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Tests of Two Full-Scale Propellers With Different Pitch Distributions, at Blade Angles Up to 60 Degrees (open access)

Tests of Two Full-Scale Propellers With Different Pitch Distributions, at Blade Angles Up to 60 Degrees

"Two 3-blade 10-foot propellers were operated in front of a liquid-cooled engine nacelle. The propellers differed only in pitch distribution; one had normal distribution (nearly constant pitch for a blade angle of 15 degrees at 0.75 radius), and the other had the pitch of the tip sections decreased with respect to that for the shank sections (blade angle of 35 degrees for nearly constant pitch distribution). Propeller blade angles at 0.75r from 15 degrees to sixty degrees, corresponding to design speeds up to 500 miles per hour, were investigated" (p. 327).
Date: April 14, 1938
Creator: Biermann, David & Hartman, Edwin P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Theoretical stability and control characteristics of wings with various amounts of taper and twist (open access)

Theoretical stability and control characteristics of wings with various amounts of taper and twist

From Summary: "Stability derivatives have been computed for twisted wings of different plan forms that include variations in both the wing taper and the aspect ratio. Taper ratios of 1.0, 0,50, and 0.25 are considered for each of three aspect ratios: 6, 10, and 16. The specific derivatives for which results are given are the rolling-moment and the yawing-moment derivatives with respect to (a) rolling velocity, (b) yawing velocity, and (c) angle of sideslip. These results are given in such a form that the effect of any initial symmetrical wing twist (such as may be produced by flaps) on the derivatives may easily be taken into account."
Date: April 19, 1938
Creator: Pearson, Henry A. & Jones, Robert T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Approximate Stress Analysis of Multistringer Beams With Shear Deformation of the Flanges (open access)

Approximate Stress Analysis of Multistringer Beams With Shear Deformation of the Flanges

"The problem of the skin-stringer combinations used as axially loaded panels or as covers for box beams is considered from the point of view of the practical stress analyst. By a simple substitution the problem is reduced to the problem of the single-stringer structure, which has been treated in NACA Report no. 608. The method of making this substitution is essentially empirical; in order to justify it, comparisons are shown between calculations and strain-gage tests of three beams tested by the author and of one compression panel and three beams tested and reported elsewhere" (p. 469).
Date: April 20, 1938
Creator: Kuhn, Paul
System: The UNT Digital Library