Altitude-performance and Reynolds number investigation of centrifugal-flow-compressor turbojet engine (open access)

Altitude-performance and Reynolds number investigation of centrifugal-flow-compressor turbojet engine

From Introduction: "Altitude-chamber and wind-tunnel investigations of the performance of turbojet engines such as those reported in references 1 to 4 have shown that the conventional correction factors fail to generalize the engine performance variables at high altitudes. An investigation was therefore made at the NACA Lewis laboratory to determine the altitude performance of the J33-A-23 turbojet engine and to demonstrate the magnitude of departure of actual altitude performance from that predicted from sea-level performance."
Date: May 15, 1951
Creator: Wilsted, H. D. & Grey, R. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Combustion performance evaluation of magnesium-hydrocarbon slurry blends in a simulated tail-pipe burner (open access)

Combustion performance evaluation of magnesium-hydrocarbon slurry blends in a simulated tail-pipe burner

Report presenting an experimental investigation to determine the combustion properties of several magnesium-hydrocarbon slurry blends and to indicate the feasibility of the application of slurry-type fuels to high-speed aircraft. High-concentration magnesium slurries showed large improvements in combustion stability and tail-pipe-burner net thrust.
Date: May 15, 1951
Creator: Tower, Leonard K. & Branstetter, J. Robert
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development of the Flow Sheet for Incinerating Contaminated Combustible Waste: Engineering Research Final Report (open access)

Development of the Flow Sheet for Incinerating Contaminated Combustible Waste: Engineering Research Final Report

From introduction: This report serves as a recommendation that a full-scale incineration process be installed at Mound Laboratory and provides a complete flow sheet for this process and recommended designs for the critical parts of the processing equipment. It contains justification for the process, a history of the investigation including early work and pilot plant results, an explanation of the values and information given in the flow sheet, and the reasons for the recommended design features.
Date: May 15, 1951
Creator: McEwen, M.; Schauer, P. J. & Aponyi, T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
NACA investigation of fuel performance in piston-type engines (open access)

NACA investigation of fuel performance in piston-type engines

This report is a compilation of many of the pertinent research data acquired by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics on fuel performance in piston engines. The original data for this compilation are contained in many separate NACA reports which have in the present report been assembled in logical chapters that summarize the main conclusions of the various investigations. Complete details of each investigation are not included in this summary; however, such details may be found, in the original reports cited at the end of each chapter.
Date: May 15, 1951
Creator: Barnett, Henry C.
System: The UNT Digital Library