The following report describes work that was udertaken to determine whether a homogeneous breeder reactor using an alkili metal hydroxide solution is capable of breeding.

Abstract: An airborne radiometric survey of parts of the east flank of the Big Horn Mountains was begun on June 23, and completed on August 27, 1952. An area of approximately 250 square miles was covered, and only two anomalies were found in the entire area. Flight lines were arranged in accordance with the geology of the area, particular attention being given to formations the stratigraphic equivalents of which are known to be uranium bearing in other areas. Two additional zones of radioactivity were found by ground investigation, but assays from both the ground and the airborne discoveries showed no economic uranium deposits.

Memorandum presenting the tail-pipe fuel ratio, mass flow of combustion gas, and radial fuel flow distribution on cooling requirements of tail-pipe burner with annular cooling-air passage.

Memorandum presenting an empirical cooling correlation for an experimental high-performance afterburner. The correlation relates the average combustion-chamber wall temperature at a station near the combustion-chamber outlet to the temperatures of the cooling air and combustion gas, and to the mass flows of the cooling air and combustion gas.

Report presenting a wind-tunnel investigation of two full-span and two semispan models with 45 degrees of sweepback, an aspect ratio of 5.5, and a taper ratio of 0.53. The lift and drag data obtained from tests of the semispan agreed well with data obtained on the full-span model. Results regarding a comparison of the data for the full-span and semispan models, full-span model data, and effect of surface roughness are provided.

Report presenting a theoretical investigation of the longitudinal dynamic characteristics of an automatically stabilized supersonic canard missile configuration with a target seeker sensitive to changes in pitch altitude. Variables explored include seeker gain, time delay, and non-linearities, including dead spots in the seeker.

Report presenting tests to evaluate the usefulness of available theory for the calculation of lift-curve slope and center of pressure of low-aspect-ratio, triangular, and rectangular cruciform wings in combination with a long slender body. Tests were made over a range of Mach and Reynolds numbers based on model length.

Report presenting an investigation of a swept, rectangular, supersonic scoop inlet designed to have low external drag at the design Mach number of 2.7. The inlet was tested with two simulated fuselages with circular and rectangular cross sections. Results regarding shadow photographs, pressure recovery, wedge effects, drag, boundary-layer control, Mach number distribution in diffuser, wedge loads, aspect-ratio effects, and applicability of results are provided.

Report presenting an empirical cooling correlation for an experimental high-performance afterburner. The correlation equation is useful for shortening the experimental investigation of afterburner cooling characteristics inasmuch as it provides a method for interpolating the critical wall temperatures for other combinations of operating variables.

Memorandum presenting an investigation at transonic speeds in the high-speed 7- by 10-foot tunnel to determine the hinge-moment and other aerodynamic characteristics of an inboard plug-type spoiler on a 45 degree sweptback wing of aspect ratio 3. The results indicated that the spoiler would be overbalanced at low projections through the speed range investigated and the for the same rolling moment, the spoiler hinge moments would be small in comparison with those of a plain-flap-type control.

Report presenting pressure-distribution tests on an ogive-cylinder configuration with and without longitudinal spoilers at Mach number 4.04. Spoilers were not found to cause any noticeable change in the body pressures in regions that contribute the largest amount of normal body force. Results regarding a comparison of experimentation and theory, flow separation, and cross-flow effects are also provided.

From Introduction: "During previous investigations of afterburning conducted at the NACA Lewis laboratory (references 1 to 4, for example), the objective of obtaining high exhaust-gas temperatures and, consequently, maximum thrust augmentation was compromised to some extent in order to alleviate the problem of afterburner shell cooling. The primary objective of the investigation reported herein was therefore the attainment of maximum exhaust-gas temperature imposed by the cooling techniques previously used, a secondary flow of cooling air was provided around the afterburner shell."

