The present paper summarizes and correlates broadly some of the research results applicable to fin-stabilized ammunition. The discussion and correlation are intended to be comprehensive, rather than detailed, in order to show general trends over the Mach number range up to 7.0. Some discussion of wings, bodies, and wing-body interference is presented, and a list of 179 papers containing further information is included. The present paper is intended to serve more as a bibliography and source of reference material than as a direct source of design information.

Memorandum presenting an experimental investigation to determine the effect on drag of applying the moment-of-area-rule modifications to wing-body combinations with various wing plan forms. The effect of mounting air-to-air type missiles on the wing-mounted bodies of revolution which are part of the moment-of-area-rule modification was also investigated.

Transonic flutter derivatives for unswept wing control surface configurations determined by pressure cell measurements. The control surfaces were mounted on a wing with an aspect ratio of 3, a taper ratio of 0.6, and a wing-thickness ratio of 0.06. Results regarding aerodynamic balance, vortex generators, splitter-plate configurations, and wedges are provided.

Report presenting a determination of transonic flutter characteristics from pressure cell measurements on control surfaces sinusoidally oscillated at an amplitude of plus or minus 1.08 degrees at frequencies from 5 to 30 cycles per second. Various control-surface configurations were investigated, including internal and external aerodynamic balance, vortex generators, a splitter-plate type of control surface, and superposition of triangular shaped wedges or tetrahedra along the rear portion of the control-surface chord.

Report presenting an investigation in an altitude test chamber using a turbojet engine equipped with an afterburner and ejector to compare directly two techniques of determining thrust that are both applicable to flight installations. One method uses a swinging uncooled rake at the ejector outlet while the other requires extensive instrumentation to measure the momentum forces of systems and the force on the internal surface of the ejector nozzle. Results regarding the swinging-rake technique and internal-pressure technique are provided.

Memorandum presenting results of a supersonic flutter investigation of three low-aspect-ratio control surfaces. Two controls were all-movable but the third had a fixed cutout. Results regarding the experiments and calculations are provided.

Report presenting the results of a supersonic flutter investigation of three low-aspect-ratio control surfaces, two which had all-movable controls and one with a fixed cutout. Experimental results are provided and compared to calculations using the piston theory for plan form 2. Modifications for improving the flutter of the various control surfaces are also described.

"Additional wind-tunnel tests were made of a 1/8-scale model of the Republic XP-91 airplane to determine its characteristics with various modifications. The modifications included a revised conventional tail, revised rocket arrangement, drooped wing tips, and revised landing gear and doors. Tests were also made to determine the effectiveness of the control surfaces of the model with the conventional tail and the effect of changing wing incidence and tail length. The revised rocket arrangement provided a considerable increase in the static directional stability contributed by the vee tail at small angles of yaw" (p. 1).

Report presenting pressure distribution associated with the stable combustion of aluminum borohydride about a body of revolution in a wind tunnel at Mach number 2.47. Pressure increases on the cylindrical and base surfaces of the model were measured. Results regarding the burning and associated flow phenomena, axial and meridional static-pressure data obtained during combustion, and base-pressure data during combustion are provided.

From Summary: "Nine divergent-shroud ejector configurations were investigated to determine the effect of shroud divergence angle on ejector internal performance. Unheated dry air was used for both the primary and secondary flows. The decrease in the design-point thrust coefficient with increasing flow divergence angle (angle measured from primary exit to shroud exit) followed very closely a simple relation involving the cosine of the angle. This indicates that design-point thrust performance for divergent-shroud ejectors can be predicted with reasonable accuracy within the range investigated."

From Summary: "Use of a normal-shock positioning control was demonstrated at Mach numbers of 1.8 and 2.0 for a translating-spike supersonic inlet in combination with a J34 turbojet engine. Stable operation of the control was obtained which can be partly attributed to a nonlinearity in the servo valve in the null region."

Static tests were made on the compatibility of liquid fluorine with several nonmetallic materials at -3200 F and at pressures of 0 and 1500 pounds per square inch gage. The results are compared with those from previous work with gaseous fluorine at the same pressures, but at atmospheric temperature. In general, although environmental effects were not always consistent, reactivity was least with the low-temperature, low-pressure liquid fluorine. Reactivity was greatest with the warm, high-pressure gaseous fluorine.

