Report presenting the effects of nacelle location on the zero-lift drag of 45 degree sweptback wing-body combinations with boattail and cylindrical afterbodies at a range of Mach and Reynolds numbers. The nacelles were located at three different areas and the afterbody shape was also altered by replacing the boattail afterbody with a cylinder. Results regarding faired curves of the variations of total drag, base drag, and fin drag coefficients, and applicability of the transonic area rule are provided.

Results are presented of tests of two specimens tested to study the effect of normal pressure on the critical compressive stress for thin curved sheets. These specimens are designated by their respective rib spacings of 10 inches and 30 inches. The relationship between compressive stress and normal pressure at which buckles disappeared is independent of whether the buckles were made to disappear by increase of normal pressure or decrease of compressive stress. (author).

Report presenting an evaluation of the internal performance characteristics of several plug-type nozzles over a range of pressure ratios from 1.5 to 30. Results regarding isentropic plug nozzles, conical plug nozzles, the effect of throat and throat-approach section on performance, and air-flow parameter are provided.

Report presenting an investigation to increase the compressor surge-limit pressure ratio of the XJ40-WE-6 turbojet engine at high equivalent speeds. An evaluation of the basic redesign of the compressor and 11 additional modifications are examined.

Report discussing an investigation of the effect of spanwise aileron location on the rolling effectiveness of plain faired ailerons on untapered wing plan forms with designated sweep, airfoil sections, and aspect ratio using rocket-propelled test vehicles. Drag data is also presented for all configurations tested. Spanwise aileron location was found to have little effect on the effectiveness of the aileron on an unswept wing plan form.

Memorandum presenting tests in the 9-inch supersonic tunnel of three bomb or store shapes without fins and with two sets of cruciform fins. Measurements of normal force, chord force, and pitching moment were made; analyses of the effects of angle of attack and Reynolds number on these qualities and also upon center-of-pressure position and fin effectiveness are presented.

Report presenting a wind-tunnel investigation to determine the effect of lowering the wing from the top of the fuselage to the bottom of the fuselage on the longitudinal characteristics of a wing-fuselage and a wing-fuselage-tail combination with the horizontal tail at various heights above the plane of the wing. The effects of wing height on the longitudinal characteristics of the model were small.

Report presenting an investigation to determine the effect of lowering the wing from the top of the fuselage to the bottom of the fuselage on the longitudinal characteristics of a wing-fuselage and wing-fuselage-tail combination with the horizontal tail at various heights above the plane of the wing. Testing occurred at a range of Mach and Reynolds numbers.

From Summary: "This report presents the results of flight tests with three different airplanes using several types of low-drag cowling for radial air-cooled engines. The greater part of the tests were made with a Curtiss XF7Cc-1 (Sea Hawk) with a 410 horsepower. Wasp engine, using three fuselage nose shapes and six types of outer cowling. The six cowlings were: a narrow ring, a wide ring, a wide cowling similar in the original NACA cowling, a thick ring incorporating an exhaust collector, a single-surface cowling shaped like the outer surface of the exhaust-collector cowling, and polygon-ring cowling, of which the angle of the straight sections with the thrust line could be varied over a wide range."

Report presenting the effect on base pressure of bleeding air to the semidead-air region at the trailing edge of two-dimensional blunt-trailing-edge airfoils at two Mach numbers. Variation of base pressure with base-bleed rate was determined for two airfoils profiles with both laminar and turbulent boundary layers approaching the trailing edge. Results regarding the effects of jet geometry, effects of jet area, effect of base bleed on the flow in the wake, effect of angle of attack, effect of Reynolds number, correlation of the results with mass-flow rate of the bleed air, and effect of base bleed on the drag of blunt-trailing-edge airfoils are provided.

Report presenting the results of pressure-distribution tests to determine the effects of compressibility on the characteristics of the NACA 66,2-215, 66,2-015, 65(216)-418, 16-212, and 23015 airfoil sections. Schileren photographs of the air flow and data on the wake characteristics was also obtained.

Report presenting the results of a wind-tunnel investigation to determine the effects of various free-flight rocket-model booster-adapter configurations on the aerodynamic characteristics in pitch and sideslip of a swept-wing, fighter airplane model with a Mach number of 2.01. Results regarding the effect of adapter shape and aerodynamic characteristics of the model alone are provided.

