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Heat-Loss Characteristics of Hot-Wire Anemometers at Various Densities in Transonic and Supersonic Flow (open access)

Heat-Loss Characteristics of Hot-Wire Anemometers at Various Densities in Transonic and Supersonic Flow

Note presenting an experimental investigation of the heat-loss characteristics of heated fine wires suitable for use as anemometers in turbulence research. The effects of each of the several variables on the heat-loss characteristics of both normally oriented and swept wires were measured. The temperature-loading effects were found to cause large sensitivity differences between constant-temperature and constant-current operation.
Date: May 1955
Creator: Spangenberg, W. G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Charts for the analysis of flow in a whirling duct (open access)

Charts for the analysis of flow in a whirling duct

From Summary: "Charts are developed for the analysis of flow in a whirling constant-diameter duct. These charts permit the determination of the duct-exit Mach number, or the Mach number at any point along the duct, for practical ranges of duct-inlet Mach number, duct-tip Mach number, friction factor, ratio of ambient temperature to duct-flow total temperature, ratio of duct-tip radius to duct hydraulic diameter, and heat conductivity through the duct wall and surrounding material. The method of using the charts is illustrated through the computation of a sample problem."
Date: May 1957
Creator: Makofski, Robert A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lift and moment responses to penetration of sharp-edged traveling gusts, with application to penetration of weak blast waves (open access)

Lift and moment responses to penetration of sharp-edged traveling gusts, with application to penetration of weak blast waves

Report presenting calculations of the lift and moment responses to penetration of sharp-edged traveling gusts for wings in incompressible and supersonic two-dimensional flow, for wide delta and rectangular wings in supersonic flow, and for very narrow delta wings. The results of the calculations indicate that the forward speed of the gusts has a large effect on the lift- and moment-response functions.
Date: May 1957
Creator: Drischler, Joseph A. & Diederich, Franklin W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
On flow of electrically conducting fluids over a flat plate in the presence of a transverse magnetic field (open access)

On flow of electrically conducting fluids over a flat plate in the presence of a transverse magnetic field

Report presenting a study of the use of a magnetic field to control the motion of electrically conducting fluids. Results indicated that the skin friction and heat-transfer rate are reduced when the transverse magnetic field is fixed relative to the plate and increased when fixed relative to the fluid.
Date: May 1957
Creator: Rossow, Vernon J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An approximate analytical method for studying entry into planetary atmospheres (open access)

An approximate analytical method for studying entry into planetary atmospheres

Report presenting a single, ordinary, nonlinear differential equation of second order that can be used for determining entry into an exponential planetary atmosphere. The reduced equation includes various terms, some of which represent the gravity force, the centrifugal acceleration, and the lift force. A number of solutions for lifting and nonlifting vehicles entering at various initial angles are obtained from the complete nonlinear equation.
Date: May 1958
Creator: Chapman, Dean R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Impingement of Water Droplets on an Ellipsoid with Fineness Ration 10 in Axisymmetric Flow (open access)

Impingement of Water Droplets on an Ellipsoid with Fineness Ration 10 in Axisymmetric Flow

From Summary: "The presence of radomes and instruments that are sensitive to water films or ice formations in the nose section of all-weather aircraft and missiles necessitates a knowledge of the droplet impingement characteristics of bodies of revolution. Because it is possible to approximate many of these bodies with an ellipsoid of revolution, droplet trajectories about an ellipsoid of revolution with a fineness ratio of 10 were computed for incompressible axisymmetric air flow. From the computed droplet trajectories, the following impingement characteristics of the ellipsoid surface were obtained and are presented in terms of dimensionless parameters: (1) total rate of water impingement, (2) extent of droplet impingement zone, and (3) local rate of water impingement."
Date: May 1954
Creator: Brun, Rinaldo J. & Dorsch, Robert G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Summary of experimental heat-transfer measurements in turbulent flow for a Mach number range from 0.87 to 5.05 (open access)

Summary of experimental heat-transfer measurements in turbulent flow for a Mach number range from 0.87 to 5.05

Report presenting heat-transfer measurements made in turbulent flow at a variety of Mach and Reynolds numbers through the use of an axially symmetric annular nozzle consisting of an inner shaped center body and an outer cylindrical sleeve. The results are presented as Stanton number and recovery factor as a function of Reynolds number. Stanton number was found to decrease with an increase in Reynolds number and usually decreases with an increase in Mach number.
Date: May 1958
Creator: Brevoort, Maurice J. & Arabian, Barbara D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An experimental investigation of wake effects on hydro-skis (open access)

