Effect of Air Cooling of Turbine Disk on Power and Efficiency of Turbine from Turbo Engineering Corporation TT13-18 Turbosupercharger (open access)

Effect of Air Cooling of Turbine Disk on Power and Efficiency of Turbine from Turbo Engineering Corporation TT13-18 Turbosupercharger

"An investigation was conducted to determine the effect of turbine-disk cooling with air on the efficiency and the power output of the radial-flow turbine from the Turbo Engineering Corporation TT13-18 turbosupercharger. The turbine was operated at a constant range of ratios of turbine-inlet total pressure to turbine-outlet static pressure of 1,5 and 2.0, turbine-inlet total pressure of 30 inches mercury absolute, turbine-inlet total temperature of 12000 to 20000 R, and rotor speeds of 6000 to 22,000 rpm, Over the normal operating range of the turbine, varying the corrected cooling-air weight flow from approximately 0,30 to 0.75 pound per second produced no measurable effect on the corrected turbine shaft horsepower or the turbine shaft adiabatic efficiency" (p. 1).
Date: June 9, 1949
Creator: Berkey, William E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wind-tunnel investigation of transonic aileron flutter (open access)

Wind-tunnel investigation of transonic aileron flutter

Report presenting a partial-span wing tested to determine the cause of a flutter which had occurred in high-speed flight. Changes were made to the wing stiffness, location of the center of gravity of the wing, and the mass balance of the aileron. Results regarding the effect of wing changes on flutter, effect of aileron changes on flutter, shock-wave study, and static aerodynamic coefficients are provided.
Date: June 9, 1949
Creator: Erickson, Albert L. & Mannes, Robert L.
System: The UNT Digital Library