Potez 37R2 Military Airplane: A Two-Place Long-Distance Observation Monoplane (open access)

Potez 37R2 Military Airplane: A Two-Place Long-Distance Observation Monoplane

Circular presenting a description of the Potez 37R2 military airplane, which is a two-place long-distance observation monoplane. Details of the design, construction, components, characteristics, drawings, and photographs are provided.
Date: September 1931
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Henderson "Hendy" 302 Cabin Airplane (British): A Two-Seat Low-Wing Cantilever Monoplane (open access)

The Henderson "Hendy" 302 Cabin Airplane (British): A Two-Seat Low-Wing Cantilever Monoplane

Circular presenting a description of the Hendy 302, which is a two-seat, low-wing cantilever monoplane with a hinged cabin top. A description of the design, flying qualities, and photographs are provided.
Date: September 1930
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Breguet Military Airplane, Type 33: A Two-Place Long-Distance Sesquiplane for Observation and Bombing (open access)

Breguet Military Airplane, Type 33: A Two-Place Long-Distance Sesquiplane for Observation and Bombing

Circular presenting a description of the Breguet military airplane, Type 33, which is a two-place long-distance sesquiplane made for observation and bombing. Details of the components, bomb dropping, flying qualities, design, flying qualities and performances, drawings, and photographs are provided.
Date: September 1931
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Airspeed "Oxford" Training Airplane (British): A Two-Engine Cantilever Monoplane (open access)

The Airspeed "Oxford" Training Airplane (British): A Two-Engine Cantilever Monoplane

Circular describing the Airspeed A.S. 10 "Oxford", which is a twin-engine trainer with a variety of equipment, including propellers, landing gear, and other components.Details of the wings, fuselage, the inside, characteristics, performance, drawings, and photographs are provided.
Date: September 1937
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Travel Air Commercial Airplane - Type 5000 (open access)

Travel Air Commercial Airplane - Type 5000

The 5000 is a semicantilever monoplane, closed cabin type, with pilot about in line with the leading edge of the wing and room for 4 passengers behind him. It is equipped with a Wright Whirlwind engine. A description of the visibility, propeller, power plant, pilot's cockpit, passenger cabin, landing gear, struts, wings, fuselage, empennage, general, characteristics, photographs, and drawings are provided.
Date: September 1927
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Latécoère 501 Commercial Seaplane (French): A Three-Engine Metal Sesquiplane (open access)

The Latécoère 501 Commercial Seaplane (French): A Three-Engine Metal Sesquiplane

Circular presenting a description of the Latécoère 501. A more detailed description of the general characteristics, power plant, wings, planing fins, hull, tail surfaces, and flying characteristics are provided.
Date: September 1932
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Visual Studies of Cylinder Lubrication [Part] 1: The Lubrication of the Piston Skirt (open access)

Visual Studies of Cylinder Lubrication [Part] 1: The Lubrication of the Piston Skirt

Report describes the lubrication characteristics of an aircraft-type piston as visually studied in a V-type engine with a glass cylinder. Information about the movement of the piston, the piston rings, and the oil-control rings and their effect on lubrication is included.
Date: September 1945
Creator: Shaw, Milton C. & Nussdorfer, Theodore
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lift Theory of Supporting Surfaces: Second Article (open access)

Lift Theory of Supporting Surfaces: Second Article

Memorandum presenting a description of the hydrodynamic lift theory of supporting services. This report is mainly about the task of finding suitable wing sections for given lift conditions. Formulas are given for lift magnitude and moment, which make it possible to obtain solutions of great simplicity and clearness.
Date: September 1921
Creator: von Mises, R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The S.P.C.A. 30 M.4 Military Airplane (French): A Multiplace Low-Wing Airplane (open access)

The S.P.C.A. 30 M.4 Military Airplane (French): A Multiplace Low-Wing Airplane

Circular describing the S.P.C.A. 30 M.4 multiplace, which is an aircraft designed to carry four people that can be used as a fighter aircraft or a day or night bomber. Details of the design, components, engines, characteristics, performance, drawings, and photographs are provided.
Date: September 1932
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analysis of Heat and Compressibility Effects in Internal Flow Systems and High-Speed Tests of a Ram-Jet System (open access)

