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Effects of elevator nose shape, gap, balance, and tabs on the aerodynamic characteristics of a horizontal tail surface (open access)

Effects of elevator nose shape, gap, balance, and tabs on the aerodynamic characteristics of a horizontal tail surface

Results are presented showing the effects of gap, elevator, nose shape, balance, cut-out, and tabs on the aerodynamic characteristics of a horizontal tail surface tested in the NACA full-scale tunnel.
Date: April 27, 1939
Creator: Goett, Harry J. & Reeder, J. P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Surface heat-transfer coefficients of finned cylinders (open access)

Surface heat-transfer coefficients of finned cylinders

An investigation to determine and correlate the experimental surface heat-transfer coefficients of finned cylinders with different air-stream cooling arrangements was conducted at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory from 1932 to 1938. The investigation covered the determination of the effect of fin width, fin space, fin thickness, and cylinder diameter on the heat transfer. Wind-tunnel tests were made in the free air stream with and without baffles and also with various devices for creating a turbulent air stream. Tests were also made with blower.
Date: April 27, 1939
Creator: Ellerbrock, Herman H., Jr. & Biermann, Arnold E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Measurements of flow in the boundary layer of a 1/40-scale model of the U. S. Airship "Akron" (open access)

Measurements of flow in the boundary layer of a 1/40-scale model of the U. S. Airship "Akron"

This report presents the results of measurements of flow in the boundary layer of a 1/40-scale model of the U. S. Airship "Akron" (ZRS-4) made with the object of determining the boundary-layer thickness, the point of transition from laminar to the turbulent flow, and the velocity distribution in the boundary layer.
Date: April 27, 1932
Creator: Freeman, Hugh B.
System: The UNT Digital Library