Generalized selection charts for bombers powered by one, two, four, and six 3000-horsepower engines 1: capacity and economy (open access)

Generalized selection charts for bombers powered by one, two, four, and six 3000-horsepower engines 1: capacity and economy

Supplement using data from a previous report to show the cargo that can be carried at various ranges, pounds of cargo that can be carried per pound of fuel, and other graphs to simplify the problem of determining which cargo can be carried at any range. The assumptions, parameters, and equations from the original report are carried over in the supplement.
Date: August 1942
Creator: Brevoort, Maurice J.; Stickle, George W. & Hill, Paul R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An analysis of the indications of the University of Chicago airborne turbulence indicator in gusty air (open access)

An analysis of the indications of the University of Chicago airborne turbulence indicator in gusty air

From Introduction: "The present report has been prepared to discuss the indications obtained from the University of Chicago turbulence indicator in relation to simultaneous measurement of atmospheric gustiness made by the NACA, which are summarized herein."
Date: August 1946
Creator: Tolefson, H. B. & Pratt, K. G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Attainment of a Straight-Line Trajectory for a Preset Guided Missile With Special Reference to Effect of Wind or Target Motion (open access)

Attainment of a Straight-Line Trajectory for a Preset Guided Missile With Special Reference to Effect of Wind or Target Motion

Report discusses the results of a study "of the requirements for the attainment of a straight-line trajectory for a preset guided missile in the presence of wind or target motion" (from Summary). Information about the straight-line trajectory, position of the launching airplane, straight-line collision course, and arrangement of the autopilot in the missile is provided. Recommendations are also made about the creation of a bombsight mounting for the pilot of the launching airplane in order to attain the desired straight-line collision course.
Date: August 1945
Creator: Ribner, Herbert S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A preliminary evaluation of the explosion jet-propulsion engine (open access)

A preliminary evaluation of the explosion jet-propulsion engine

Report investigating the theoretical sea-level performance of an explosion jet-propulsion engine similar to the German flying bomb to show the effects on performance of heat added and supercharging and a comparison was drawn between the performance of the explosion engine and the constant-pressure engine. The explosion engine was found to be more efficient than the constant-pressure engine at compressor pressure ratios below 3.0 when the maximum gas temperature of the constant-pressure engine is 1600 degrees Fahrenheit.
Date: August 1944
Creator: Sanders, J. C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aerodynamic Tests of an M-31 Bomb in the 8-Foot High-Speed Tunnel (open access)

Aerodynamic Tests of an M-31 Bomb in the 8-Foot High-Speed Tunnel

Report presenting aerodynamic tests of a 300-pound M-31 demolition bomb. Force tests at a range of angles of attack were made at Mach number 0.725, which corresponds to a speed of 810 feet per second at sea level. Results regard the drag, lift, and pitching moment are provided.
Date: August 1942
Creator: Baals, Donald D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tests of an Adjustable-Area Exhaust Nozzle for Jet-Propulsion Engines (open access)

Tests of an Adjustable-Area Exhaust Nozzle for Jet-Propulsion Engines

Report discussing a comparison between a centrifugal-flow-type turbojet engine with an adjustable-area exhaust nozzle and with a series of fixed-area nozzles of various throat diameters. The adjustable-area nozzle was found to be as efficient as the fixed-area nozzles in testing. Information about the corrected static thrust, fuel flow, and tail-pipe gas temperature for both types of nozzles is provided.
Date: August 16, 1945
Creator: Wilcox, E. C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reduction of Fuel-Vapor Loss by Omitting Some of the Fuel Constituents Normally Lost During Flight (open access)

Reduction of Fuel-Vapor Loss by Omitting Some of the Fuel Constituents Normally Lost During Flight

Report discussing an investigation to determine the effect of omitting some of the fuel constituents in AN-F-28 Amendment 2 fuel that are normally lost in flight on fuel-vapor loss. Removing the components was found to decrease the fuel-vapor loss and increase the critical altitudes.
Date: August 27, 1945
Creator: Stone, Charles S. & Kramer, Walter E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gasoline-water distribution coefficients of 27 aromatic amines (open access)

Gasoline-water distribution coefficients of 27 aromatic amines

Report presenting an investigation of the suitability of 27 aromatic amines for overwater storage of their gasoline blends. The program is also meant to determine the antiknock effectiveness and low-temperature solubility in gasoline.
Date: August 1944
Creator: Olson, Walter T.; Tischler, Adelbert O. & Goodman, Irving A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The effect of xylidines on the load-carrying capacity of an aircraft-engine oil 1 (open access)

The effect of xylidines on the load-carrying capacity of an aircraft-engine oil 1

Report presenting testing to determine the effect of xylidines on the load-carrying capacity of aircraft-engine oil in several test devices. Lubricating oil and lubricating oil with xylidines added was tested in four different testing machines. In all of the experiments, adding the xylidines made the oil a poorer lubricant in the boundary region of lubrication, where metal-to-metal contact occurs.
Date: August 1943
Creator: Spurr, Robert A. & Olson, Walter T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of Xylidines on the Stability of an Aircraft-Engine Lubricating Oil (open access)

