Report presenting an investigation of the stress distribution in the roots of the first three stages of the J6S axial-flow compressor in order to explain root failures experienced in service. Root failures were producible in the lab when high vibratory stresses were combined with simulated centrifugal loads. Results regarding fatigue tests on the original J6S blade roots and on two redesigned blade roots as well as a comparison of the different root designs are provided.

Report presenting an evaluation of the interaction between a flat plate and a nearby jet issuing from a convergent nozzle over a range of pressure ratios and free-stream Mach numbers. The effect on the interaction of the presence of streamline, blunt-base, and curved-base fairings between the plate and parabolic afterbody housing the exit nozzle was also investigated.

Memorandum presenting a five-stage axial-flow compressor with all rotor rows operating with transonic relative inlet Mach numbers designed as a research unit to study the potentialities and problems arising from the compounding of transonic stages. The report presents all design values and procedures, blade-row velocity diagrams, and the selection of blade shapes.

From Introduction: "A survey of some of the advantages and problems associated with transpiration cooling of gas-turbine engines is given in reference 1, and its is shown therein that high pressure gradients around the periphery of gas-turbine blades require that the blade wall permeability be varied around the blade periphery in order for uniform cooling to be obtained over the entire blade surface. This fact is verified in experimental investigations of transpiration-cooled turbine blades mounted in a static cascade (references 2 and 3) where it is shown that although transpiration cooling results in extremely effective cooling in the midchord region of the blade, there are very large variations in the chordwise temperature distribution because of improper permeability variation."

Memorandum presenting an evaluation of the overall performance of a 20-inch-diameter five-stage compressor as the initial step in an investigation of the potential performance and problems associated with a high-stage-pressure ratio compressor. The overall performance was evaluated over a range of flows at equivalent tip speeds from 40 to 100 percent of design. Results regarding the overall performance, compressor-inlet conditions, compressor-discharge conditions, stagewise variation of static pressure, and performance evaluation are provided.

Report presenting an investigation of the pumping characteristics of eight conical ejectors mounted on a fuselage portion of a supersonic airplane. The diameter ratio, spacing ratio, nozzle pressure, and ejector weight flows were varied. Results regarding the ejector pumping characteristics, comparison with previous results, comparison of data for cold and hot primary flow, and ejector air-supply requirements are provided.

Report presenting a wind-tunnel investigation of the low-speed static longitudinal characteristics of a model of the X-3 airplane with the wing flaps neutral and deflected. Results regarding those characteristics with the flaps neutral, with the flaps fully deflected, in the presence of a ground plane, with the flaps partially deflected, and effect of miscellaneous changes of the model are provided.

External-drag data are presented for normal-shock nose inlets with NACA 1-series, parabolic, and conic cowling profiles. The tests were made at an angle of attack of 0 degrees by using rocket-propelled models in free flight at Mach numbers from 0.9 to 1.5. The Reynolds number based on body maximum diameter varied from 2.5 x 10 sup 6 to 5.5 x 10 sup 6.

"A new mathematical technique, due to Milne-Thomson, is used to obtain an improved form of the method of Poggi for calculating the effect of compressibility on the subsonic flow past an obstacle. By means of this new method, the difficult surface integrals of the original Poggi method can be replaced by line integrals. These line integrals are then solved by the use of residue theory. In this way an equation is obtained giving the second-order effect of compressibility on the velocity of the fluid" (p. 39).

"Existing conical-flow solutions have been used to calculate the hinge-moments and effectiveness parameters of trailing-edge controls having leading and trailing edges swept ahead of the Mach lines and having streamwise root and tip chords. Equations and detailed charts are presented for the rapid estimation of these parameters. Also included is an approximate method by which these parameters may be corrected for airfoil-section thickness" (p. 937).

The results of elevated-temperature compressive strength and creep tests of 2024-t3 (formerly 24s-t3) aluminum alloy plates supported in v-grooves are presented. The strength-test results indicate that a relation previously developed for predicting plate compressive strength for plates of all materials at room temperature is also satisfactory for determining elevated-temperature strength. Creep-lifetime results are presented for plates in the form of master creep-lifetime curves by using a time-temperature parameter that is convenient for summarizing tensile creep-rupture data. A comparison is made between tensile and compressive creep lifetime for the plates and a method that made use of isochronous stress-strain curves for predicting plate-creep failure stresses is investigated.

A model of the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation Skate 7 seaplane was tested in Langley tank no. 2. Presented without discussion in this paper are landing stability in smooth water, maximum normal accelerations occurring during rough-water landings, and take-off behavior in waves.

Report presenting an investigation of the pressure distribution over a wing with the leading-edge swept back 47.5 degrees and with symmetrical circular-arc airfoil sections in the full-scale tunnel at a designated Mach and Reynolds number. The investigation included measurements of the surface static pressures along the chord for six spanwise stations, for a large angle-of-attack range, and for several angles of yaw.

Memorandum presenting an investigation conducted in the 20-foot free-spinning tunnel with a scale model to determine the spin and recovery characteristics of the McDonnell XF3H-1 airplane. The effects of control settings and movements on the erect and inverted spin and recovery characteristics of the model were determined. Results regarding design gross weight loading, variation of loading, spin-recovery parachutes, pilot escape, landing condition, control forces, and recommended recovery technique are provided.

Report presenting an investigation of ten divergent- and two cylindrical-shroud ejectors to determine internal ejector performance over a range of pressure ratios and expansion area ratios for Mach numbers up to about 3. Results regarding jet-thrust and air-handling characteristics and net-thrust performance are provided.

Report presenting an investigation of the pumping characteristics of eight conical ejectors mounted on a scale fuselage portion of a supersonic airplane. The configurations simulated various positions of a two-position nozzle with a fixed shroud and double-iris exit. Results regarding ejector pumping characteristics, comparison with previous results, comparison of data for cold and hot primary flow, and ejector air-supply requirements are provided.