From Introduction: "An analysis of eddy currents in a compressor blade, the geometry of which has been limited to that of a flat plate for simplicity, is presented."

Report presenting an investigation to determine the damping-in-roll characteristics of a 42.7 degree sweptback wing using a linearly twisted wing to represent a rolling wing. Results regarding the effect of the airfoil contour, damping-in-roll coefficient, wing-tip helix angle, and theoretical results are provided.

Results of tests to determine the aerodynamic forces and moments on bodies of revolution at angles of attack from 0 degrees to 25 degrees are presented and compared with theory. Cones and ogives of fineness ratios 3 to 7 and two blunt-nosed body shapes with fineness ratios 3 and 5 were tested at Mach numbers from 2.75 to 5.00. Reynolds numbers were from 0.5 million to 6.4 million, depending on Mach number and body fineness ratio.

Report presenting a study of the supersonic longitudinal stability and control characteristics of a canard missile configuration using flight tests and wind-tunnel tests at a range of Mach numbers and Reynolds numbers. Good correlation was noted for the two techniques for slopes of lift and moment coefficients against angle of attack and for aerodynamic-center location.

Report presenting an investigation utilizing the transonic-bump technique through a range of Mach numbers in the high-speed 7- by 10-foot tunnel to determine the lateral control characteristics of retractable spoiler and plug-type spoiler-slot ailerons. The wing had a sweepback of 60 degrees at the quarter-chord line, an aspect ratio of 2, a taper ratio of 0.6, and an NACA 65A006 airfoil section parallel to the free stream. The plug-type spoiler-slot aileron was found to be more effective in producing roll than the retractable spoiler aileron through the entire range of values tested.

Report presenting the results of nine experimental flutter tests involving two flat-plate models and two rib and spar models of NACA 0012 airfoil sections in order to give a comparison of the flutter characteristics of wings with M and W type plan forms. The W plan form generally gave higher flutter speeds than the M plan forms.

Report presenting tests using the NACA wing-flow method at a range of Mach numbers to determine the aerodynamic characteristics of four triangular-wing-fuselage models. Measurements of the normal force, chord force, and pitching moment for various angles of attack. Two models had wings of aspect ratio 2.31, one with an NACA 65-009 airfoil section and one with a 9-percent-thick biconvex section, and two with wings of aspect ratio 4, one with an NACA 65-006 airfoil and one with a 6-percent-thick double-wedge airfoil.

Report presents the results of a wind-tunnel investigation of the effect of wing-fuselage interference on lateral-stability characteristics made in the NACA 7 by 10-foot wind tunnel on four fuselages and two fins, representing high-wing, low-wing, and midwing monoplanes. The fuselages are of circular and elliptical cross section. The wings have rounded tips and, in plan form, one is rectangular and the three are tapered 3:1 with various amounts of sweep. The rate of change in the coefficients of rolling moment, yawing moment, and lateral force with angle of yaw is given in a form to show the increment caused by wing-fuselage interference for the model with no fin and the effect of wing-fuselage interference on fin effectiveness. Results for the fuselage-fin combination and the wing tested alone are also given.

From Summary: "A simple method is presented for estimating lift, pitching-moment, and hinge-moment characteristics of all-movable wings in the presence of a body as well as the characteristics of wing-body combinations employing such wings. In general, good agreement between the method and experiment was obtained for the lift and pitching moment of the entire wing-body combination and for the lift of the wing in the presence of the body. The method is valid for moderate angles of attack, wing deflection angles, and width of gap between wing and body."