An experimental investigation of wake effects on hydro-skis

Report presenting an experimental investigation to determine the effects of planing in a wake on the forces of a planing surface and to locate desirable positions in the wake with regard to the lift and lift-drag ratio of the planing surface. Two combinations of hydro-skis were tested: one with two in tandem and one with three arranged with one hydro-ski in the front and two in the back. Results indicated that the rear hydro-ski in tandem arrangement could have large increases in lift coefficient and small improvements in lift-drag ratio compared with the regular configuration.
Date: May 1958
Creator: McBride, Ellis E. & Fisher, Lloyd J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Flight Investigation of Effects of Retreating-Blade Stall on Bending and Torsional Moments Encountered by a Helicopter Rotor Blade (open access)

Flight Investigation of Effects of Retreating-Blade Stall on Bending and Torsional Moments Encountered by a Helicopter Rotor Blade

Note presenting flight tests conducted with a medium-size single-rotor helicopter, one blade of which was equipped with strain gages, to determine the effects of retreating-blade stall on the rotor blade bending and torsional moments during high-speed flight and pull-up maneuvers. The results indicate that retreating-blade stall has a substantial effect on the periodic rotor blade moments. Results regarding the effect of stall in steady forward flight and effect of stall in pull-up maneuvers are provided.
Date: May 1958
Creator: Ludi, LeRoy H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Low-Speed Investigation of the Effects of Angle of Attack on the Pressure Recovery of a Circular Nose Inlet With Several Lip Shapes (open access)

Low-Speed Investigation of the Effects of Angle of Attack on the Pressure Recovery of a Circular Nose Inlet With Several Lip Shapes

Note presenting wind-tunnel tests to ascertain the total-pressure recovery of a circular nose inlet utilizing various shapes of inlet lips. The tests were conducted at a free-stream Mach number of 0.237 with inlet flows ranging from low values to choking and at angles of attack from 0 to 25 degrees.
Date: May 1955
Creator: Blackaby, James R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nonuniformities in Shock-Tube Flow Due to Unsteady-Boundary-Layer Action (open access)

Nonuniformities in Shock-Tube Flow Due to Unsteady-Boundary-Layer Action

Note presenting an evaluation of the boundary layer along the walls of a shock tube, which induces pressure and velocity gradients within the core of potential flow.
Date: May 1957
Creator: Mirels, Harold & Braun, W. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Study of ground-reaction forces measured during landing impacts of a large airplane (open access)

Study of ground-reaction forces measured during landing impacts of a large airplane

Report presenting the results of tests conducted on a large bomber-type airplane to determine the ground-reaction forces imposed on the main landing gear under actual landing conditions. The vertical force on the landing gear truck at which the oleopneumatic shock strut began to compress varied over a wide range. Results regarding vertical forces, drag forces, and side forces are provided.
Date: May 1958
Creator: Hall, Albert W.; Sawyer, Richard H. & McKay, James M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appraisal of the Hazards of Friction-Spark Ignition of Aircraft Crash Fires (open access)

Appraisal of the Hazards of Friction-Spark Ignition of Aircraft Crash Fires

Note presenting a study to determine if common aircraft metals produce friction sparks capable of igniting combustibles that might be spilled in an airplane crash. Samples of aluminum, titanium, magnesium, chrome-molybdenum steel, and stainless steel were dragged over concrete and asphalt runways while a combustible mixture of gasoline, JP-4 fuel, kerosene, or preheated oil was sprayed around the sample.
Date: May 1957
Creator: Campbell, John A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Origin and Prevention of Crash Fires in Turbojet Aircraft (open access)

Origin and Prevention of Crash Fires in Turbojet Aircraft

The manner in which the jet engine may start a crash fire was explored in test-stand and full-scale crash studies. On the basis of these studies, a method was devised for inserting and cooling the engine parts that may serve as ignition sources in crash. This method was tried successfully in full-scale crashes of jet-powered airplanes carrying engines in pod nacelles and engines buried within the airplane structure.
Date: May 1957
Creator: Pinkel, I. Irving; Weiss, Solomon; Preston, G. Merritt & Pesman, Gerard J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of Random Gust Loads Part 1: Aerodynamic Transfer Function of a Simple Wing Configuration in Incompressible Flow (open access)

Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of Random Gust Loads Part 1: Aerodynamic Transfer Function of a Simple Wing Configuration in Incompressible Flow

Sinusoidally oscillating downwash and lift produced on a simple rigid airfoil were measured and compared with calculated values. Statistically stationary random downwash and the corresponding lift on a simple rigid airfoil were also measured and the transfer functions between their power spectra determined. The random experimental values are compared with theoretically approximated values. Limitations of the experimental technique and the need for more extensive experimental data are discussed.
Date: May 1957
Creator: Hakkinen, Raimo J. & Richardson, A. S., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of Random Gust Loads Part 2: Theoretical Formulation of Atmospheric Gust Response Problem (open access)

Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of Random Gust Loads Part 2: Theoretical Formulation of Atmospheric Gust Response Problem

