Intensity, scale, and spectra of turbulence in mixing region of free subsonic jet (open access)

Intensity, scale, and spectra of turbulence in mixing region of free subsonic jet

Report presents the results of the measurements of intensity of turbulence, the longitudinal and lateral correlation coefficients, and the spectra of turbulence in a 3.5-inch-diameter free jet measured with hot-wire anemometers at exit Mach numbers from 0.2 to 0.7 and Reynolds numbers from 192,000 to 725,000.
Date: April 24, 1956
Creator: Laurence, James C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experimental Performance of a 5000-Pound-Thrust Rocket Chamber Using a 20-Percent-Fluorine - 80-Percent-Oxygen Mixture With RP-1 (open access)

Experimental Performance of a 5000-Pound-Thrust Rocket Chamber Using a 20-Percent-Fluorine - 80-Percent-Oxygen Mixture With RP-1

Memorandum presenting an evaluation of the performance increase resulting from the addition of 20 percent fluorine to the oxygen-RP-1 propellant combination in a 5000-pound-thrust rocket engine at a chamber pressure of 650 pounds per square inch absolute. Runs were made with the engine water cooled and regeneratively cooled.
Date: April 24, 1957
Creator: Tomazic, William A.; Kutina, Franklin J., Jr. & Rothenberg, Edward A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interference Effects of Fuselage-Stored Missiles on Inlet Duct Model of an Interceptor-Type Aircraft at Mach Numbers 1.5 to 1.9 (open access)

Interference Effects of Fuselage-Stored Missiles on Inlet Duct Model of an Interceptor-Type Aircraft at Mach Numbers 1.5 to 1.9

Memorandum presenting the effect of missile armament on the performance of an interceptor-type aircraft model at Mach numbers 1.5, 1.7, and 1.9 and at angles of attack up to 19 degrees. The aircraft model was characterized by triangular-shaped normal-shock inlets located at wing roots. Results regarding force measurements, effect of armament on inlet-duct performance, fuselage boundary-layer survey, and total-pressure contours at inlet throat and diffuser exit are provided.
Date: April 24, 1957
Creator: Piercy, Thomas G. & Davis, Owen H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Performance and Operational Characteristics of Pentaborane Fuel in 48-Inch-Diameter Ram-Jet Engine (open access)

Performance and Operational Characteristics of Pentaborane Fuel in 48-Inch-Diameter Ram-Jet Engine

Combustion efficiency of pentaborane fuel in 48- inch diameter ramjet engine.
Date: April 24, 1957
Creator: Rayle, Warren D.; Reilly, Dwight H., Jr. & Farley, John M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aerodynamic Loads on an External Store Adjacent to a 60 Degree Delta Wing at Mach Numbers From 0.75 to 1.96 (open access)

Aerodynamic Loads on an External Store Adjacent to a 60 Degree Delta Wing at Mach Numbers From 0.75 to 1.96

Report presenting an investigation to determine separately the aerodynamic characteristics of a Douglas Aircraft Company store and a semispan delta-wing-fuselage configuration in the presence of one another. The store was located at the 50-percent-semispan station with the store nose both ahead of and behind the wing leading edge for two longitudinal and three vertical positions.
Date: April 24, 1956
Creator: Hadaway, William M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Measurements of Static and Total Pressure Throughout the Transonic Speed Range as Obtained from an Airspeed Head Mounted on a Freely Falling Body (open access)

Measurements of Static and Total Pressure Throughout the Transonic Speed Range as Obtained from an Airspeed Head Mounted on a Freely Falling Body

"Results of tests of an airspeed head mounted on a freely falling body are presented in preliminary form. Measurements were made throughout the transonic speed range. Details and dimensions of the airspeed head and the body are given in figure 1" (p. 1).
Date: April 24, 1947
Creator: Mathews, C. W. & Thompson, J. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Air-Flow Behavior Over the Wing of an XP-51 Airplane as Indicated by Wing-Surface Tufts at Subcritical and Supercritical Speeds (open access)

Air-Flow Behavior Over the Wing of an XP-51 Airplane as Indicated by Wing-Surface Tufts at Subcritical and Supercritical Speeds

Report presenting the air-flow behavior over the wing of an XP-51 airplane including photographs of tufts attached to the wing surface and chordwise pressure distributions. A comparison of tuft studies from flight results are compared with results from wind-tunnel testing. Three types of flow were observed: steady flow, unsteady flow, and break-away flow are provided.
Date: April 24, 1947
Creator: Beeler, De E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Several Parameters Controlling the Trajectories of a Supersonic Antiaircraft Missile Powered With Solid- or Liquid-Fuel Rockets (open access)

A Study of Several Parameters Controlling the Trajectories of a Supersonic Antiaircraft Missile Powered With Solid- or Liquid-Fuel Rockets

