Spin Tests of a Low-Wing Monoplane to Investigate Scale Effect in the Model Test Range (open access)

Spin Tests of a Low-Wing Monoplane to Investigate Scale Effect in the Model Test Range

"Concurrent tests were performed on a 1/16 and a 1/20 scale model (wing spans of 2.64 and 2.11 ft. respectively) of a modern low wing monoplane in the NACA 15 foot free-spinning wind tunnel. Results are presented in the form of charts that afford a direct comparison between the spins of the two models for a number of different conditions. Qualitatively, the same characteristic effects of control disposition, mass distribution, and dimensional modifications were indicated by both models" (p. 1).
Date: May 1941
Creator: Donlan, Charles J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Spin Tests of Two Models of a Low-Wing Monoplane to Investigate Scale Effect in the Model Test Range (open access)

Spin Tests of Two Models of a Low-Wing Monoplane to Investigate Scale Effect in the Model Test Range

Note presenting testing performed on scale models of a modern low-wing monoplane in the 15-foot free-spinning wind tunnel. Results are presented in the form of charts that afford a direct comparison between the spins of the two models for a number of different conditions. The results indicate that, within the range of Reynolds numbers used in the present investigation, such factors as difficulty of ballasting and testing are more important in determining proper model size than the changes in scale effect likely to result from the use of different sizes of models.
Date: May 1941
Creator: Donlan, Charles J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Stresses and Deflections in Thin Shells and Curved Plates Due to Concentrated and Variously Distributed Loading (open access)

Stresses and Deflections in Thin Shells and Curved Plates Due to Concentrated and Variously Distributed Loading

Note presenting tests made on cylindrical and spherical shells to determine the local stresses and deflections produced by concentrated and variously distributed loading. The results are correlated with those of earlier experiments, and empirical formulas based on the data are proposed. Data are presented on the effect of severe prestressing on stiffness and on the efficiency of welded lugs of various forms in transmitting a load to a thin shell without producing excessive local stresses.
Date: May 1941
Creator: Roark, Raymond J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wind-tunnel investigation of an NACA 23012 airfoil with several arrangements of slotted flaps with extended lips (open access)

Wind-tunnel investigation of an NACA 23012 airfoil with several arrangements of slotted flaps with extended lips

"An investigation was made in the NACA 7- by 10-foot wind tunnel to determine the effect of slot-lip location on the aerodynamic section characteristics of an NACA 23012 airfoil with a 30-percent-chord slotted flap. Tests were made with slot lips located at 90 and 100 percent of the airfoil chord and with two different flap shapes. The results are compared with a slotted flap previously developed by the National advisory Committee for Aeronautics with a slot lip located at 83 percent of the airfoil chord. The extension of the slot lip to the rear increased the section lift and pitching-moment coefficients" (p. 1).
Date: May 1941
Creator: Lowry, John G.
System: The UNT Digital Library