Report presenting results of a wind-tunnel investigation to determine the effects of various free-flight rocket-model booster-adapter configurations on the aerodynamic characteristics in pitch and sideslip of a swept-wing, fighter airplane model for a Mach number of 2.01. Normal-force, lateral-force, pitching-moment, and yawing-moment coefficients of the airplane model were measured, and schileren photographs of the various configurations were obtained.

A flight investigation in natural icing conditions was conducted to determine the effect of inlet ice formations on the performance of axial-flow turbojet engines. The results are presented for icing conditions ranging from a liquid-water content of 0.1 to 0.9 gram per cubic meter and water-droplet size from 10 to 27 microns at ambient-air temperature from 13 to 26 degrees F. The data show time histories of jet thrust, air flow, tail-pipe temperature, compressor efficiency, and icing parameters for each icing encounter. The effect of inlet-guide-vane icing was isolated and shown to account for approximately one-half the total reduction in performance caused by inlet icing.

Report presenting an investigation at low speed in the low-turbulence tunnel to determine the effects of variations in propeller-shank geometry and propeller-spinner-juncture configuration on the aerodynamic characteristics of an NACA 1-series cowling-spinner combination with an eight-blade dual-rotation propeller. Results regarding internal flow and external flow are provided.

Report presenting data from an investigation of the effects of slot location and slot geometry on the flow in a square tunnel for a Mach number range up to 1.4. Calculated static-pressure and angle-of-flow distributions along the slotted boundary are presented for several slot configurations in a tunnel with two opposite walls slotted.

Report presenting an investigation of the low-speed static lateral stability characteristics of a complete model with a series of M- and W-wings. They were modified from a basic 45 degree swept wing and were designed to cover a range of spanwise locations of the sweep discontinuity.

Report presenting an investigation to determine if the combined stress-rupture plus fatigue strengths of three groups of Waspaloy with different aging treatments and/or molybdenum contents could be correlated with their stress-rupture ductilities and notch-rupture strengths. Waspaloy is of interest as a gas turbine-bucket alloy because it has low strategic material content and relatively good stress-rupture properties. Results regarding metallurgical evaluation of the failed specimens are also provided.

"A method of predicting equilibrium operating performance of turbojet engines has been developed, with the assumption of simple model processes for the components. Results of the analysis are plotted in terms of dimensionless parameters comprising critical engine dimensions and over-all operating variables. This investigation was made of an engine in which the ratio of axial inlet-air velocity to compressor-tip velocity is constant, which approximates turbojet engines with axial-flow compressors" (p. 673).

Report presenting testing of two types of solid fuels in a 6.5-inch-diameter ram-jet engine mounted in a free supersonic jet at several Mach numbers. Results regarding radial-burning fuel, end-burning fuel, and a comparison of the two are provided. Unlike in previous testing, no fuel breakup was noted due to recently developed molding techniques.

Report presenting testing of two low-solidity transonic axial-flow-compressor rotors tested over a range of speeds up to a corrected tip speed of 1000 feet per second to determine the performance of such rotors and to provide experimental rotor blade-element data for low solidity levels. Comparisons of the hub and mean blade-element losses for the three rotors showed that the losses tended to decrease with a decrease in solidity. Results regarding rotor-inlet conditions, rotor-outlet conditions, overall performance, and stall characteristics are provided.

Report presenting an investigation at sea-level static conditions to determine the effects of radial discharge of cooling air from turbine rotor blades on turbine performance in two turbojet engines, one with a centrifugal compressor and the other with an axial-flow compressor. Results regarding the performance characteristics, efficiency comparisons, and some interpretation are provided.

Memorandum presenting an experimental investigation of the aerodynamic loading on one blade and of a two-blade teetering rotor conducted in forward flight for a tip-speed-ratio range of 0.08 to 0.29 at a disk loading of about 2.4 pounds per square foot and a tip speed of about 480 feet per second. Chordwise loading distributions at five spanwise stations and the variation of section loading and total blade lift with azimuth position are presented. Results regarding the performance data, section aerodynamic loading, spanwise loading distribution, total blade lift, and rotor-disk load distribution are provided.

Report presenting the total drag coefficients of 60 degree cone cylinders of fineness ratio 2.07 measured in free flight from Mach numbers of 1.5 to 8.2. Results regarding the smooth 60 degree cone cylinder, rifled models, and discontinuity lines in the shadowgraph pictures are provided.