Memorandum presenting a calculation of the trajectories for a supersonic antiaircraft missile by a step-by-step integration method for a number of different conditions. The effects of changing drag, initial thrust ratio, and weight ratio, which are the principal variables controlling the trajectory for a fixed launching angle, were investigated.
Date: April 24, 1947
Creator: Huntsberger, Ralph F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigation at low speed of the effectiveness and hinge moments of a constant-chord elevator on a large-scale triangular wing with section modification (open access)

Investigation at low speed of the effectiveness and hinge moments of a constant-chord elevator on a large-scale triangular wing with section modification

Report presenting an investigation in the full-scale tunnel to determine the low-speed longitudinal, lateral, and hinge-moment control characteristics of a basic 60 degree delta wing of aspect ratio 2.31 with 10-percent-thick biconvex symmetrical airfoil sections. The wing was tested with a nose glove using NACA 65-010 section ordinates and a constant-chord plain semispan ailavator with two segments.
Date: April 24, 1951
Creator: Hawes, John G. & May, Ralph W., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Application of supersonic vortex-flow theory to the design of supersonic impulse compressor- or turbine-blade sections (open access)

Application of supersonic vortex-flow theory to the design of supersonic impulse compressor- or turbine-blade sections

From Introduction: "The purpose of this paper is to present an analytical method for the design of two-dimensional related selection of a blade for particular rotor conditions may be made quickly and easily and its performance deduced from tests of representative sections in cascade."
Date: April 24, 1952
Creator: Boxer, Emanuel; Sterrett, James R. & Wlodarski, John
System: The UNT Digital Library
Flight measurements of the wing-dropping tendency of a straight-wing jet airplane at high subsonic Mach numbers (open access)

Flight measurements of the wing-dropping tendency of a straight-wing jet airplane at high subsonic Mach numbers

From Summary: "Flight tests were conducted on a straight-wing fighter-type jet airplane to investigate the lateral-control characteristics associated with a wing-dropping tendency encountered at high subsonic Mach numbers. The chief factors found to account directly for the wing-dropping tendency were a progressive reduction in aileron-control effectiveness with increasing Mach number, and an increase in effective dihedral above a Mach number of 0.8 which made the lateral trim particularly sensitive to small changes in sideslip angle."
Date: April 24, 1951
Creator: Anderson, Seth B.; Ernst, Edward A. & Van Dyke, Rudolph D., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Instrumentation of the Ames Supersonic Free-Flight Wind Tunnel (open access)

Instrumentation of the Ames Supersonic Free-Flight Wind Tunnel

Memorandum presenting a description of the equipment used in the Ames supersonic free-flight wind tunnel to obtain the data necessary to measure the aerodynamic characteristics of free-flying models. The model is fired from a gun into the supersonic air stream of a blowdown-type wind tunnel. The action resulting from aerodynamic forces is computed from a time-distance-attitude record of the model flight through the test section.
Date: April 24, 1952
Creator: Briggs, Robert O.; Kerwin, William J. & Schmidt, Stanley F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
High-Speed Wind-Tunnel Tests of a Twin-Fuselage Pursuit Airplane (open access)

High-Speed Wind-Tunnel Tests of a Twin-Fuselage Pursuit Airplane

Report discussing the aerodynamic characteristics of a twin-fuselage pursuit airplane model, especially at high speeds. Information about the force data and critical Mach numbers for parts of the model is provided. Suggestions for increasing the Mach number of divergence by making modifications to the wing-fuselage fillets and external shape of the radiator are also included.
Date: April 24, 1946
Creator: Anderson, Joseph L. & Tkac, Victor B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Performance and operational characteristics of pentaborane fuel in 48-inch-diameter ram-jet engine (open access)

Performance and operational characteristics of pentaborane fuel in 48-inch-diameter ram-jet engine

Report presenting testing of pentaborane as a fuel in a 48-inch-diameter ram-jet engine in a free-jet facility. Each test lasted about 50 seconds and used fast-response instrumentation and prescheduled fuel-flow variation for a range of fuel-air ratios. Results regarding combustion performance, ignition, oxide deposits, and fuel-injector performance are provided.
Date: April 24, 1957
Creator: Rayle, Warren D.; Reilly, Dwight H., Jr. & Farley, John M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An analog study of the relative importance of various factors affecting roll coupling (open access)

An analog study of the relative importance of various factors affecting roll coupling

From Introduction: "In this study wide variations in many of the pertinent aerodynamic were investigated at subsonic and supersonic speeds. The effects of large changes in principal axis inclination and mass distribution are also included. The primary purpose of this paper is to summarize the information obtained from the analog calculations and to compare the results with the trends predicted from a slightly modified version of reference 2."
Date: April 24, 1956
Creator: Weil, Joseph & Day, Richard E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Brief Investigation of the Effect of Waves on the Take-Off Resistance of a Seaplane (open access)

