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A correlation of the effects of compression ratio and inlet-air temperature on the knock limits of aviation fuels in a CFR engine 1
Report presenting a method of correlating the effects of compression ratio and inlet-air temperature on the knock limits of aviation fuels. Knock-limited performance tests of several fuels were run to check the method.
Date:
May 1945
Creator:
Evvard, John C. & Branstetter, J. Robert
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Flight Investigation of the Variation of Drag Coefficient With Mach Number for the Bell P-39N-1 Airplane
Report presenting an investigation of the effect of compressibility on the drag of a Bell P-39N-1 airplane in flight as part of a drag study on several high-speed airplanes for a range of Mach numbers.
Date:
May 1945
Creator:
Gasich, Welko E. & Clousing, Lawrence A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Flight Tests of Dive-Recovery Flaps on an XP-51 Airplane
Report presenting a flight investigation made to determine the effectiveness of dive-recovery flaps installed on the XP-51 airplane as a safety device for recovery from contemplated terminal-velocity dives. The flap installation is described and results are presented of measurements obtained during stick-free pull-ups and pull-outs made by deflecting the dive-recovery flaps to two selected values of flap angle .
Date:
May 1945
Creator:
Beeler, De E. & Williams, Walter C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Investigation of Supersonic Diffusers
Report presenting the deceleration of air from supersonic velocities in channels. A normal shock in the diverging part of the diffuser is probably necessary for stable flow, and ways of minimizing the intensity of this shock have been developed.
Date:
May 1945
Creator:
Kantrowitz, Arthur & Donaldson, Coleman duP.
System:
The UNT Digital Library