Analysis of Heat and Compressibility Effects in Internal Flow Systems and High-Speed Tests of a Ram-Jet System

Report presenting an analysis of the effects of heat and compressibility in the flow through the internal systems of aircraft. Equations and charts are developed whereby the flow characteristics at key stations in a typical internal system may be readily obtained.
Date: September 1942
Creator: Becker, John V. & Baals, Donald D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Armstrong Whitworth "Starling" (British) (Single Seat Fighter) (open access)

The Armstrong Whitworth "Starling" (British) (Single Seat Fighter)

Circular describing the Armstrong-Whitworth "Starling", which is a single seat fighter that can be used for day fighting and night fighting. Details of the wings, wing bracing, lift characteristics, construction, internal components, characteristics, drawings, and photographs are provided.
Date: September 1928
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Propeller and Cooling-Air-Flow Characteristics of a Twin-Engine Airplane Model Equipped With NACA D(Sub S)-Type Cowlings and With Propellers of NACA 16-Series Airfoil Sections (open access)

The Propeller and Cooling-Air-Flow Characteristics of a Twin-Engine Airplane Model Equipped With NACA D(Sub S)-Type Cowlings and With Propellers of NACA 16-Series Airfoil Sections

Report presenting an investigation in the 19-foot pressure tunnel to determine the nacelle drag, the cowling-air flow, and the propeller characteristics of a model of a high-performance military airplane. The model is fitted with NACA D(sub S)-type engine cowlings and with propellers embodying NACA 16-series airfoil sections. Results regarding the propeller characteristics, drag and cowling-air flow with the propeller removed, the effect of propeller on flow through cowling, and the influence of cooling requirements on airplane performance are provided.
Date: September 1944
Creator: McHugh, James G. & Pepper, Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notes on the Effect of Surface Distortions on the Drag and Critical Mach Number of Airfoils (open access)

Notes on the Effect of Surface Distortions on the Drag and Critical Mach Number of Airfoils

"The effect of two-dimensional bumps and surface waviness on the pressure distribution over airfoils is considered. It is shown that the results of the analysis may be useful in evaluating the effects of accidental or intended surface distortions on the drag and critical Mach number of airfoils" (p. 1).
Date: September 1943
Creator: Allen, H. Julian
System: The UNT Digital Library
The C.A.M.S. 54 G.R. Transatlantic Seaplane (French) (open access)

The C.A.M.S. 54 G.R. Transatlantic Seaplane (French)

Tested at the end of March, 1928, the C.A.M.S. 54 G.R. was built for the purpose of crossing the Atlantic from Europe by way of the azores. It has a biplane construction with wings mounted above the hull. It is powered by two new series 500 HP. geared Hispano Suiza V type engines.
Date: September 1928
Creator: Ide, John Jay
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lecture on Aerodynamics (open access)

Lecture on Aerodynamics

This lecture deals with four main subjects: methods of studying air resistance, experimental aerodynamics, propellers and stability of airplanes.
Date: September 1923
Creator: Toussaint, A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Drag Measurements on a Junkers Wing Section: Application of the Betz Method to the Results of Comparative Tests Made on a Model and on an Airplane in Flight (open access)

Drag Measurements on a Junkers Wing Section: Application of the Betz Method to the Results of Comparative Tests Made on a Model and on an Airplane in Flight

The comparison of model tests in flight can be based on the result of such measurements. They are very important from the aerodynamical point of view, as they lead to useful conclusions regarding the behavior of the wing, its best shape and the conformity of theoretical and actual flow. Although there still remains a certain prejudice against such measurements, I have still attempted to make these comparative tests in order to inspire confidence in their reliability.
Date: September 1927
Creator: Weidinger, Hanns
System: The UNT Digital Library
Recent Developments in the Construction and Operation of All-Metal Airplanes (open access)

