This report covers the laboratory and pilot plant investigation of the reclamation of the low hafnium zirconium fines resulting from the manufacture of zirconium sponge and zirconium crystal bar. The process investigated involved recovery of the zirconium as zirconium tetrachloride, by drying the fines in an atmosphere of nitrogen and subsequent chlorination of the fines with anhydrous hydrogen chloride at temperatures above the sublimation point of the product.

Abstract: Mesas 1 1/2 and II 1/2 were investigated in October 1951, to determine the extent and degree of uranium mineralization in the Salt Wash sandstone. Carnotite-vanoxite-type minerals are sufficiently concentrated to recommend 14,600 feet of drilling.

Report presenting an investigation in the full-scale tunnel to determine the low-speed longitudinal, lateral, and hinge-moment control characteristics of a basic 60 degree delta wing of aspect ratio 2.31 with 10-percent-thick biconvex symmetrical airfoil sections. The wing was tested with a nose glove using NACA 65-010 section ordinates and a constant-chord plain semispan ailavator with two segments.

Report presenting a study of the effect of sweep on wings with the NACA 65A006 airfoil section in the 8-foot high-speed tunnel. This particular investigation included a wing with that airfoil section, 60 degrees of sweepback at the quarter chord, an aspect ratio of 4, and a taper ratio of 0.6. Results regarding force and moment characteristics and wake and downwash characteristics are provided.

In an experimental investigation of local recovery factors for a blade having a pressure distribution similar to that of a typical reaction-type turbine blade, it a was found that the recovery factors were essentially independent of Mach number, Reynolds number, pressure gradient, and position on the blade surface except for regions where the boundary layer was probably in the transition range from laminar to turbulent. The recommended value of local subsonic recovery factor for use in calculating the effective gas temperature for gas turbine blades was 0.89.

Memorandum presenting a satisfactory correlation obtained between experimental sea-level transient data at constant flight speed and solutions from the analog representation. The representation is accomplished by transfer functions formed from a frequency-response analysis, which is then used to compute system response at altitude.

An approximate method for development of flow and thermal boundary layers in laminar regime on cylinders with arbitrary cross section and transpiration-cooled walls is obtained by use of Karman's integrated momentum equation and an analogous heat-flow equation. Incompressible flow with constant property values throughout boundary layer is assumed. Shape parameters for approximated velocity and temperature profiles and functions necessary for solution of boundary-layer equations are presented as charts, reducing calculations to a minimum. The method is applied to determine local heat-transfer coefficients and surface temperature-cooled turbine blades for a given flow rate. Coolant flow distributions necessary for maintaining uniform blade temperatures are also determined.

Report presenting an investigation in the supersonic blowdown tunnel of spoilers on two unswept wing arrangements at Mach numbers of 1.90 and 1.96. The effect of pressure-distribution tests on an unswept airfoil in the presence of a fuselage but without tip effects indicated that spoilers could be oppositely deflected in a manner similar to flap-type ailerons to obtain roll effectiveness without loss in lift. Results regarding force and moment tests are also provided.

From Summary: "Flight tests were conducted on a straight-wing fighter-type jet airplane to investigate the lateral-control characteristics associated with a wing-dropping tendency encountered at high subsonic Mach numbers. The chief factors found to account directly for the wing-dropping tendency were a progressive reduction in aileron-control effectiveness with increasing Mach number, and an increase in effective dihedral above a Mach number of 0.8 which made the lateral trim particularly sensitive to small changes in sideslip angle."

Report presenting an investigation of a nacelle at various chordwise positions and vertical locations on a semispan model of a wing with and without a fuselage through a range of Mach numbers. The investigation was made to determine the interference characteristics between the nacelle and the model and to determine the effect of the fuselage on nacelle interference.

Memorandum presenting an investigation conducted in the 20-foot free-spinning tunnel on a 1/20-scale model of the McDonnell F2H-3 airplane. The effects of control settings and movement on the erect spin and recovery characteristics of the model were determined for the take-off condition and for the condition with full wing-tip fuel tanks installed.

