"Preliminary tests made by the General Electric Company indicated that aerodynamic loads might cause large enough distortions in the thin sheet-metal rings of a nuclear fuel element to result in structural failure. The magnitude of the distortions in a test fuel element was determined from strains measured with airflow conditions simulating those expected during engine operation. The measured vibratory strains were low enough to indicate the improbability of failure by fatigue. A conservative estimate of the radial deflection that accompanied peak strains in the outer ring was +0.0006 inch" (p. 1).

From Introduction: "Experimental investigations of the combustion characteristics of diborane, pentaborane, and pentaborane-hydrocarbon blends in modified turbojet combustors have been conducted at this laboratory at the request of the Bureau of Aeronautics, Department of the Navy, as part of Project Zip. Results of these single-combustor tests are presented in references 2 to 5."

Memorandum presenting a preliminary and theoretical investigation of the effect of velocity diagram on inlet total-pressure distortions through single-stage subsonic axial-flow compressors for incompressible flow. A theoretical investigation was used to determine proper velocity diagrams and then the wake of a 1/4-inch-diameter rod was measured upstream of the rotor. The tests indicated that the derived equation will estimate the downstream distortion with reasonable accuracy for inlet total-pressure distortion which extends far enough circumferentially to alter the static-pressure field in the blade passage.

Memorandum presenting an investigation conducted in the 7- by 10-foot tunnel of the static longitudinal and lateral stability characteristics of a model with a 45 degree sweptback wing of aspect ratio 4 and with several different tail arrangements. The tail configurations studied had unswept, rectangular surfaces and included a T-tail and conventional fuselage-mounted horizontal and vertical tails. Results regarding wing-fuselage characteristics, effects of afterbody shape, effect of tail configuration on stability, and comparison of swept- and unswept-wing configurations are provided.

Report presenting a five-degree-of-freedom analysis of aircraft maneuvering stability, which showed that gyroscopic moments due to engine rotor momentum produced considerable rolling asymmetry for certain values of stability derivatives and flight conditions. Results regarding the altitude effects, Mach number effects, initial load factor, effective dihedral, static stability, roll velocity, and comparison with simplified longitudinal- and lateral-mode theory are provided.

Report presenting an investigation to determine the internal-flow characteristics of three top-mounted scoop inlets with rounded lips. The inlets were mounted at the leading edge, midchord, or trailing edge of a high 45 degree sweptback 6-percent-thick wing. Results regarding the total pressures at inlet, flow distortions at inlet measuring station, and boundary-layer control are presented.

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: Is it necessary for the members of the Legislature to know whether the Comptroller of Public Accounts would be required to consider the provisions of House Bills 8 and 584 in arriving at the estimate of the revenue available for the biennial appropriation bill or any other appropriation bill that may be enacted by the Regular Session of the 55th Legislature? Also related questions.

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A representative selection of stainless alloys was exposed in sulfur- bearing cracked-ammonia atmospheres containing 43 vol. % water vapor. Experimentally controlled variables have included temperatures ranging from 1200 to 1800 deg F and S levels ranging from zero to 350 grains per 100 ft/sup 3/ of cracked ammonia. It has been found that high S levels do not result in any significant change in the corrosion behavior of materials evaluated. Increasing the temperature resulted in some modifications or Moth physical properties and scaling resistance; however, these changes are a function of the temperature and not an effect of S. (auth)

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A plot of the pressure-drop data shows that the pressure drop through a single HRT off-gas adsorption unit is equal to 2.66 times the O2 flow (measured in liters/min at 70 F, 14.7 psia).

"ABS>Injection trajectories were calculated for different injection conditions for the Cambridge Electron Accelerator, considering also the effect of magnetic fringing fields. The general problem of matching the emittance of the linac to the acceptance of the synchrotron in the transversal phase space is considered, and it is shown that this can be done by a set of two quadrupole lenses. In order to eliminate rudial betatron oscillations due to energy deviations of the injected particles, a pulsed electric quadrupole lens in the synchrotron in combination with two deflectors between linac and synchrotron can be used to place particles of different energies on their specific equilibrium orbits. A layout of the whole injection system following the output of the linac is given."