From Introduction: "The present report is concerned with the characteristics of a body in the two-dimensional flow field of a circular-arc wing of rectangular plan form."

Report presenting wind-tunnel testing to evaluate the effects of wing fences and a tail on the longitudinal characteristics of a highly swept wing in combination with a fuselage. The model, which had a cambered and twisted wing with a leading-edge sweepback of 63 degrees and an aspect ratio of 3.5, was tested with fences of various shapes and swept and unswept horizontal tails. Results regarding exploratory tests, final-configuration tests, static longitudinal stability factors, and maximum lift-drag ratios are provided.

"Presented in this report is a summary of local and net angle-of-attack wing-panel loads measured in flight on six airplanes. In addition, a comparison of these loads measured in flight with calculations based on simple theory is presented" (p. 1).

Memorandum presenting a procedure for reducing the interference pressure drag of the root and tips of sweptback wings. Experimental and theoretical pressure-drag values over a range of Mach numbers for configurations designed by the method were compared with the values of two similar configurations designed by the transonic and supersonic area-rule methods. Results regarding total drag, pressure drag, and drag comparison are provided.

Memorandum presenting an investigation to determine the performance of the J65-B-3 turbojet engine with JP-4 and gaseous-hydrogen fuels. With JP-4 fuel, the maximum altitude for stable combustion was from about 60,000 to 65,000 feet, and the ultimate blowout limit was at an altitude of about 75,000 feet. The steady-state performance with either fuel decreased considerably with increasing altitude.

Report presenting an investigation to determine the performance of the J65-B-3 turbojet engine with JP-4 and gaseous-hydrogen fuels. With JP-4 fuel, the maximum altitude for stable combustion was from about 60,000 to 65,000 feet and the ultimate blowout limit was at an altitude of about 75,000 feet. Combustion with hydrogen was found to be stable up to the facility altitude limit of 89,000 feet.

Memorandum presenting an investigation made in the stability tunnel with a 2.3-scale spinning model of a typical mortar shell. The tests were made to measure the aerodynamic forces and moments acting on a typical spinning mortar shell. Results regarding the basic configuration, effect of changes in tail configuration, effect of changes in the nose configuration, and comparison of mortar shell and antisubmarine rocket are provided.

Memorandum presenting an investigation of an airplane model to determine the effect of area suction trailing-edge flaps and several leading-edge modifications on the aerodynamic characteristics of a 45 degree sweptback wing. The wing had an aspect ratio of 2.8 and a taper ratio of 0.17.

Report presenting an investigation of an airplane model conducted to determine the effect of area-suction trailing-edge flaps and several leading-edge modifications on the aerodynamic characteristics of a 45 degree sweptback wing. Results regarding the effect of trailing-edge flaps on the aerodynamic characteristics of the model with horizontal tail off, effect of wing modifications on the high-lift characteristics of the model with the horizontal tail off, aerodynamic characteristics of the model with the horizontal tail installed, and area-suction requirements are provided.

The accuracy and durability of two means for measuring the metal temperature of gas-turbine blades were investigated experimentally in a turbojet engine. Cemented thermocouples that could be placed in walls as thin 0.010 inch and commercial temperature-indicating paints were evaluated at turbine-inlet temperatures up to about 1650 degrees F and for centrifugal forces equivalent to about 42,000 times gravity. The cemented thermocouples operated satisfactorily. The temperature-indicating paints were neither as accurate nor as durable as the cemented thermocouples.

From Introduction: "This report also presents a method of optimizing the blade number and solidity for a given application if the blade loss variation with solidity can be estimated or experimentally determined. Also discussed are the penalties in performance that accompany deviations from optimum values of blade number and solidity."

Report presenting an investigation of the effect of first-stator area changes on the overall component performance of the J71-97 experimental turbine. The performance of the turbine with the first-stator area reduced to 70 percent of design by reorienting the stagger angle of the design blade profiles is presented. Results regarding the overall performance, choking characteristics, and matching characteristics are provided.