Recent Developments in the Construction and Operation of All-Metal Airplanes

Experiments on the effect of atmosphere and of sea water on the building materials employed by us have been carried on for years in the North Sea with the aid of the Hamburg Naval Observatory. Parallel experiments are being made at the Pisa Naval Observatory in the Mediterranean Sea. Metal sheets, sections, assemblies and experimental floats are being exposed to the action of the elements. Different construction techniques are discussed and a variety of specific airplanes are presented which incorporate some of the new thinking.
Date: September 1926
Creator: Dornier, C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Atomization of Liquid Fuels Part 3: Critical Discussion of Experimental Reesults, Mixing the Atomized Fuel with Air (open access)

Atomization of Liquid Fuels Part 3: Critical Discussion of Experimental Reesults, Mixing the Atomized Fuel with Air

This report provides a critical discussion of the results of the experiments conducted in the previous NACA-TM's 329 and 330. The main object of this investigation was to determine the size of the drops in mechanical atomization.
Date: September 1925
Creator: Kuehn, R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Motive Power Required to Operate a Wind Tunnel (open access)

Motive Power Required to Operate a Wind Tunnel

The use of exit cones and different blade configurations to reduce the motive power required in wind tunnels is discussed in this report.
Date: September 1924
Creator: Ziembinski, S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiments With Airplane Brakes (open access)

Experiments With Airplane Brakes

This report begins by examining the forces on the brake shoes. For the determination of the load distribution over the shoes it was assumed that the brake linings follow Hooke's law, are neatly fitted and bedded in by wear. The assumption of Hooke's law, that is, the proportionality between compression of the lining and the absorption of force, is fulfilled to a certain extent for the loading, as becomes apparent from the load tests described further on. But there is a material discrepancy at unloading.
Date: September 1931
Creator: Michael, Franz
System: The UNT Digital Library
Air-consumption parameters for automatic mixture control of aircraft engines (open access)

Air-consumption parameters for automatic mixture control of aircraft engines

From Introduction: "The purpose of this analysis was to investigate the use of function of intake-manifold temperature and pressure, exhaust back pressure, and engine speed in place of a ventri as a means of measuring engine air consumption and to determine if this function is suitable for automatic mixture control."
Date: September 1944
Creator: Shames, Sidney J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Turbine Failure Investigation of J65-W-4 Turbojet Engine in an Altitude Test Chamber (open access)

Turbine Failure Investigation of J65-W-4 Turbojet Engine in an Altitude Test Chamber

Memorandum presenting an altitude investigation to determine the basic mechanism by which J65-W-4 turbine rotor-blade failures were occurring in service. The engine was installed in an altitude test chamber and a series of controlled engine throttle bursts, with and without inlet-air distortion, over a range of altitudes, flight Mach numbers, and inlet-air temperatures. An examination of the data obtained during the investigation indicated that the danger of turbine failure could be eliminated without any appreciable sacrifice in engine acceleration time.
Date: September 21, 1956
Creator: McAulay, John E.; Braithwaite, Willis M. & Ciepluch, Carl C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Discussion of the Application of the Prandtl-Glauert Method to Subsonic Compressible Flow Over a Slender Body of Revolution (open access)

A Discussion of the Application of the Prandtl-Glauert Method to Subsonic Compressible Flow Over a Slender Body of Revolution

Note presenting an analysis of the use of the Prandtl-Glauert method for subsonic potential flow of a compressible fluid. This paper specifically focuses on the difference between the two- and three-dimensional flow when using this method.
Date: September 1946
Creator: Lees, Lester
System: The UNT Digital Library
Methods for Determination and Computation of Flow Patterns of a Compressible Fluid (open access)

Methods for Determination and Computation of Flow Patterns of a Compressible Fluid

Note presenting a well-known method of generating stream functions of an incompressible fluid flow, which involves taking the imaginary part of an analytic function of a complex variable. This paper is specifically devoted to a detailed discussion of performing computations related to obtaining flow patterns of compressible fluid from analytic functions of a compressible fluid. An example is also provided to illustrate the method.
Date: September 1946
Creator: Bergman, Stefan
System: The UNT Digital Library