Note presenting equations of motion derived for the dynamic response of an aircraft to random atmospheric gust loads. The equations include the degrees of freedom of plunging, pitching, rolling, and an arbitrary number of elastic normal modes. Results for simplified cases show that unsteady aerodynamic theory is not important for increasingly large values of the turbulence scale compared with values of the wing chord.
Date: May 1957
Creator: Richardson, A. S., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A variational theorem for creep with applications to plates and columns (open access)

A variational theorem for creep with applications to plates and columns

From Summary: "A variational theorem is presented for a body undergoing creep. Solutions to problems of creep bending and creep collapse of plates, columns, beams, and shells can be obtained by means of the direct methods of the calculus of variations in conjunction with the stated theorem. The application of the theorem is illustrated for plates and columns by the solution of two sample problems."
Date: May 1957
Creator: Sanders, J. Lyell, Jr.; McComb, Harvey G., Jr. & Schlechte, Floyd R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experimental Influence Coefficients and Vibration Modes of a Built-Up 45 Degree Delta-Wing Specimen (open access)

Experimental Influence Coefficients and Vibration Modes of a Built-Up 45 Degree Delta-Wing Specimen

Note presenting experimental influence coefficients and vibration modes and frequencies of a built-up 45 degrees delta-wing specimen. The symmetrical and antisymmetrical static influence coefficients were obtained on a three-point support.
Date: May 1957
Creator: Kordes, Eldon E.; Kruszewski, Edwin T. & Weidman, Deene J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Water-landing investigation of a flat-bottom v-step model and comparison with a theory incorporating planing data (open access)

Water-landing investigation of a flat-bottom v-step model and comparison with a theory incorporating planing data

Report presenting testing of a flat-bottom V-step model with a beam loading of 4.6 subjected to fixed-trim impacts in smooth water. Testing occurred at three different trim angles and a range of initial flight-path angles. Data were obtained as time histories of draft, vertical velocity, and vertical acceleration. The results are presented as plots of nondimensional lift, draft, vertical velocity, and time against flight-path angle at contact.
Date: May 1953
Creator: Miller, Robert W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A phenomenological relation between stress, strain rate, and temperature for metals at elevated temperatures (open access)

A phenomenological relation between stress, strain rate, and temperature for metals at elevated temperatures

Report presenting a phenomenological relation between stress, strain rate, and temperature to account for the behavior of polycrystalline metals above the equicohesive temperature. This is because the behavior of metals at elevated temperatures is constantly becoming a more important problem. The validity of the relation suggested in the equation appears to be accurate for 7075-T6 aluminum alloy.
Date: May 1957
Creator: Stowell, Elbridge Z.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Strength analysis of stiffened thick beam webs with ratios of web depth to web thickness of approximately 60 (open access)

Strength analysis of stiffened thick beam webs with ratios of web depth to web thickness of approximately 60

"The results of an experimental investigation of the strength of plane diagonal-tension webs with ratios of web depth to web thickness of about 60 are presented. An analysis of the beam indicated that the methods of strength analysis presented in NACA TN 2661 are applicable to beams with flanges symmetrically arranged with respect to the web if the portal-frame effect is taken into account" (p. 1).
Date: May 1953
Creator: Levin, L. Ross
System: The UNT Digital Library
Least-Work Analysis of the Problem of Shear Lag in Box Beams (open access)

Least-Work Analysis of the Problem of Shear Lag in Box Beams

The distribution of stress in the cover sheets of thin-wall box beams is analyzed, with regard to the effect of shear deformation in the cover sheets, by the method of least work. Explicit results are obtained for a number of representative cases that show the influence of the following factors on the stress patterns. General conclusions are drawn from the results obtained. Among them the most important one appears to be the fact that the shear-lag effect depends primarily on several tow qualities.
Date: May 1943
Creator: Hildebrand, Francis B. & Reissner, Eric
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appreciation and determination of the hydrodynamic qualities of seaplanes (open access)

Appreciation and determination of the hydrodynamic qualities of seaplanes

Report presenting a summary of the hydrodynamic qualities of interest in the normal operation of a seaplane, established over a period of years by model testing and by some knowledge of full-size operation. Results regarding longitudinal stability and control, landing stability, seaworthiness, performances, and lateral stability and control are provided.
Date: May 1947
Creator: Parkinson, John B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Biaxial Fatigue Strength of 24S-T Aluminum Alloy (open access)

Biaxial Fatigue Strength of 24S-T Aluminum Alloy

Note presenting an investigation to determine the fatigue-strength values for 24S-T aluminum alloy when subjected to various ratios of biaxial stresses. The stresses considered were both tensile. The results indicated that uniaxial fatigue-strength values in the longitudinal direction cannot be used to predict the fatigue strength, and that biaxial fatigue strength may be as low as 50 percent of the uniaxial fatigue strength.
Date: May 1949
Creator: Marin, Joseph & Shelson, William
System: The UNT Digital Library