From Summary: "A preliminary experimental investigation is being conducted to determine the feasibility of preventing rain from impinging on aircraft windshields by means of high-velocity jet-air blast. The results indicate that rain deflection by jet blast appears feasible for flight speeds comparable with landing and take-off speeds of interceptor-type jet aircraft; however, attainment of good visibility through the mist generated by raindrop breakup presents a problem. For the simulated windshield and the lower windshield angles used in the investigation, air-flow rates of the order of 3.3 pounds per minute of unheated air per inch of windshield span were required for adequate rain deflection at a free-stream velocity of 135 miles per hour."

"Values of total drag coefficient were measured for four round-nosed bodies of revolution in free flight at Mach numbers from 0.6 to 1.5 and Reynolds numbers from 10 x 10(6) to 50 x 10(6). The bodies were designed by rounding off the sharp, fineness-ratio-3.56 nose of a previously tested configuration. The nose radii tested were 27.4, 38.7, 80.6, and 100 percent of the maximum body radius and corresponded to values of 0.075, 0.150, 0.650, and 1.000, respectively, for the ratio of nose-sphere frontal area to body frontal area" (p. 1).

"A general method of design is developed for two-dimensional unbranched channels with prescribed velocities as a function of arc length along the channel walls. The method is developed for both compressible and incompressible, irrotational, nonviscous flow and applies to the design of elbows, diffusers, nozzles, and so forth. In part I solutions are obtained by relaxation methods; in part II solutions are obtained by a Green's function. Five numerical examples are given in part I including three elbow designs with the same prescribed velocity as a function of arc length along the channel walls but with incompressible, linearized compressible, and compressible flow" (p. 153).

Report presenting an investigation in the 4- by 4-foot supersonic pressure tunnel to determine the effects of body indentation on the minimum drag and maximum lift-drag ratio of a 60 degree swept-wing-body combination. A secondary goal of the tests was to determine the effect on the maximum lift-drag ratio of modifying the inboard plan form of the 60 degree swept wing. Lift, drag, and pitching-moment data are presented.

Report presenting a pilot-opinion survey conducted with a conventional fighter airplane fitted with special servo devices for varying in flight the dihedral effect, static directional stability, and directional damping. Results showing the boundaries that define satisfactory and tolerable lateral oscillatory characteristics are presented.

Report presenting testing of two low-solidity transonic axial-flow-compressor rotors tested over a range of speeds up to a corrected tip speed of 1000 feet per second to determine the performance of such rotors and to provide experimental rotor blade-element data for low solidity levels. Comparisons of the hub and mean blade-element losses for the three rotors showed that the losses tended to decrease with a decrease in solidity. Results regarding rotor-inlet conditions, rotor-outlet conditions, overall performance, and stall characteristics are provided.

Report presenting an approximate theory for predicting the rate of heat transfer to the stagnation region of blunt bodies in hypersonic flight. Attention is focused on the case where wall temperature is small compared to stagnation temperature. Experiments were conducted in the hypersonic gun tunnel to obtain a preliminary check on this theoretical prediction.

From Introduction: "The results of an investigation of the low-speed static stability of a simplified model of such an arrangement having one of the airfoils placed vertically on top of the body and the other two as wing panels having negative dihedral are presented in reference 1. In order to provide information for predicting the effects of changes in the basic configuration on the low-speed stability characteristics presented in reference 1, additional measurements have been made."

Memorandum presenting an investigation at M = 2.01 in the 4- by 4-foot supersonic pressure tunnel to determine the effect of a series of nacelles on the longitudinal stability characteristics of a sweptback wing-body combination. Nacelle shape and position were varied on a configuration with a 6-percent-thick wing with an aspect ratio of 3.5, a taper ratio of 0.2, and 47 degrees of sweep at the quarter chord.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Validity of a commissioners' court order creating new justice precincts without correspondingly changing the boundaries of election precincts.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether Bexar County may issue time warrants for purchase of right of way.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Does the Retrieve State Farm, a unit of the Texas Prison System, have the authority to run a fence across Buffalo Camp Bayou at a point entirely within the prison owned property.

Report that generally describes sodium cooled fast reactors, the features and facilities of such a reactor proposed by Atomic Power Development Associates, and then its safety and siting considerations.

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From introduction: The objective of the investigations is to test the usefulness of these geophysical procedures in connection with exploration for uranium-bearing mineral deposits.

A correlation of spontaneous fission rates with Z and A is made to show that these rates depend on the nuclear type. Some suggestions as to the mechanisms are given and it is also shown how these relate to the mechanism of slow neutron and photo fission.

Nuclear power cost is plotted versus thermal efficiency. The relationship is not limited to any particular reactor type and is applicable for any reactor system where steam is the working fiuid for the turbogenerator. (T- R.H-)

An experimentally determined evaluation of standardremote-handling equipment applied to the problems associated with remote maintenance of a typical reactor system component is presented It is comcluded that commercially available equipment can be used and that a good techmician can rapidly learn the use of manipulators required in remote maintenance. The use of closed circuit television in maintenance is possible; however, further development of radiation- resistant equipment is required. (j.R.D.)

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Report describing the results of the cupferron extraction-copper spark method in determining the impurity elements in plutonium metal. This was required the 234-5 Project analytical program.

Report describing methods of determining trace impurities in plutonium in connection with the Metal Fabrication Process. The methods included are the cupferron extraction-copper spark method and the direct copper spark method.

The following document is a bibliography containing a collection of documents discussing natural steam and geothermal power generation.

This report follows work with the purposes of determining the minimum amount of nitric acid required to dissolve slurries of stored metal waste, determining the stability of such metastable solutions as a function of their chemical compositions - primarily acidity - versus time and temperature, and to define a feed suitable for a low-acid TBP process flowsheet, and to indicate the range of variations in composition which can be tolerated for plant operation.

Summary: The radiations emitted in the spontaneous fission of Cf²⁵² have been studied. The results in general are in agreement with other similar measurements. An experiment is described which is expected to give the neutron energies and angular distribution in the center-of-mass system of the moving fission fragment when the analysis is completed.