From abstract: Absolute cross sections for the production of charged secondary particles is the bombardments of aluminum, nickel, silver, and gold by 332-Mev protons, 187-deuterons, and 380-Mev alpha particles have been determined.

From Introduction: "The purpose of this paper is to discuss and evaluate some of the input signals or control parameters which have been experimentally employed to operate turbojet inlet-control systems. These include the normal-shock position, the oblique-shock position, and the diffuser-exit Mach number. The discussion is based on results obtained at the NACA Lewis laboratory during control investigations of ram-jet engines (ref. 1 to 5) and during a study on the control of a supersonic inlet for the J34 turbojet engine (refs 6 and 7)."

A preliminary design study, Phase I of the ALPR project, has been made in accordance with the Army Reactors Branch specifications for a nuclear "package" power plant with a 200-260-kw electric and 400 kw heating capacity. The plant is to be installed at the Idaho Reactor Testing Station as a prototype for remote arctic installations. The "conventional" power plant as well as the exterior reactor components are described in the accompanying report and cost estimate by Pioneer Service and Engineering Company, Architect-Engineers for the project."Nuclear" components of the reactor are designed by Argonne National Laboratory as described in the present report.

A preliminary design study, Phase I of the ALPR . project, has been made in accordance with the Army Reactors Branch specifications for a nuclear ''package'' power plant with a 200 to 260 kw electric and 400 kw heating capacity..The plant is to be installed at the Idaho Reactor Testing Station as a prototype for remote arctic installations. The ''conventiornl'' power plant as well as the exterior reactor components are described, and cost estimates are given. ''Nuclear'' components of the reactor are described. (auth)

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This report addresses a bev high current acceleration.

Progress report of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Biology Division providing updates on various projects, experiments, and other work. This report includes a summary of scholarly output from the division and departmental activities in cytology and genetics, mammalian genetics and development, microbial protection and recovery, mammalian recovery, pathology and physiology, general physiology, biochemistry, enzymology and photosynthesis, microbiology, plant biochemistry, and biophysics.

Report presenting an investigation in the full-scale tunnel to determine the effects of the low-speed aerodynamic characteristics of blowing air over the trailing-edge flap of a large-scale wing-body-tail model. Results regarding half-span flaps and full-span flaps, pitching-moment and longitudinal trim characteristics, drag characteristics, lift-drag ratio, and lateral control are provided.

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A limited exploratory investigation of the rate of coking of four JP-4 fuels in electrically heated metal tubes was conducted in order to provide design information for fuel prevaporizers for turbojet-engine combustors. The fuels tested included two production and two minimum-quality JP-4 type fuels. The heating tube was operated at fuel pressures of approximately 500, 400, and 50 pounds per square inch. The operating fuel temperature was varied between approximately 600 degrees and 1200 degrees F.

This paper is a preliminary report of experiments being carried out on the compaction of UO₂ powders by swaging within a restraining tube. Various types of UO₂ have been tried with resulting apparent densities as great as 9.89 grams per cubic centimeter.

This memorandum provides a comparison of monthly slug ruptures at the Hanford C-Pile.

A conceptual design is presented for a test reactor facility to be used for shielding experiments and component irradintions necessary for airframe development for the nuclear airplane program. To meet both requirements a modified swimming-pool reactor is used, with a dry irradintion cell of 320 cu ft of useful volume provided for component testing, while shielding experiments are performed in the pool in the usual manner. A BSR-type core is operated at 1 MW to provide a fest neutron flux in the irradiation cell of 10/sup 12/n/cm/sup 2/ sec at the core face and 10/sup 11/at a distance of 4 feet. The irradiation-cell facility is designed to avoid the need of remote operations in making up service connections to the experimental piece. The reactor is contained in a cylindrical building designed for 6 psi internal pressure to meet the conditions of the maximum credible accident. The estimated cost of the facility, including the reactor and the fabrication cost for an initial fuel charge, is 874,000. (auth)

Report presenting a description of the Ames 2- by 2-foot transonic wind tunnel, its uses in testing, and a preliminary evaluation of the wall interference in the tunnel.

The engines, each with a compressor overall total-pressure ratio of 12 and a design inner-turbine-inlet temperature of 2500 degrees R, were investigated at static sea-level conditions to determine the effect on transient performance of varying the desitn pressure ratio divisions 2-6, 3-4, and 4-3 between the outer and inner compressors. The transient considered was an acceleration from 40 to 100 percent design thrust. When the outer compressor of each engine reached design speed, the inner compressors were overspeeding, the maximum being only 1.7 over design mechanical speed. Acceleration times for the three engines were equal.

Report presenting a wind-tunnel investigation to determine the effects of leading-edge extensions on the longitudinal characteristics of a wing-fuselage and wing-fuselage-tail combination with a wing of 40 degrees sweepback and NACA 64A thickness distribution.

Memorandum presenting an investigation of the effect of Mach number variation from 1.8 to 7.4 on boundary-layer transition on a slender fin-stabilized ogive-cylinder body in free flight at a constant length Reynolds number of 13.8 million. Results showed that increasing Mach number had a very favorable effect of increasing the extent of the laminar boundary layer for a given surface roughness. Results regarding Mach number and surface roughness, effects of pressure rise, and long laminar runs are provided.

Memorandum presenting a systematic transonic zero-lift drag investigation utilizing a swept-wing configuration with three different ratios of wing to fuselage size utilizing a 6-inch helium gun. The experiments and comparisons with other results indicated that the reduction of pressure drag obtainable from partial indentation is approximately proportional to the amount of indentation employed up to a Mach number of 1.3. Results regarding the basic data, total drag, pressure drag, equivalent bodies, and special projections are provided.

Report presenting an investigation of the effects of rocket-armament-exhaust-gas ingestion on the performance of a supersonic-inlet J34-turbojet-engine installation at Mach 2. Rockets were fired from two different spike positions and with the engine at high or low speed. Results regarding engine air flow, temperature, and flame-out are provided.

Memorandum presenting an investigation in the 9-inch supersonic tunnel to determine the effects of a sonic jet exhausting from a wing-mounted nacelle on the body drag of a body-wing-nacelle combination for various longitudinal, spanwise, and vertical nacelle locations and jet pressure ratios. The results indicated that the maximum variations in the total and fore drags of the body due to jet interference were about one-fourth of the basic body drag.

The following report describes the usage of a semi-continuous ion exchange contactor--named the Higgins contactor--fit to operate the Purex process, a process that recovers plutonium and uranium from irradiated natural uranium fuel elements. It is intended to use the contactor in the final purification and concentration stage of the process plutonium streams.

The electron spin paramagnetic resonance of dibenzene chromium cation h a s been observed. I t s c e n t e r is a t a valhe of g = 1.98. I t shows eleven hyperfine components s e p a r a t e d by 3.5 gauss. These a r e i n t e r p r e t e d to b e eleven of the thirteen components expected to r e s u l t f r o m the interaction of the twelve equivalent protons with the unpaired electron.

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