"A turbojet engine incorporating a conventional-type afterburner was operated over a range of afterburner pressure levels from 1000 to 2000 pounds per square foot absolute and a range of engine-inlet water-air ratios from 0 to 0.08. At each pressure level and water-air ratio, the afterburner fuel flow was varied from lean blowout to maximum burner-outlet temperature" (p. 1).

Report presenting testing of a turbojet engine incorporating a conventional-type afterburner over a range of afterburner pressure levels and engine-inlet water-air ratios. At each pressure level and water-air ratio, the afterburner fuel flow was varied from lean blowout to maximum burner-outlet temperature. Results regarding the effects of water vapor on engine performance, effects of water vapor on afterburner performance, and high Mach number performance with water injection are provided.

Memorandum presenting performance calculations for hypothetical hydrogen expansion engines in which only a small part of the engine airflow passes through the heat exchanger. The flight path was representative of those for long-range, high-speed aircraft. Results regarding the off-design operation and engine performance are provided.

Memorandum presenting performance calculations made for hypothetical hydrogen expansion engines in which only a small part of the engine airflow passes through the heat exchanger. The prescribed flight path was representative of those for long-range, high-speed aircraft. Results regarding the off-design operation and engine performance are provided.

Report described five short multielement turbojet combustors for use with hydrogen fuel and their performance. Information about the combustion efficiency, temperature profiles, pressure loss, durability, and comparison with previous short combustors is included.

Report presenting an investigation of five short multielement turbojet combustors designed for use with hydrogen fuel tested in a quarter-annulus duct. One combustor had an array of U-gutter flame-holders, while the other four were manifold arrays of swirl-can combustor elements. Results regarding combustion efficiency, temperature profiles, pressure loss, durability, comparison with previous short combustors, and operation with propane fuel are provided.

From Introduction: "This report investigates some of the problems involved in scheduling the tailpipe temperature to avoid stall during acceleration. The object of this report is to investigate the dynamics of a closed-loop acceleration control that follows a schedule of tailpipe temperature with rotor speed."

Report presenting testing of gaseous hydrogen fuel burned in a connected-pipe combustor with a cross section equal to 35 degrees sector of a 28-inch diameter. Eleven shrouded fuel-injector configurations were used to obtain combustion data at specified high-altitude ramjet combustor conditions. Results regarding shroud air blockage, mixing tabs, higher equivalence-ratio burning, injector size, flameholder durability, burner length, combustion efficiency, and temperature profile are provided.

Report presenting some measurements of the vortex movements with time about an airfoil undergoing a blast of sufficient strength to exceed the stall angle by a large amount. Measurements were also obtained without flight simulation but with blast orientation and strength and compared to the first test. Results regarding Schileren photographs, presentation of results, and discussion of results are provided.

Report presenting measurements of aerodynamic heat transfer at a number of stations along a cone-cylinder-flare model with 15 degree total-angle conical nose and a 10 degree half-angle flare skirt. Results regarding temperature measurements and heating rates, local flow parameters, heat transfer with theoretical recovery factors, experimental recovery factors, prediction of skin temperatures, and transition are provided.

Memorandum presenting the results of a simulator stud of the factors affecting the design of a device, a stick pusher, for preventing a representative supersonic airplane from entering the pitch-up region. The effects of varying the stick-pusher-activation boundaries, sensing parameters, and magnitude of stick-pusher force on the controllability of the airplane pitch-up were investigated.

Report presenting the results of an investigation of the static longitudinal stability and control characteristics of a canard airplane configuration without analysis for a range of Mach numbers. Data are presented for a variety of angles of attack and canard angles.

Report presenting an investigation of the problem of predicting the experimental wave drag for configurations which have discontinuities in area distribution and thus infinite theoretical wave drag. The agreement between the experimental and computed drags of the ring-body combinations without fillets was very poor. Results regarding the drag coefficients and estimation of wave drag and pressure coefficients and estimation of total drag are provided.

Report presenting information on the heat transfer, drag, and stability of a large rocket-propelled 10 degree cone in a flight test. The location of turbulent flow was noted and the measured drag coefficients at several locations on the cone are provided.

Report presenting an investigation of the certain wing-body combinations as measured by the lift-drag ratio for two arrangements: a half-cone mounted under a triangular wing and a half Newtonian ogive similarly mounted. The configurations were tested for a range of Mach numbers from 1.5 to 5.0. Results regarding the comparison of a half-cone versus a full cone and calculated maximum lift-drag ratio are provided.

Report presenting a control-motion study program with a Republic F-84F using a cross section of tactical maneuvers performed during squadron operational training. Time-history figures, airspeed and Mach number envelopes, and other aerodynamic characteristics are provided.

A full-scale turbojet engine was operated with pentaborane fuel continuously for 22 minutes at conditions simulating flight at a Mach number of 0.8 at an altitude of 50,000 feet. This period of operation is approximately three times longer than previously reported operation times. Although the specific fuel consumption was reduced from 1.3 with JP-4 fuel to 0.98 with pentaborane, a 13.2-percent reduction in net thrust was also encountered. A portion of this thrust loss is potentially recoverable with proper design of the engine components. The boron oxide deposition and erosion processes within the engine approached an equilibrium condition after approximately 22 minutes of operation with pentaborane.

Report presenting a flight-test program investigating a modification to an interceptor system. Results indicate that a significant improvement in the overall response characteristics of the system. The modification minimizes the interaction between the antenna and interceptor motions, which can have a serious influence on flight path stability during a lead-collision attack.

Report presenting an evaluation of a 1/4-sector of an annular combustor designed for use with pentaborane fuel at a simulated altitude condition. Results regarding the pentaborane performance, combustor development, and the JP-5 fuel performance are provided.

Report presenting testing of a transonic compressor rotor with double-circular-arc blade sections and inlet guide vanes turning counter to the direction of rotor whirl to determine the effect of blade-row interaction on the performance of a transonic rotor. Results regarding overall performance, guide-vane performance, rotor-inlet conditions, rotor-outlet conditions, consideration of radial equilibrium, blade-element performance, and axial asymmetry in rotor-outlet flow are provided.

Report presenting flight tests on an FJ-3 airplane to determine the flight characteristics of a carrier-type airplane with area-suction and blowing boundary-layer control on the trailing-edge flaps. Measurements were made of lift, drag, and bleed-air requirements for the different types of boundary-layer control systems. Results regarding lift, drag, flow requirements, performance, pilots' opinions, and approach-speed criteria are provided.

Report presenting a flight test of pentaborane fuel in an air-launched ramjet engine with a design free-stream Mach number of 1.8. The ramjet used in the investigation had a revised spray bar-flameholder configuration. Results regarding propulsive thrust and propulsive-thrust specific fuel consumption are provided.

Flight investigation of pentaborane fuel in 9.75- inch-diameter ramjet engine with downstream fuel injection.

Memorandum presenting an investigation of the static longitudinal stability characteristics of two wings of different construction and slightly different flexibilities in the 16-foot transonic tunnel. The wings had the same external dimensions but one had a steel construction and the other was made of plastic reinforced by a steel core.