The Effect of Xylidines on the Stability of an Aircraft-Engine Lubricating Oil

Report presenting tests to determine the effect of xylidines on the stability of an aircraft-engine lubricating oil. The Indiana oxidation test and measurements of the oxygen absorption rate of the oil samples were performed on Navy 1120 oil, Navy 1120 oil plus 0.5 percent by weight of xylidines, and Navy 1120 oil used in piston-ring-sticking tests both with and without xylidines. Results regarding the Indiana oxidation test, the Davis oxidation test, the automatic oil-oxidation apparatus, and a laboratory inspection are provided.
Date: August 1943
Creator: Olson, Walter T. & Meyrowitz, Emanuel
System: The UNT Digital Library
Flight and Test-Stand Investigation of High-Performance Fuels in Modified Double-Row Radial Air-Cooled Engines 2: Flight Knock Data and Comparison of Fuel Knock Limits With Engine Cooling Limits in Flight (open access)

Flight and Test-Stand Investigation of High-Performance Fuels in Modified Double-Row Radial Air-Cooled Engines 2: Flight Knock Data and Comparison of Fuel Knock Limits With Engine Cooling Limits in Flight

Report discussing tests on three fuels in a 14-cylinder double-row radial air-cooled engine at different engine speeds, blower ratios, and spark settings.
Date: August 4, 1945
Creator: White, H. Jack; Pragliola, Philip C. & Blackman, Calvin C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Flight and Test-Stand Investigation of High-Performance Fuels in Modified Double-Row Radial Air-Cooled Engines 3: Knock-Limited Performance of 33-R as Compared with a Triptane Blend and 28-R in Flight (open access)

Flight and Test-Stand Investigation of High-Performance Fuels in Modified Double-Row Radial Air-Cooled Engines 3: Knock-Limited Performance of 33-R as Compared with a Triptane Blend and 28-R in Flight

"A comparison has been made in flight of the antiknock characteristics of 33-R fuel with that of 28-R and a triptane blend. The knock-limited performance of the three fuels - 33-R, a blend of 80 percent 28-R plus 20 percent triptane (leaded to 4.5 ml TEL/gal), and 28-R - was investigated in two modified 14-cylinder double-row radial air-cooled engines. Tests were conducted on the engines as installed in the left inboard nacelle of an airplane. A carburetor-air temperature of approximately 85 deg F was maintained" (p. 1).
Date: August 1945
Creator: Blackman, Calvin C. & White, H. Jack
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigation of naphthalene as a possible aircraft fuel (open access)

Investigation of naphthalene as a possible aircraft fuel

Report presenting testing of solid naphthalene melted and used as a fuel in a modified CFR variable-compression engine at a speed of 2000 rpm. Information regarding its knock limit, mean effective pressures, and some of its other properties are provided.
Date: August 1941
Creator: Lee, Dana W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Knock-Limited Performance of Blends of AN-F-28 Fuel Containing 2 Percent Aromatic Amines 5 (open access)

Knock-Limited Performance of Blends of AN-F-28 Fuel Containing 2 Percent Aromatic Amines 5

Report discussing testing of 2-percent additions of seven aromatic amines on the knock-limited performance of 28-R fuel in a CFR engine. The most effective antiknock additives are described.
Date: August 6, 1945
Creator: Alquist, Henry & Tower, Leonard K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Knock-limited performance of blends of AN-F-28 fuel containing 2 percent aromatic amines 3 (open access)

Knock-limited performance of blends of AN-F-28 fuel containing 2 percent aromatic amines 3

Report presenting tests to investigate the effect of 2-percent additions of nine aromatic amines on the knock-limited performance of AN-N-28 (28-R) fuel. The results of the testing of antiknock effectivneess of the 27 aromatic amines obtained to date in the program are also summarized.
Date: August 1944
Creator: Alquist, Henry E. & Tower, Leonard K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wind-tunnel tests of two Hamilton Standard propellers embodying Clark Y and NACA 16 series blade sections (open access)

Wind-tunnel tests of two Hamilton Standard propellers embodying Clark Y and NACA 16 series blade sections

Report presenting tests of two 10-foot Hamilton Standard propellers to determine the relative merits of the Clark Y and NACA 16-series sections and to determine the negative thrust available at negative angles. Little difference was noted between propellers at peak efficiency for the low Mach numbers used in the tunnel tests.
Date: August 1941
Creator: Gray, W. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Static Characteristics of Hamilton Standard Propellers Having Clark Y and NACA 16 Series Blade Sections (open access)

Static Characteristics of Hamilton Standard Propellers Having Clark Y and NACA 16 Series Blade Sections

Report presenting static tests on two full-scale three-bladed propellers differing only in blade sections at blade angles from 0 to 20 degrees at the three-quarters radius.
Date: August 1941
Creator: Mastrocola, Nicholas
System: The UNT Digital Library