A Brief Investigation of the Effect of Waves on the Take-Off Resistance of a Seaplane

Report presenting testing to determine the resistance of a model of a seaplane with a length-beam ratio of 15 and a wing loading of 120 pounds per square foot was determined in smooth water and three wave heights under various conditions of load, speed, elevator setting, angle of dead rise, and center-of-gravity position.
Date: April 24, 1956
Creator: Mottard, Elmo J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experimental Verification of the Theory of Oscillating Airfoils (open access)

Experimental Verification of the Theory of Oscillating Airfoils

"Measurements have been made of the lift on an airfoil in pitching oscillation with a continuous-recording, instantaneous-force balance. The experimental values for the phase difference between the angle of attack and the lift are shown to be in close agreement with theory" (p. 619).
Date: April 24, 1939
Creator: Silverstein, Abe & Joyner, Upshur T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Partial Measurements in Flight of the Flying Qualities of a Grumman XF7F-1 Airplane with a Modified Vertical Tail (open access)

Partial Measurements in Flight of the Flying Qualities of a Grumman XF7F-1 Airplane with a Modified Vertical Tail

Partial measurements in flight of the handling qualities of a Grumman XF7F-1 airplane were investigated. Results are for low altitude and normal center of gravity conditions only.
Date: April 24, 1947
Creator: Turner, Howard L. & Cooper, George E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A review of the physical and thermodynamic properties of boric oxide (open access)

A review of the physical and thermodynamic properties of boric oxide

Report presenting a review of the literature on the thermodynamic and physical properties of boric oxide. Data on the following properties is presented: specific heat, sensible enthalpy, total enthalpy, entropy, latent heat of vaporization, and vapor pressure for the crystal, liquid, and vapor states.
Date: April 24, 1957
Creator: Setze, Paul C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experimental performance of a 5000-pound-thrust rocket chamber using a 20-percent-fluorine-80-percent-oxygen mixture with RP-1 (open access)

Experimental performance of a 5000-pound-thrust rocket chamber using a 20-percent-fluorine-80-percent-oxygen mixture with RP-1

An investigation of the performance increase resulting from the addition of 20 percent fluorine to the oxygen-RP-1 propellant combination in a 5000-pound-thrust rocket engine at a chamber pressure of 650 pounds per square inch absolute.
Date: April 24, 1957
Creator: Tomazic, William A.; Kutina, Franklin J., Jr. & Rothenberg, Edward A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Performance of external-compression bump inlet at Mach numbers of 1.5 and 2.0 (open access)

Performance of external-compression bump inlet at Mach numbers of 1.5 and 2.0

Report presenting an experimental investigation of a scale model of the forebody of a proposed supersonic fighter to determine the internal performance and configuration drag of various twin-side inlets. External-compression ramp and bump inlets with various types and combinations of boundary-layer bleed were tested. Results regarding performance charts and flow characteristics are provided.
Date: April 24, 1957
Creator: Simon, Paul C.; Brown, Dennis W. & Huff, Ronald G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Full-Scale Free-Jet Investigation of a Two-Shock Side-Inlet Diffuser at Mach 2.75 and a Comparison With a Single-Shock Diffuser (open access)

Full-Scale Free-Jet Investigation of a Two-Shock Side-Inlet Diffuser at Mach 2.75 and a Comparison With a Single-Shock Diffuser

Memorandum presenting a full-scale free-jet investigation of a two-shock side-inlet diffuser at Mach umber 2.75 in an altitude test chamber. Data were obtained over ranges of free-stream total pressure and temperature. Results regarding diffuser mass-flow ratio, critical pressure recovery, diffuser static-pressure variation, and diffuser-outlet flow conditions are provided.
Date: April 24, 1957
Creator: McAulay, John E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiments on Drag of Revolving Disks, Cylinders, and Streamline Rods at High Speeds (open access)

Experiments on Drag of Revolving Disks, Cylinders, and Streamline Rods at High Speeds

An experimental investigation concerned primarily with the extension of test data on the drag of revolving disks, cylinders, and streamline rods to high Mach numbers and Reynolds numbers is presented. A Mach number of 2.7 was reached for revolving rods with Freon 113 as the medium. The tests on disks extended to a Reynolds number of 7,000,000" (p. 367).
Date: April 24, 1944
Creator: Theodorsen, Theodore & Regier, Arthur
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elevated-Temperature Fatigue Properties of Two Titanium Alloys (open access)

Elevated-Temperature Fatigue Properties of Two Titanium Alloys

Report presenting an investigation to evaluate the unnotched fatigue properties of two titanium alloys at elevated temperatures. A variety of temperatures were tested and the results are provided in tabular form and as curves of stress versus cycles to failure for each test temperature. Both alloys were found to have potential use at the temperature ranges investigated.
Date: April 24, 1956
Creator: Rey, William K.
System: The UNT Digital Library