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Aeronautic Power Plant Investigations
Report presents the design of radiators, spark plugs and test equipment used to test the performance of aeronautic engines at high altitudes.
Date:
May 1917
Creator:
Dickinson, H. C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Airplane Performance as Influenced by the Use of a Supercharged Engine
"The question of the influence of a supercharged engine on airplane performance is treated here in a first approximation, but one that gives an exact idea of the advantage of supercharging. Considered here is an airplane that climbs first with an ordinary engine, not supercharged, and afterwards climbs with a supercharged engine. The aim is to find the difference of the ceilings reached in the two cases" (p. 1).
Date:
May 1920
Creator:
de Bothezat, George
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Notes on the Theory of the Accelerometer
Report discusses several types of accelerometers and how they function. Methods for reducing error and determining the source of the error, including the best placement for the device, are included.
Date:
May 1920
Creator:
Warner, E. P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Problem of the Helicopter
Report discussing some of the issues regarding the design and operation of helicopters and the theoretical basis behind them. Some particular issues covered include propeller blade design, helicopters in forced descent, horizontal travel, and stability and control.
Date:
May 1920
Creator:
Warner, E. P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Relation of Rib Spacing to Stress in Wing Planes
The stress relations to the fabric and the rib consequent upon a change of spacing between ribs in a wing plane are discussed. Considering the wing plane as a static structure, and ignoring the question of aerodynamic efficiency, it appears that the unit stress in the rib and fabric will remain constant for constant p if the linear dimensions of both rib and fabric are increased alike, viz., if wing and fabric remain geometrically similar. Since the bulge and the structural dimensions remain geometrically similar, the whole distended plane remains so, and hence should have the same pressure distribution and efficiency.
Date:
May 1920
Creator:
Zahm, A. F.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Performance of a 300-horsepower Hispano-Suiza airplane engine
The National Bureau of Standards tested a 300-horsepower Hispano-Suiza engine to determine the characteristic performance of the engine at various altitudes. The engine was operated at the ground, at 25,000 feet, and at intermediate altitudes, both at full loads similar to those that would be imposed upon the engine at various speeds by a propeller whose normal full-load speed was 1,800 r.p.m. Friction horsepower also was determined in order that the mechanical efficiency of the engine might be calculated.
Date:
May 12, 1920
Creator:
Sparrow, S. W. & White, H. S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Airplane Superchargers
Discussed here are the principles and operation of aircraft engine superchargers used to maintain and increase engine power as aircraft encounter decreases in the density of air as altitude rises. Details are given on the design and operation of the centrifugal compressors. A method is given for calculating the amount of power needed to drive a compressor. The effects of the use of a compressor on fuel system operation and design are discussed. Several specific superchargers that were in operation are described.
Date:
May 1921
Creator:
Noack, W. G.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
British Certificates of Airworthiness
This report details the rules and regulations for obtaining a British airworthiness certificate. Aircraft loading and construction are especially important.
Date:
May 1921
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
On a New Type of Wind Tunnel
Discussed here is a new type of wind tunnel, its advantages, the difficulties attendant upon its use, and the special methods required for its operation. The main difference between the new type of wind tunnel and the ones now in operation is the use of a different fluid. The idea is to diminish the effect of viscosity.
Date:
May 1921
Creator:
Munk, Max
System:
The UNT Digital Library
N.A.C.A. control position recorder
Report discussing a new instrument is described which is capable of simultaneously recording the position of the three controls of an airplane. The records are taken photographically on a standard N.A.C.A. film drum and the instrument can be quickly installed in any airplane.
Date:
May 1922
Creator:
Norton, F. H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Aerial Convention of October 13, 1919
The aerial convention delegates are listed as well as the set of rules that were developed during the session.
Date:
May 1922
Creator:
Roper
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Air traffic
This report presents a recounting of the steps taken by France to establish national and international regulation over air traffic.
Date:
May 1922
Creator:
Sudre, G.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Aviation and Insurance
This article considers some of the causes which hinder the development of aircraft insurance. Different risks are discussed as well as the causes of aircraft accidents. Pilot error, poor airdromes, weather conditions, poorly adapted airplanes, and engine failures are all examined and some conclusions are made.
Date:
May 1922
Creator:
Mayo, R. H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Choice of Air Routes
The author lists rules for the development and planning of air routes. He uses as examples India and Texas, as well as discussing the need for more landing fields.
Date:
May 1922
Creator:
Warner, Edward P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Mechanical Aids to Flight
This report examines the great utility and safety of using instruments when flying. Instruments can be especially useful in conditions when the pilot has trouble spatially orienting himself.
Date:
May 1922
Creator:
Warner, Edward P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Night Flying
Dr. Warner examines the utility and economy of flying at night when flying passengers. Some of the points discussed include lighted landing fields, the possibility of using airships, and the cost of landing fields.
Date:
May 1922
Creator:
Warner, Edward P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Notes on Propeller Design 4: General Proceeding in Design
The choice of the numbers of revolutions and of the diameter, the distribution of thrust, and the values of the constants in the aerodynamical equations of the propeller are discussed.
Date:
May 1922
Creator:
Munk, Max M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Notes on Propeller Design III: The Aerodynamical Equations of the Propeller Blade Elements
The air flow and the air force created by all elements of the propeller blades lying in a ring located between two concentric circles around the propeller axis are independent of what happens in other rings.
Date:
May 1922
Creator:
Munk, Max M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Notes on the Design of Latticed Columns Subject to Lateral Loads
"No rational column formula has yet been developed which gives results which are sufficiently precise for the design of airplane members, and consequently it is necessary to fall back upon experimental testing. In order to derive the maximum benefit from experiments, however, it is necessary that the experiments be guided by theory. It is the object here to modify existing formulae that may be obtained with a minimum number of tests" (p. 1).
Date:
May 1922
Creator:
McCarthy, Charles J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Proposed Air Traffic Law
This report presents a brief history of France's attempts to promulgate an internal air traffic law and then provides a draft of proposed national air traffic laws.
Date:
May 1922
Creator:
Ripert, Georges
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Regulation of Air Traffic
The ways in which the international and internal French air traffic accords interact with each other is outlined in this report. The principal questions covered by the present legislation are as follows: 1) Conditions of safety which must be fulfilled by aircraft; 2) Licenses for members of the crew; 3) Traffic rules to be observed by French and foreign aircraft.
Date:
May 1922
Creator:
Devaluez
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Stability of Airplanes
The author attempts to correct the misconception that piloting an airplane requires extraordinary skill and balance. He also tries to show that airplanes are extremely stable in flight. Some of the major points covered in this article include: automatic pilots, airplanes designed to be stable, and the reliance on mathematics to help in designing stable aircraft.
Date:
May 1922
Creator:
Warner, Edward P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Subsidies for Air Transport
This article discusses the need for government subsidies to encourage the development of passenger and freight transport by air.
Date:
1922-05?
Creator:
Warner, Edward P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Sylphon diaphragms : a method for predicting their performance for purposes of instrument design
Here, the purpose is to show that the characteristic performance of a syphon diaphragm can be predicted from a knowledge of its stiffness and of its dimensions. The proof is based on a mathematical analysis of this type of diaphragm, together with enough experimental data to prove the validity of the assumptions and the sufficiency of the analysis. Equations are developed for the performance of syphons under various conditions of loading, both for concentrated loads and for hydrostatic pressure.
Date:
May 1922
Creator:
Eaton, H. N. & Keulegan, G. H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library