Report presenting testing of the effects of the following variables on combustion performance are determined: inlet-air temperature, combustion-chamber-inlet Mach number and pressure, and fuel density and volatility.

Report presenting design features for the instrumentation used in a study of the transient performance of gas-turbine engines and control systems. The dynamic characteristics of the instrumentation are discussed and examples of typical acceleration data for a controlled and an uncontrolled engine are provided.

"An investigation of two semispan wings swept back 50 degrees 38 minutes was conducted in the Langley high-speed 7- by 10-foot tunnel over a Mach number range of 0.68 to 1.15 by use of the transonic-bump technique. This paper presents the results of the investigation of wing-alone and wing-fuselage configurations of the two wings; one was an untwisted uncambered wing and the other was the same wing but incorporated twist and camber designed to give uniform load at a lift coefficient of 0.25 at a Mach number of 1.10. The semispan wings had their quarter-chord lines swept back 50 degrees 38 minutes, aspect ratios 2.98, taper ratios 0.45, and modified NACA 64A-series airfoil sections tapered in thickness" (p. 1).

The two techniques for conducting annealing experiments for the purpose of determining the distribution of atoms of a solid among non equilibrium states are considered. Related definitions for resolving power for annealing with steadily rising temperature and for annealing at a series of fixed temperatures are given. The necessary separation of activation energies for the resolution of two different non equilibrium states is found to be greater in the case of a steadily rising temperature, but of the order of 10 percent of the activation energy for both techniques. The resolving power in the case of a steadily rising temperature is independent of the rate of temperature rise.

Report presenting an investigation conducted to determine the minimum spark energy required for ignition in a single tubular combustor. Inlet-air pressure and flow rates limiting ignition are compared with those limiting steady-state burning in the combustor. Results regarding ignition at sea-level conditions, altitude steady-state burning limits, altitude ignition, and reproducibility are provided.

Results of experimental measurements of low-frequency combustion instability of a 300-pound thrust acid-heptane rocket engine were compared to the trends predicted by an analysis of combustion instability in a rocket engine with a pressurized-gas propellant pumping system. The simplified analysis, which assumes a monopropellant model, was based on the concept of a combustion the delay occurring from the moment of propellant injection to the moment of propellant combustion. This combustion time delay was experimentally measured; the experimental values were of approximately half the magnitude predicted by the analysis.

"A rocket-propelled model of the X-3 configuration equipped with an all-movable tail of aspect ratio 3.0 has been flown to determine the longitudinal characteristics of this configuration at high lift coefficients. An analysis of the response of the model to rapid deflections of the horizontal tail gave information on lift, drag, longitudinal stability, and longitudinal trim change. The primary result of the tests was that the configuration was indicated to have very unstable tendencies at lift coefficients above the stall and at Mach number near 0.7" (p. 1).

Report discusses a procedure for estimating the wing lift coefficient for and spanwise location of the first occurrence of section stall on a swept wing. It has been modified from a method used to calculate the same information for unswept wings. The effects of split flaps, leading-edge modifications, and fences are described.

Report presenting a low-speed investigation in the stability tunnel to determine the lateral control characteristics of a 60 degree triangular wing model equipped with half-delta tip controls with areas of 5, 10, and 15 percent of the wing area. Results regarding lateral control effectiveness, rolling effectiveness, and a comparison of control and effectiveness with theory are provided.

Report presenting free-fall tests of a wing-body configuration with a 45 degree sweptback cambered and twisted wing of aspect ratio 6 on a fuselage of fineness ratio 12.4. Results regarding the load and pitching moments and load-coefficient distribution are provided.