This report is a monthly progress report for the 100 Area of the Hanford Reservation, covering work by the plant assistance group and engineering development group. It summarizes activities of these groups in support of the production reactors in this area.

From Introduction: "The results of the aforementioned study are presented in this report together with the method of analysis employed. The net stability change is shown together with the individual contributions due to flexibility of wing, tail, and fuselage, both including and neglecting the effect of inertial loads."

Technical report covering experiments happening on the Analytical Chemistry Division's sites at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Includes information on ionic analyses, radiochemical analyses, spectrochemical analyses, service analyses, inorganic preparations, analytical chemical control of homogeneous reactor solution, optical and electron microscopy, and service analyses. [From Abstract]

Report presenting the use of Theodorsen's propeller theory to calculate the performance of a dual-rotating propeller with nonideal load distributions. Results regarding the propeller characteristics were made for several blade-angle settings and flight Mach numbers.

Heat-transfer investigation conducted on cooled as well heated impulse-type turbine blades in a static cascade to determine the effect of direction of heat flow on convective heat-transfer coefficients.

Report presenting boundary-layer measurements on rocket-powered free-flight models to determine average skin-friction coefficients. The test body, NACA RM-10, was a fin-stabilized parabolic body of revolution of fineness ratio 12.2 with a blunt base to provide space for a rocket jet. Results regarding the skin-friction and boundary-layer profiles and experimental and theoretical curves are provided.

Quarterly progress report of the unclassified sections at Brookhaven National Laboratory providing updates about research and findings.

A comparatively rapid method is presented for determining theoretically the bending stresses of helicopter rotor blades in forward flight. The method is based on the analysis of the properties of a vibrating beam, and its uniqueness lies in the simple solution of the differential equation which governs the motion of the bent blades.

From summary: "Uranium billets deficient in U235 were subjected to the normal successive steps in the slug fabrication process; viz., rolling, machining, and canning. No unusual behavior was observed at any point in the process, thus indicating that the depleted metal from the standpoint of mechanical properties can be considered equivalent to normal uranium."

From Summary: "Experimental force, moment, and center-of-pressure variations for a large number of bodies of revolution have been compared with the calculated characteristics based on the approximate theory developed in NACA-RM-A9I26. The bodies varied in fineness ratio from 4.5 to 21.1, from blunt unboattailed bodies to airship hulls, and the experimental results are given for widely varying Mach number ranges of angle of attack. It is shown that the lift and drag characteristics are fairly accurately predicted by the theory but that the actual center of pressure is more rearward than the theory indicates."

Report presenting charts to provide a convenient means for obtaining the derivatives of rotor resultant force, rotor pitching amount about the helicopter center of gravity, and rotor torque with respect to rotor angle of attack, forward speed, rotor speed, and collective pitch.

Technical report presenting a summary of the flowsheets, equipment, and progress for the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) pilot plant development of the Purex Process and of the ORNL Metal Recovery Program. As of this report, conversion of the Purex pilot plant equipment in Buildings 3019 and 3503 is 90% complete. The building structure for the ORNL Waste Metal Recovery plant had been completed, and 15% of the process equipment had been installed. The first hot runs for this plant were scheduled for June, 1951. [From Abstract; Introduction]

Technical report covering chemistry of source, fissionable, and structural elements, nuclear chemistry, radio-organic chemistry, chemistry of separations processes, chemical physics, radiation chemistry, and instrumentation at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory for the period ending September 30, 1950. [From Abstract]

Report presenting an experimental investigation to determine the combustion properties of aluminum as a fuel for use in high-speed aircraft. The aluminum fuel was injected both in powder and wire form into 2-inch-diameter ramjet-type combustors. Results regarding operational problems, thrust, and combustion efficiency are provided.

"An investigation was conducted at the NACA Lewis laboratory to determine whether simulated porous gas-turbine blades fabricated by the Eaton Manufacturing Company of Cleveland, Ohio would be satisfactory with respect to coolant flow for application in gas-turbine engines. These blades simulated porous turbine blades by forcing the cooling air onto the blade surface through a large number of chordwise openings or slits between laminations of sheet metal or wire. This type of surface has a finite number of openings, whereas a porous surface has an almost infinite number of smaller openings for the coolant flow" (p. 1).

