"Gloster" Metal Construction (open access)

"Gloster" Metal Construction

This report details the methods of construction employed by the Gloster Company in their fabrication of metal aircraft parts. Ribs, spars, wings, and metal treatments to prevent oxidation are all discussed.
Date: June 1930
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Possible Method for Preventing the Autorotation of Airplane Wings (open access)

A Possible Method for Preventing the Autorotation of Airplane Wings

"At the suggestion of Professor Betz, the following device was tested with the object of reducing the autorotational speed of airplane wings. The model of a normal wing with the Gottigen profile 420, 1 meter span and 0.2 meter chord was provided with a pair of symmetrical slots on the suction side, connected with each other inside the wing. The arrangement of the testing equipment and models are given and the effect of the slots can be seen in the experimental curves that are included" (p. 1).
Date: June 1930
Creator: Schrenk, Oskar
System: The UNT Digital Library
Propulsion by Reaction (open access)

Propulsion by Reaction

This report concerns propulsion by means of rockets. The author concerns himself mainly with efficiency of propulsion and he defines and mathematically expresses those efficiencies.
Date: June 1930
Creator: Roy, Maurice
System: The UNT Digital Library
Contribution to the Theory of Propeller Vibrations (open access)

Contribution to the Theory of Propeller Vibrations

This report presents a calculation of the torsional frequencies of revolving bars with allowance for the air forces. Calculation of the flexural or bonding frequencies of revolving straight or tapered bars in terms of the angular velocity of revolution. Calculation on the basis of Rayleigh's principle of variation. There is also a discussion of error estimation and the accuracy of results. The author then provides an application of the theory to screw propellers for airplanes and the discusses the liability of propellers to damage through vibrations due to lack of uniform loading.
Date: June 1930
Creator: Liebers, F.
System: The UNT Digital Library