, Stanley F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Further Investigation of a Gas Turbine with National Bureau of Standards Body 4811C Ceramic Rotor Blades (open access)

Further Investigation of a Gas Turbine with National Bureau of Standards Body 4811C Ceramic Rotor Blades

Memorandum presenting an investigation of 4811C ceramic blades and the problems involved in the adaption of ceramic materials to stressed turbine components. Results regarding spin tests and rotating heat-shock runs are provided.
Date: March 9, 1950
Creator: Freche, John C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Investigation of a Submerged Air Scoop Utilizing Boundary-Layer Suction to Obtain Increased Pressure Recovery (open access)

Preliminary Investigation of a Submerged Air Scoop Utilizing Boundary-Layer Suction to Obtain Increased Pressure Recovery

Report presenting an investigation of a submerged air scoop consisting of a conventional scoop located in a dimple in the fuselage surface at low speeds. Results regarding a study of the basic inlet without suction, a comparison of arrangements using boundary-layer control, the performances of the most desirable configurations with a certain boundary layer, and variation of boundary-layer thickness are provided.
Date: March 17, 1950
Creator: Nichols, Mark R. & Pierpont, P. Kenneth
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lateral-control investigation of flap-type controls on a wing with quarter-chord line swept back 60 degrees, aspect ratio 4, taper ratio 0.6, and NACA 65A006 airfoil section: transonic bump method (open access)

Lateral-control investigation of flap-type controls on a wing with quarter-chord line swept back 60 degrees, aspect ratio 4, taper ratio 0.6, and NACA 65A006 airfoil section: transonic bump method

Report presenting an investigation by the transonic-bump method through a range of Mach numbers in the high-speed 7- by 10-foot tunnel to determine the lateral-control characteristics of 30-percent-chord flap-type controls of various spans and locations. The wing of the semispan fuselage-wing combination had 60 degrees of sweepback of the quarter-chord line, a taper ratio of 0.6, an aspect ratio of 4.0, and an NACA 65A006 airfoil section parallel to the free air stream.
Date: March 2, 1950
Creator: Vogler, Raymond D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aerodynamic characteristics of a wing with unswept quarter-chord line, aspect ratio 2, taper ratio 0.78, and NACA 65A004 airfoil section: transonic-bump method (open access)

Aerodynamic characteristics of a wing with unswept quarter-chord line, aspect ratio 2, taper ratio 0.78, and NACA 65A004 airfoil section: transonic-bump method

From Introduction: "This paper presents the results of an investigation of force and moment characteristics for a wing with an unswept quarter-chord line, aspect ratio 2, taper ratio 0.78, and an NACA 65A004 airfoil section parallel to the free stream."
Date: March 8, 1950
Creator: Polhamus, Edward C. & Campbell, George S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An analysis of the forces and pressure distribution on a wing with the leading edge swept back 37.25 degrees (open access)

An analysis of the forces and pressure distribution on a wing with the leading edge swept back 37.25 degrees

Report presenting testing of a semispan model of a wing with the leading edge swept back 37.25 degrees, an aspect ratio of 6.04, and a taper ratio of 0.5 in order to ascertain the compressibility effects on the forces, moments, and surface pressures. Lift, drag, and pitching-moment data along with chordwise distribution of static pressure at five spanwise stations are presented for a range of Mach numbers and a constant Reynolds number. Results regarding force and moment characteristics, critical flow and drag increase at high subsonic Mach numbers, and pressure changes with increasing Mach number are provided.
Date: March 30, 1950
Creator: Edwards, George G. & Boltz, Frederick W.
System: The UNT Digital Library