Report presenting a consideration of the problem of shaping an adjoining fuselage for a given wing and supersonic Mach number so that the combination will have a low wave drag. Only fuselages that can be simulated by singularities distributed along the body axis are studied.

Memorandum presenting a turbojet engine with a two-stage turbine operated with pentaborane fuel continuously for 11.5 minutes at a simulated altitude of 55,000 feet at a flight Mach number of 0.8. The engine incorporated an NACA combustor designed specifically for use with pentaborane fuel. Results regarding oxide formation and deposition, engine operating point, effect of oxide deposits on component performance, effect of oxide deposition on overall performance, and some operational comments are provided.

Report presenting performance of a two-dimensional external-compression inlet designed for various methods of inlet-engine matching up to Mach 3 at Mach 1.89 and Mach 0. Results regarding shock geometry, two-shock ramps, isentropic ramps, profiles, and cowl drag for the various Mach number tests are provided.

Report presenting an investigation of the ejection release characteristics of the MB-1 rocket from the missile bay of a model of the Convair F-106A airplane with its fin tips retracted at a simulated altitude of 18,670 feet. Successful ejections of the rocket were made at supersonic speeds by applying a combination of ejection velocity and nose-down pitching moment at release.

Report presenting an investigation of the ejection release characteristics of the MB-1 rocket from the missile bay of a Convair F-106A airplane. Results regarding pitching moment, ejections, release conditions, and missile trajectory are provided.

Report presenting calculations to determine the effect of several operating conditions on the performance of condensers for steam-turbine power plants. The analysis covered a range of turbine-inlet pressures and turbine-outlet pressures for various condenser cooling-air pressure drops, flight speeds, and altitudes. Results regarding steam-cycle performance, effect of turbine-outlet pressure on condenser performance, effect of cooling-air pressure drop on condenser performance, effect of turbine-inlet temperature on condenser performance, and power-plant-weight estimates are provided.

Report presenting an investigation at Mach number 1.6 and a range of Reynolds number of the skin-friction drag and boundary-layer transition of a body of revolution. The body had a parabolic-arc profile, a blunt base, and a fineness ratio of 12.2 (NACA RM-10). Results regarding the effect of surface condition, drag breakdown, and results of boundary-layer surveys are provided.

Report presenting an investigation to increase the compressor surge-limit pressure ratio of the XJ40-WE-6 turbojet engine at high equivalent speeds. The two compressor modifications investigated included twisting rotor blades to change blade section angles and inserting new stator diaphragms with different blade angles. Results regarding the effect of surge limit on engine performance, performance map of original compressor with mixer, effect of blade modifications on surge line, effect of mixer on surge limit, and effect of compressor modifications on performance are provided.

Report presenting an investigation to determine the low-speed aerodynamic and control characteristics of a 3-percent-thick 60 degree sweptback delta-wing-fuselage combination with half-delta tip controls and horn-balance-type controls. Testing was also conducted with chord-plate-mounted nacelles located at three positions on the wing. Information regarding the longitudinal, lateral, and hinge-moment characteristics is also provided.

"The relationships between conditions of hot-working and properties at high temperatures and the influence of the hot-working on response to heat treatment were investigated for an alloy containing nominally 20 percent molybdenum, 2 percent tungsten, and 1 percent columbium. Commercially produced bar stock was solution-treated at 2,200 degrees F. to minimize prior-history effects and then rolled at temperatures of 2,200 degrees, 2,100 degrees, 2,000 degrees, 1,800 degrees, and 1,600 degrees F. Working was carried out at constant temperature and with incremental decreases in temperature simulating a falling temperature during hot-working" (p. 1).

Report presenting measurements obtained during elevator-pulse maneuvers with a Boeing B-47A airplane in the a range of Mach numbers which were analyzed to obtain frequency responses in pitching velocity and normal load factor up to frequencies of 43 radians per second.

Report discussing an investigation of several modifications of the center body and cowling of a supersonic inlet at Mach number 2.02 and angles of attack up to 12.25 degrees. Information about the effect on stable range of boundary-layer control on the center body, the stable range of distortion of conical shock, and the stable range of cowling-lip thickness is provided.