Memorandum presenting a study of the relationship between the static and dynamic properties of heat-resistant alloys at high temperatures. An auxiliary objective is to provide a better basis for evaluating the results from the various types of fatigue machines.

Jet boundary corrections for partly open and partly closed elliptical wind tunnels for the cases of one and two solid wall segments are presented. Also presented are the combinations of model span and extent of the solid portion of the tunnel wall for which the average correction factor is zero.

Report presenting local coefficients of convective heat transfer as measured from skin temperature along the body of an RM-10 NACA research missile, which consisted of a parabolic body of revolution. Results regarding recovery factors, adiabatic wall temperatures, Nusselts, Prandtl, and Reynolds numbers, and boundary-layer transition are provided.

The Euler equations for the rotation of a solid body are applied to the problem of the motion of ultracentrifuges. Particular attention is paid to the problem of the passage of an ultracentrifuge rotor through the critical velocity. The factors that affect the passage of rotors through the critical point are stressed.

Report presenting the damping-in-roll stability derivatives of a missile configuration and its components as determined experimentally and theoretically. The experimental damping derivative of the wing-body combination was found to be 67 percent of its theoretical value. Results are given for the wing-body combination, the tail-body combination, and the wing-tail-body combination.

On 2/8/1950, there was mined from process tube 2273 in D pile at Hanford a quantity of graphite power, which was expected to show the most extensive radiation damage of any graphite available at that time. A series of samples of this powder were annealed in 100 degrees increments from 100 degrees to 2000 degrees C at this labaoratory. There were returned to Hanford and shipped by them to the National Bureau of Standards for total stored energy measurements. The present memorandum is comprised of a description of the annealing procedure used here, curves giving the detailed annealing history of each sample, and various curves derived from data obtained from these samples at Hanford and at the National Bureau of Standards.

Report presenting a description and results of an investigation of a model of the XH-17 two-blade, jet-powered helicopter. Tests were made with a standard configuration and with several modifications, including varying the size of blade counterweights, changing the control stiffness and chordwise bending stiffness of the blades, and varying the pylon and undercarriage damping and spring constants. Results regarding flutter testing, ground-vibration tests, and three-per-revolution rotor-blade unsymmetric bending oscillations are provided.

Authorization has been received in the form of Modification No. 5 to Directive HW-158, dated March 23, 1951 to provide the necessary equipment and piping in the currently planned UO{sub 3} plant to permit the segregation of UO{sub 3} arising from the processing of stored metal waste (TBP) from that arising from ``current`` pile operation (Redox). In anticipation of this, the S Division, Manufacturing Divisions, requested that a study be made of the feasibility and cost of providing facilities for such segregation. This report is the result of that study. It concludes that by providing additional liquid storage and handling equipment, the desired segregation can be accomplished at a cost estimated to be approximately $128,000. $106,500 would be for Construction and $21,500 for Engineering. The schedule for this work will be reflected in the forthcoming modification to the C-361 Project Proposal. The general method of operation is alternately to store and process solution from TBP and Redox. The solution from TEP will be of a composition equivalent to the formula UNH and will require five days each week to process in the decomposition pots. The solution from Redox is received as 60% UNH and is batch concentrated in the storage …

The start-up of the DR Pile at a time when every effort was being made to increase the power levels of the older piles, suggested the possibility of studying, during the early damage period, some of the conditions which were limiting the operating levels of the old piles. Of the operational limitations restricting the power level of the old piles, the maximum graphite temperature is the most severe and actually determines the operating level of the B, D, and F Piles and, to some extent, the H Pile. Though it was known that irradiation damage of the central part of the old piles had been arrested by the increased temperatures which resulted from the replacement of helium by carbon dioxide as the pile atmosphere, the extent of damage to be expected at the new DR Pile, where graphite temperatures were to be maintained as high as possible from the start, was not known, except for the H Pile startup where conditions were somewhat different. This report is intended to be a summary of the lattice conductance variations at the DR Pile during the first five months of operation. From the recorded conductances an attempt has been made to estimate the …