Report presenting an investigation in the high-speed tunnel on a 45.58 degree sweptback wing to determine the effects of a paddle balance on the control characteristics of a full-span flap-type control. The wing had an aspect ratio of 3, a taper ratio of 0.5, and an NACA 64A010 airfoil section measured in a plane at 45 degrees to the plane of symmetry. Results regarding the hinge-moment characteristics, lift characteristics, and rolling moment-characteristics are provided.

Report presenting tests at low speeds in the low turbulence pressure tunnel and the stability tunnel in order to determine the extent of any resulting oscillations of a model mounted with freedom in yaw and to demonstrate the extent to which directional fluctuations in an air stream can be responsible for the oscillations.

Memorandum presenting the effective downwash characteristics of a wing-body configuration and the body alone determined from lift measurements of a horizontal tail located 0.333 and 0.479 wing semispan above the body center line. The wing had a sweepback angle of 47 degrees, an aspect ratio of 3.5, a taper ratio of 0.2, and a thickness ratio of 0.06.

The effects of tail-pipe fuel-air ratio (exhaust-gas temperatures from approximately 3060 degrees to 3825 degrees R), radial distribution of tail-pipe fuel flow, and mass flow of combustion gas and the inside wall were determined for an experimental tail-pipe burner cooled by air flowing through and insulated cooling-air to combustion gas mass flow from 0.066 to 0.192 were also determined. Results regarding the reproducibility of combustion-gas temperature profiles, effect of variables on average longitudinal profiles of combustion-gas temperature, variation of gas temperatures near the wall with cooling-air flow and temperature, and effects of variables on transverse gas temperatures are provided.

Report presenting an investigation in the low-turbulence pressure tunnel to determine the lift, drag, and pitching-moment characteristics of a 45 degree sweptback wing with a 6-percent-thick symmetrical airfoil section designed for maximum lift at low speeds. Results regarding low-speed testing and high-speed testing are provided. Testing indicated that the new airfoil sections provided substantial improvements at low speeds without compromising performance at high speeds.

An arbitrary weak spatial distribution of vorticity can be represented in terms of plane sinusoidal shear waves of all orientations and wave lengths (Fourier integral). The analysis treats the passage of a single representative weak shear wave through a plane shock and shows refraction and modification of the shear wave with simultaneous generation of an acoustically intense sound wave. Applications to turbulence and to noise in supersonic wind tunnels are indicated.

From abstract: High velocity disturbances are observed to propagate along the walls of a high explosive operated shock tube in advance of the plane shock. Experiments are presented which determine the dependence of the geometry, energy, and velocity of the disturbance on such variables as the gas contained in the shock tube, the shock strength, and the roughness and composition of the supporting boundary. A model is constructed to explain the flow within the disturbance. Arguments are presented which show the disturbance to result from radiation originating in the luminous plane shock...The purpose of this paper is to present the results of initial investigations made in an effort to describe the phenomenon of strong shocks developed in a shock tube by the detonation of high explosive charge.

Report discussing an experiment in which samples of initially ordered and disordered copper-gold alloy were exposed to the neutron flux of a graphite moderated nuclear reactor. "Two specimens were irradiated at the same time and at the same position in the reactor. Their temperature was controlled at 80°C. Electrical resistivity measurements were made on the specimens during the course of the irradiation."

"This report presents results of an investigation of effects of externally mounted missile models on the aerodynamic characteristics of a triangular wing of aspect ratio 3 at both subsonic and supersonic Mach numbers. The lift, drag, and pitching moment of the wind-fuselage model fitted with the missile models are presented for Mach numbers of 0.6, 0.9, 1.2, 1.4, and 1.7 at a Reynolds number of 4.8 million. Similar data are presented for the basic wing" (p. 1).

Technical report covering experiments happening on the Analytical Chemistry Division's sites at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Includes information on ionic analyses, radio-chemical analyses, spectrochemical analyses, service analyses, inorganic preparations, analytical chemical control of homogeneous reactor solution, optical and electron microscopy, and service analyses for the period ending September 10, 1951. Studies and happenings took place on the Analytical Chemistry Division's X-10 and Y-12 sites. [From Table of Contents, Abstract]