Preliminary Investigation of Effects of Gamma Radiation on Age-Hardening Rate of an Aluminum-Copper Alloy (open access)

Preliminary Investigation of Effects of Gamma Radiation on Age-Hardening Rate of an Aluminum-Copper Alloy

"A preliminary investigation was made to determine the effects of gamma radiation on the age-hardening rate of an aluminum-copper alloy at temperatures of 32 and 70 degrees Fahrenheit. The gamma radiation from a 100-milligram radium source appeared to have no significant effect on the age-hardening rate of the alloy. A metallographic examination of the test specimens showed no microstructural changes that could be attributed to gamma radiation" (p. 1).
Date: June 20, 1947
Creator: Kittel, J. Howard
System: The UNT Digital Library
Measurements of the effects of thickness ratio and aspect ratio on the drag of rectangular-plan-form airfoils at transonic speeds (open access)

Measurements of the effects of thickness ratio and aspect ratio on the drag of rectangular-plan-form airfoils at transonic speeds

Report presenting testing conducted on two airfoils from a series of rectangular-plan-form airfoils of aspect ratios 7.6 and 5.1 and with NACA 65-006, 65-009, and 65-012 sections using the free-fall method. Results regarding the time histories, ground-velocity data, airfoil drag measurements, and drag coefficients are provided.
Date: June 20, 1947
Creator: Thompson, Jim Rogers & Mathews, Charles W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Measurements of Aileron Effectiveness of Bell X-1 Airplane Up to a Mach Number of 0.82 (open access)

Measurements of Aileron Effectiveness of Bell X-1 Airplane Up to a Mach Number of 0.82

"Abrupt, rudder-fixed aileron rolls have been made with the Bell X-1 airplane having a 10-percent-thick wing in glides to a Mach number of 0.82 at about 30,000 feet pressure altitude. Aileron movements were between one-fourth and one-half of full deflection. These aileron rolls indicate that Mach number has little effect on the aileron effectiveness up to a Mach number of 0.82" (p. 1).
Date: June 20, 1949
Creator: Drake, Hubert M.
System: The UNT Digital Library