Analytical and experimental investigation of a temperature-schedule acceleration control for a turbojet engine (open access)

Analytical and experimental investigation of a temperature-schedule acceleration control for a turbojet engine

From Introduction: "This report investigates some of the problems involved in scheduling the tailpipe temperature to avoid stall during acceleration. The object of this report is to investigate the dynamics of a closed-loop acceleration control that follows a schedule of tailpipe temperature with rotor speed."
Date: June 22, 1958
Creator: Heppler, Herbert; Stiglic, Paul M. & Novik, David
System: The UNT Digital Library
Combustion of gaseous hydrogen at low pressures in a 35 degree sector of a 28-inch-diameter ramjet combustor (open access)

Combustion of gaseous hydrogen at low pressures in a 35 degree sector of a 28-inch-diameter ramjet combustor

Report presenting testing of gaseous hydrogen fuel burned in a connected-pipe combustor with a cross section equal to 35 degrees sector of a 28-inch diameter. Eleven shrouded fuel-injector configurations were used to obtain combustion data at specified high-altitude ramjet combustor conditions. Results regarding shroud air blockage, mixing tabs, higher equivalence-ratio burning, injector size, flameholder durability, burner length, combustion efficiency, and temperature profile are provided.
Date: April 22, 1958
Creator: Kerslake, William R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of Compressor-Inlet Water Injection on Engine and Afterburner Performance (open access)

The Effect of Compressor-Inlet Water Injection on Engine and Afterburner Performance

"A turbojet engine incorporating a conventional-type afterburner was operated over a range of afterburner pressure levels from 1000 to 2000 pounds per square foot absolute and a range of engine-inlet water-air ratios from 0 to 0.08. At each pressure level and water-air ratio, the afterburner fuel flow was varied from lean blowout to maximum burner-outlet temperature" (p. 1).
Date: July 22, 1958
Creator: Sivo, Joseph N.; Wanhainen, John P. & Jones, William L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of Compressor-Inlet Water Injection on Engine and Afterburner Performance (open access)

The Effect of Compressor-Inlet Water Injection on Engine and Afterburner Performance

Report presenting testing of a turbojet engine incorporating a conventional-type afterburner over a range of afterburner pressure levels and engine-inlet water-air ratios. At each pressure level and water-air ratio, the afterburner fuel flow was varied from lean blowout to maximum burner-outlet temperature. Results regarding the effects of water vapor on engine performance, effects of water vapor on afterburner performance, and high Mach number performance with water injection are provided.
Date: July 22, 1958
Creator: Sivo, Joseph N.; Wanhainen, John P. & Jones, William L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effect of Design Variables on Performance of Mach 4.0 Hydrogen Expansion Engines (open access)

Effect of Design Variables on Performance of Mach 4.0 Hydrogen Expansion Engines

Memorandum presenting performance calculations for hypothetical hydrogen expansion engines in which only a small part of the engine airflow passes through the heat exchanger. The flight path was representative of those for long-range, high-speed aircraft. Results regarding the off-design operation and engine performance are provided.
Date: July 22, 1958
Creator: Dugan, James F., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effect of Design Variables on Performance of Mach 4.0 Hydrogen Expansion Engines (open access)

Effect of Design Variables on Performance of Mach 4.0 Hydrogen Expansion Engines

Memorandum presenting performance calculations made for hypothetical hydrogen expansion engines in which only a small part of the engine airflow passes through the heat exchanger. The prescribed flight path was representative of those for long-range, high-speed aircraft. Results regarding the off-design operation and engine performance are provided.
Date: July 22, 1958
Creator: Dugan, James F., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigation of Vortex Movements About a Wing in Steady Subsonic Flow Undergoing a Large Angle-of-Attack Change in a Blast-Induced Gust (open access)

Investigation of Vortex Movements About a Wing in Steady Subsonic Flow Undergoing a Large Angle-of-Attack Change in a Blast-Induced Gust

Report presenting some measurements of the vortex movements with time about an airfoil undergoing a blast of sufficient strength to exceed the stall angle by a large amount. Measurements were also obtained without flight simulation but with blast orientation and strength and compared to the first test. Results regarding Schileren photographs, presentation of results, and discussion of results are provided.
Date: January 22, 1958
Creator: McFarland, Donald R. & Huber, Paul W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Measurements of Aerodynamic Heat Transfer on a 15 Degree Cone-Cylinder-Flare Configuration in Free Flight at Mach Numbers Up to 4.7 (open access)

Measurements of Aerodynamic Heat Transfer on a 15 Degree Cone-Cylinder-Flare Configuration in Free Flight at Mach Numbers Up to 4.7

Report presenting measurements of aerodynamic heat transfer at a number of stations along a cone-cylinder-flare model with 15 degree total-angle conical nose and a 10 degree half-angle flare skirt. Results regarding temperature measurements and heating rates, local flow parameters, heat transfer with theoretical recovery factors, experimental recovery factors, prediction of skin temperatures, and transition are provided.
Date: January 22, 1958
Creator: Rumsey, Charles B. & Lee, Dorothy B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Performance of Five Short Multielement Turbojet Combustors for Hydrogen Fuel in Quarter-Annulus Duct (open access)

Performance of Five Short Multielement Turbojet Combustors for Hydrogen Fuel in Quarter-Annulus Duct

Report described five short multielement turbojet combustors for use with hydrogen fuel and their performance. Information about the combustion efficiency, temperature profiles, pressure loss, durability, and comparison with previous short combustors is included.
Date: July 22, 1958
Creator: Jones, Robert E. & Rayle, Warren D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Performance of five short multielement turbojet combustors for hydrogen fuel in quarter-annulus duct (open access)

Performance of five short multielement turbojet combustors for hydrogen fuel in quarter-annulus duct

Report presenting an investigation of five short multielement turbojet combustors designed for use with hydrogen fuel tested in a quarter-annulus duct. One combustor had an array of U-gutter flame-holders, while the other four were manifold arrays of swirl-can combustor elements. Results regarding combustion efficiency, temperature profiles, pressure loss, durability, comparison with previous short combustors, and operation with propane fuel are provided.
Date: July 22, 1958
Creator: Jones, Robert E. & Rayle, Warren D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Simulator Investigation of Factors Affecting the Design and Utilization of a Stick Pusher for the Prevention of Airplane Pitch-Up (open access)

A Simulator Investigation of Factors Affecting the Design and Utilization of a Stick Pusher for the Prevention of Airplane Pitch-Up

Memorandum presenting the results of a simulator stud of the factors affecting the design of a device, a stick pusher, for preventing a representative supersonic airplane from entering the pitch-up region. The effects of varying the stick-pusher-activation boundaries, sensing parameters, and magnitude of stick-pusher force on the controllability of the airplane pitch-up were investigated.
Date: January 22, 1958
Creator: Holleman, Euclid C. & Boslaugh, David L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Static stability and control of canard configurations at Mach numbers from 0.70 to 2.22 : longitudinal characteristics of a triangular wing and canard (open access)

Static stability and control of canard configurations at Mach numbers from 0.70 to 2.22 : longitudinal characteristics of a triangular wing and canard

Report presenting the results of an investigation of the static longitudinal stability and control characteristics of a canard airplane configuration without analysis for a range of Mach numbers. Data are presented for a variety of angles of attack and canard angles.
Date: January 22, 1958
Creator: Boyd, John W. & Peterson, Victor L.
System: The UNT Digital Library