Report presenting the results of an investigation to determine the effects of a small jet of air exhausting from the nose of an elliptical body of revolution upon boundary-layer transition and the viscous, pressure, and total drag of the forebody at three body stations at Mach number 1.62. The jet effects on body pressure, pressure variations, boundary-layer transition, and total drag are provided.

Introduction: "The tensile properties, hot hardness, impact strength; and corrosion resistance of some arc-melted, iodide zirconium alloys have been determined. The alloys investigated include binary alloys of zirconium containing zero to five per cent tin, binary alloys of zirconium containing zero to 0.14 per cent nitrogen, and ternary alloys of zirconium containing tin and nitrogen, tin and uranium, and uranium and beryllium."

A report about a thermionic converter which has been constructed for the purpose of evaluating the effect of radiation shields in the interelectrode space.

This is a photo-geologic map, scale 1:24,000, of Stinking Spring Creek in Emery County, Utah.

This is a photo-geologic map, scale 1:24,000, of Stinking Spring Creek-4 in Emery County, Utah.

This is a photogeologic map of the Colorado Plateau, Agathla Peak-6, on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Navajo County, Arizona, scale 1:24,000.

Introduction: Field work during the 1952 field season has supplied new data on the areal extent, composition, and estimated reserves of uranium-bearing carbonaceous rocks in the Fall Creek.area, Bonneville County, Idaho. The following is a preliminary report of progress to describe these new data which supplement the information contained in Trace Elements Memorandum Report 340 (Vine and Moore, 1952). This work was done on behalf of the Division of Raw Materials of the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission.

From introduction: The Trace Elements Section Washington Laboratory had developed the methods used in anticipation of handling an increased volume of water analyses as this preliminary project is expanded into a full-scale investigation. The efforts of these groups were coordinated by the Trace Elements Planning and Coordination Office.

From abstract: "On the 86-inch cyclotron a 41-kw beam has been calorimetered at a net ion loading efficiency of 40%; the average proton current was 1.85 ma at 22.5 Mev. Practical specific yields have been determined for (p,2n) reactions on zinc and bismuth. The investigation of products of proton-induced fission of uranium has been continued and new techniques are being used in measuring angular distribution of reaction products. The 63-inch heavy particle cyclotron is now in operation; N+++ particles have been accelerated to ~25 Mev. In preliminary tests, induced activities have been detected in carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen targets. A hot-cathode ion source is ready for test operation. The 22-inch cyclotron is being used in an investigation of the problems associated with the use of rf and dc electrodes for the acceleration of protons from the ion source into the dees. Radiation-induced corrosion in Inconel tubing containing #21 eutectic (ANP) has been produced by proton irradiation in the 86-inch cylclotron; it is shown that the corrosion was not due to thermal effects. Approximately 150 grams of highly purified U 238 (< 5 ppm U 235) have been prepared, and two grams of thorium 230 (ionium) has been enriched to 90.6%."

Report describing alternative methods for depleting a large turnings inventory in a short period of time.

From introduction: "This report gives the results of a 1000-hour corrosion test of SAE 1010, low carbon steel, in synthetic Redox waste solutions...The present test was designed to obtain corrosion rates for waste solution temperatures of 180 F, 200 F, and 220 F in solutions neutralized to pH values of 11, 12, and 13.

This report examines the failure of two 18-8 grade stainless steel gate valves used in sulfamic acid and determines the cause of the failures through a series of tests.

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies conducted on manganese deposits in the Maple Mountain and Hovey Mountain area. The history, character, and physical descriptions of the deposits are presented. This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines to evaluate the reserves of known coking coal in McDowell County, West Virginia. The study analyzes the properties of coal and coal blends from the area. This report includes tables and maps.

Report presenting an investigation of the results at high Reynolds numbers and low Mach numbers to determine the maximum-lift and stalling characteristics of an aspect-ratio-4 trapezoidal wing with 10-percent-thick, circular-arc airfoil sections. Testing occurred measurements of lift, drag, and pitching-moment coefficients of the basic wing and of the wing with 0.20-chord droop-nose and rear flaps deflected alone and in combination with one another.

Report presenting an investigation in the low-turbulence pressure tunnel to determine the effects of Mach and Reynolds number on the maximum lift characteristics of the NACA 65-006, 64-009, 64-210, and 64(sub 2)-215 airfoil sections in smooth and leading-edge roughness conditions. A range of Mach and Reynolds numbers were explored.

Report presenting a study of the lift and drag characteristics of a number of airfoil sections at supercritical Mach numbers as determined from wind-tunnel tests.

A theoretical investigation is made of the loads and motions in water-landing impacts of wide prismatic V-bottom seaplanes for constant partial wing-lift conditions where the resultant velocity of the seaplane is normal to the keel. An approximate method is given for applying the results of this investigation to the more general case of oblique impact. The increase in vertical hydrodynamic load factor due to wing-lift reduction is shown to be approximately 133 percent of the decrease in air load.

Note presenting smooth-water landing tests of a prismatic model with an angle of dead rise of 22.5 degrees as part of a landing investigation being conducted in the impact basin to determine the distribution of water pressure on seaplanes. Landings were made for a variety of beam-loading coefficients, fixed trims, and range of initial flight-path angles. The experimental wave rise, peak pressures, and pressure distributions are found to be in fair agreement with the predictions of the available theory, but better arrangement is obtained by modification of the theory.

Report presenting an investigation in the stability tunnel to determine the effect of high-lift devices on the low-speed static-lateral-stability derivatives of a 45 degree sweptback wing of aspect ratio 4.0 and taper ratio 0.6. Comparisons between the increments in the static-lateral-stability derivatives due to flap deflection obtained from experiment and the increments evaluated by a single sweep theory is also made. Results regarding the presentation of results, longitudinal stability characteristics, static lateral stability characteristics, and comparison of calculated and measured values are provided.

A theory for the side force, rolling moment, yawing moment, and pressure distribution during yawed landings and planing of seaplanes was developed. For the special case of the straight-sided wedge without chine immersion, the results of the theoretical analysis are presented in the form of generalized curves covering all step landing conditions. Experimental impact and planing data are presented for a prismatic wedge having an angle of dead rise of 22.5 degrees and are shown to be in reasonable agreement with the theoretical predictions.

Report presenting the constant-temperature hot-wire anemometer amplifier and accessories have been developed to provide an instrument with wide frequency response, good stability, and ease of operation. Techniques are described using the equipment to study periodic phenomena such as surge, rotating stall, and wake surveys in centrifugal- and axial-flow compressors.

Note presenting the first-order solution for the laminar compressible boundary-layer flow over a flat plate at constant wall temperature. The effect of slip at the wall as well as the interaction between the boundary-layer flow and the outer stream flow are taken into consideration.

Note presenting an analysis of the laminar boundary-layer flow about a circular cone at large angles of attack to a supersonic stream in the plane of symmetry by a method applicable in general to the flow about conical bodies. Velocity profiles at the bottom of the cone indicated that the expected tendency of the boundary layer to become thinner on the under side of the cone as the angle of attack is increased.