Report presenting pressure-distribution measurements on two large-scale semispan wing-fuselage models with 45 degrees of sweepback, an aspect ratio of 6, a taper ratio of 0.5, and 10-percent-thick sections normal to the quarter-chord line. Adding camber and twist to a wing significantly improved the upper surface loading of the wing at a lift coefficient of 0.4 through a reduction in the peak negative pressure coefficient. Results regarding loading characteristics and stalling characteristics are provided.

Qualitative discussion is presented of the general nature of secondary flows in stationary annular cascades with thin wall boundary layers and radial design variation of circulation. Deviations from ideal mean outlet flows (based on blade-element performance) exist in potential-flow region of vanes because of conditions imposed by end-wall boundaries, displacement of wall boundary layers toward blade suction surfaces, and irrotationality requirement. As a consequence of existence of nonuniform radial flow across blade spacing, it may not generally be possible to obtain an arbitrarily specified design variation of the turning angle along the radial height of a blade row.

Memorandum presenting an investigation conducted on sheet metal, circular-arc compressor inlet guide vanes in an annular cascade with untapered walls to determine the effect of solidity on turning through a blade row. Guide vanes of 30 and 40 degrees camber were investigated over a range of solidity from 0.5 to 4.0. Results regarding the effect of solidity on turning angle, comparison with two-dimensional methods, application of results, and total-pressure losses are provided.

"The methods of characteristics has been linearized by assuming that the flow field can be represented as a basic flow field determined by nonlinearized methods and a linearized superposed flow field that accounts for small changes of boundary conditions. The method has been applied to two-dimensional rotational flow where the basic flow is potential flow and to axially symmetric problems where conical flows have been used as the basic flows. In both cases the method allows the determination of the flow field to be simplified and the numerical work to be reduced to a few calculations. The calculations of axially symmetric flow can be simplified if tabulated values of some coefficients of the conical flow are obtained" (p. 933).

From Introduction: "This report presents calculations of the angularity of the air stream with respect to the vertical tail for a rolling airplane, the interference effects of the wing being taken into account. A discussion of the factors which enter into the calculations is given and equations for applying the side-wash results to the determination of the tail contributions to the rolling-stability derivatives are included. The results are compared with some available experimental data."

This preliminary report follows the investigation on the determination of thermal neutron flux in water by the foil method.

Report discussing the possibility of structural damage which is most likely to lead to dangerous release of radioactive materials, as well as "the effect of sudden loss to vacuum in a device such as that described in "Engineering Analysis, Mark 2 (4-28-51)."

The following report provides data describing the total electron beam current as a function of A-12 beam radius. The beam is investigated using the provided equations.

"The temperature effects on the attenuation of K-band microwaves, at a frequency of 26,500 plus or minus 30 megacycles per second, through natural-gas and propane flames containing added alkali halide salts, were investigated over a temperature range from 1900 to 2500 K. The preliminary data of this investigation indicated that the attenuation varies appreciably with the sodium-line-reversal temperatures of the flames and is independent of the particular hydrocarbon fuels that were used for temperature sources and of the particular halide components of the compounds used in the concentrations employed to produce easily measurable attenuation. A reproducibility of plus or minus 25 K was obtainable" (p. 1).

A tank investigation has been conducted of a 1/10-size powered-dynamic model of the Edo model 142 hydra-ski research airplane. The results of tests of two configurations are presented: One included a large ski and a ski well; the other, a small ski without a well. Water take-offs would be possible with the available thrust for either configuration: however, the configuration with the large ski emerged sooner and had less resistance from ski emergence until take-off. Longitudinal stability and landing behavior in smooth water were satisfactory for both configurations. Some alteration to the design of the tail would be desirable in order to reduce the spray loads.

"A supplementary investigation has been conducted in the Langley 20-foot free-spinning tunnel of a 1/30 -scale model of the Grumman XF10F-1 airplane to determine what effect full-span slats would have on the spin-recovery characteristics of the swept-wing version of the XF10F-1 airplane, which had previously been indicated as possessing undesirable spin-recovery characteristics without slats. The effects of extended nose-wheel doors and of fairing the air-duct inlets were also determined" (p. 1).