From Introduction: "In this report, altitude, airplane velocity, exhaust-nozzle area, and turbine-inlet temperature were chosen and corresponding engine speed, fuel flow, and throttle pressure ratio were found. A detailed discussion of the engine analysis and the calculations used are presented in Appendix A. The derivations of the principal equations used are presented in appendix B."

Report presenting formulas for fifteen elastic constants associated with bending, stretching, twisting, and shearing of plates with closely spaced integral ribbing in a variety of configurations and proportions. Four coefficients are provided for each rib and the experimental means of determining them are described.

"In an attempt to improve the longitudinal stability characteristics of the Bell X-5 research airplane at 59 degrees sweepback, the wing-root leading edge was modified by replacing the original 52.5 degrees sweptback leading-edge fillets with rounded leading-edge fillets. The data obtained show that the longitudinal stability characteristics, as well as the buffet and drag characteristics, were unaffected by the modification" (p. 1).

Report presenting a free-flight longitudinal-stability investigation between Mach numbers of 0.85 and 1.34 to obtain the aerodynamic characteristics of a long-range, jet-propelled, ground-to-ground missile with a wing of aspect ratio 5.5, 45 degrees of sweepback, and taper ratio 0.4 on a body with a vertical tail. Two models with two different wing materials were flown. Results regarding trimmed flight, pitching flight, and aeroelastic calculations are provided.

From Summary: "Data are included on the amount of fallout from the cloud and the concentration of boric oxide in the cloud."

In this report it is shown that the shear, axial force, and moment at one point in a simple ring subjected to any loading condition can be given by three independent equations involving certain integrals that must be evaluated regardless of the method of analysis used. It is also shown how symmetry of the ring alone or of the ring and the loading about 1 or 2 axes makes it possible to simplify the three equations and greatly reduces the number of integrals that must be evaluated. Application of the general equations presented in this report to practical problems in the stress analysis of rings makes it possible to shorten, simplify, and systematize the calculations for both simple and braced rings. Three illustrative problems are included to demonstrate the application of the general equations to a simple ring with different loadings.

"As part of an investigation of the performance and operational characteristics of the axial-flow gas turbine-propeller engine, conducted in the Cleveland altitude wind tunnel, the performance characteristics of the compressor and the turbine were obtained. The data presented were obtained at a compressor-inlet ram-pressure ratio of 1.00 for altitudes from 5000 to 35,000 feet, engine speeds from 8000 to 13,000 rpm, and turbine-inlet temperatures from 1400 to 2100 R. The highest compressor pressure ratio obtained was 6.15 at a corrected air flow of 23.7 pounds per second and a corrected turbine-inlet temperature of 2475 degrees R" (p. 1).

"Additional results on the static longitudinal and lateral stability characteristics of a 0.05-scale model of the Convair F2Y-1 water-based fighter airplane were obtained in the Langley high-speed 7- by 10-foot tunnel over a Mach number range of 0.50 to 0.92. The maximum angle-of-attack range (obtained at the lower Mach numbers) was from -2 degrees to 25 degrees. The sideslip-angle range investigated was from -4 degrees to 12 degrees" (p. 1).

Report presenting testing of a rocket-powered model of a fin-stabilized parabolic body of revolution with fineness ratio 8.91 and maximum diameter at 80 percent of body station at a range of Mach numbers to determine the static pressures at two orifices on the rearward side of the stabilizing fins. Results regarding measured pressures, comparison of theory and experiment, and drag are provided.

Memorandum presenting an investigation of the interference at the root of a sweptback wing at high subsonic Mach numbers by means of wind-tunnel measurements of a wing-body combination with the 50-percent-chord line of the wing either unswept or swept back 35 degrees. Results regarding body characteristics, pressure studies, tuft studies, and force studies are provided.

Report presenting an analysis of the dynamic-lateral-stability characteristics of the Bell X-2 airplane as affected by variations in mass, aerodynamic, and dimensional parameters by means of calculations of the period and rate of damping of the lateral oscillation. Results regarding the airplane with flaps and gear retracted, airplane with flaps and gear lowered, and effects of assumed modifications to the airplane are provided.

Memorandum presenting an investigation conducted on the size and density of the boric oxide exhaust cloud from a J47-25 turbojet engine operating on trimethyl-borate fuel at sea-level static conditions. Movies and still photographs were taken from the ground and from a helicopter. Results regarding the visual observation and oxide fallout and concentration are provided.