Report presenting an investigation to study the origin and development of leading-edge cracking in turbine buckets made of six materials: S-816, M-252, Inconel 550, Inconel 700, Hastelloy R-235, and Jetalloy 1570. Some of the buckets were also given certain stress-relief treatments. Results regarding the development of leading-edge cracks, development of bucket fractures, comparison of performance for the material tested, macro- and microexamination of unfractured and fractured buckets,

Memorandum presenting an investigation in the 27- by 27-inch preflight jet of the ejection release characteristics of the MB-1 rocket from the missile bay of a 0.04956-scaled model of the Convair F-106A. The MB-1 rocket was ejected with its fin tips retracted, for a simulated altitude of 18,670 feet at a Mach number of 1.59.

Report discussing the use of hot-wire anemometers to measure circumferential traces of specific-mass-flow variation for various radial positions at the rotor exit. Results regarding the rotor blade-wake traces, relative total-pressure ratio, and centrifuging of low-momentum fluid are provided.

Report presenting preliminary tests of a counterrotating axial-flow supersonic compressor, which indicates that a flow limitation in the second rotor restricted the flow rate at design speed. The second-stage rotor was modified by increasing the flow area to increase the flow rate and improve flow stability. Results regarding the overall performance of the modified compressor, radial variation of flow conditions and performance parameters in the second rotor, stability of the shock wave in the second rotor, and individual stage performance are provided.

Report presenting the performance of two translating-double-cone inlets with contrasting rates of turning on the spike shoulder and corresponding cowl projected frontal areas of 40 and 20 percent of maximum compared over a range of Mach numbers. Results regarding internal-flow performance, external-flow performance, inlet airflow patterns, and propulsive-thrust comparison are provided.

Report presenting a procedure for integrating equations involving pressure, temperature, and density in order to analyze an expansion process that occurs when boric oxide from fuels condenses during expansion. An example is provided to illustrate the manner in which the equations can be used to analyze a one-dimensional expansion with phase equilibrium.

"Theoretical rocket performance for frozen composition during expansion was calculated for liquid methane with several fluorine-oxygen mixtures for a range of pressure ratios and oxidant-fuel ratios. The parameters included are specific impulse, combustion-chamber temperature, nozzle-exit temperature molecular weight, characteristic velocity, coefficient of thrust, ratio of nozzle-exit area to throat area, specific heat at constant pressure, isentropic exponent, viscosity, and thermal conductivity. The maximum calculated value of specific impulse for a chamber pressure of 600 pounds per square inch absolute (40.827atm) and an exit pressure of 1 atmosphere is 315.3 for 79.67 percent fluorine in the oxidant" (p. 1).

Report presenting the development of a method based on blade-element concepts to evaluate the effect of stall or choke-free angle-of-attack range on the attainable pressure rise and relative Mach numbers for cascades or single blade rows. The method was extended to evaluate the effect of usable compressor-stage flow range on the design parameters of the stage flow per unit area, pressure ratio, and rotative speed.

Report presenting the performance of a two-dimensional external-compression inlet designed for various methods of inlet-engine matching up to Mach 3 at Mach 1.89 and Mach 0.

From Summary: "The primary objectives of the investigation reported herein were to determine the effect of this new combuster design on boric oxide deposition on engine parts and to determine the effect of boric oxide on the performance of multistage turbine. Pentaborance fuel (approx. 130 lb) was used in the engine performance evaluation reported herein. The data presented herein show the engine component and over-all performance deterioration with operation on pentaborane fuel".

An experimental investigation has been conducted in the Langley stability tunnel at low speed to determine the rolling stability derivatives of a 1/9-scale powered model of the Convair XFY-1 vertically rising airplane. Effects of thrust coefficient were investigated for the complete model and for certain components of the model. Effects of control deflections and of propeller blade angle were investigated for the complete model. Most of the tests were made through an angle-of-attack range from about -4deg to 29deg, and the thrust coefficient range was from 0 to 0.7. In order to expedite distribution of these data, no analysis of the data has been prepared for this paper.

This report presents the results of an investigation to determine experimentally the instantaneous pressures at the discharge orifice of a common-rail fuel injection system in which the timing valve and cut-off valve were at some distance from the automatic fuel injection valve, and also to determine the methods by which the pressure fluctuations could be controlled. The results show that pressure wave phenomena occur between the high-pressure reservoir and the discharge orifice, but that these pressure waves can be controlled so as to be advantageous to the injection of the fuel. The results also give data applicable to the design of such an injection system for a high-speed compression-ignition engine.