Compressibilities of gases (open access)

Compressibilities of gases

Reproduction of thirteen graphs for computing compressibilities of various gases and for computing the volumes delivered from cylinders containing various gases.
Date: November 21, 1925
Creator: Pickering, Samuel Fisher
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Altitude Chamber for the Study and Calibration of Aeronautical Instruments (open access)

An Altitude Chamber for the Study and Calibration of Aeronautical Instruments

"The design and construction of an altitude chamber, in which both pressure and temperature can be varied independently, was carried out by the NACA at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory for the purpose of studying the effects of temperature and pressure on aeronautical research instruments. Temperatures from +20c to -50c are obtained by the expansion of CO2from standard containers. The chamber can be used for the calibration of research instruments under altitude conditions simulating those up to 45,000 feet" (p. 1).
Date: November 1925
Creator: Reid, H. J. E. & Kirchner, Otto E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Method for the Direct Determination of Wing-Section Drag (open access)

A Method for the Direct Determination of Wing-Section Drag

In order that the method may be more easily understood, we will first consider the simpler case when there is no lift, but only drag, and when the streamlines at the measuring point behind the obstacle are nearly parallel. Moreover, the flow is assumed not to deviate much from the two-dimensional flow.
Date: November 1925
Creator: Betz, A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Recent Progress in the Theoretical Deduction of Airplane Wings (open access)

Recent Progress in the Theoretical Deduction of Airplane Wings

The designing of an airplane requires an accurate knowledge of the aerodynamic properties of its wings, as expressed in the polar diagram. It is important to continue the theoretical researches on the aerodynamic phenomena of wings, in order to determine by calculation, their fundamental characteristics and to increase and formulate our knowledge in this field.
Date: November 1925
Creator: Panetti, M.
System: The UNT Digital Library