Thermodynamic Design of Double-Panel, Air-Heated Windshields for Ice Prevention (open access)

Thermodynamic Design of Double-Panel, Air-Heated Windshields for Ice Prevention

Report details the development of design equations for double-panel, air-heated windshields with ice prevention properties. The application of the equations and suggestions for experimental flight testing are described.
Date: June 1943
Creator: Kushnick, Jerome L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Resume of Hinge-Moment Data for Unshielded Horn- Balanced Control Surfaces (open access)

Resume of Hinge-Moment Data for Unshielded Horn- Balanced Control Surfaces

Report summarizes the available hinge-moment data for unshielded horn-balanced control surfaces. The purpose is to correlate the available data to assist with estimating the balance characteristics for use in the design and alteration of control surfaces with horn balances. Plan forms and variation of incremental hinge-moment-coefficient slopes with balance coefficients are presented.
Date: June 1943
Creator: Lowry, John G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Test Data on the Shear Strength of Joints Assembled With Round-Head and Brazier-Head Rivets (open access)

Test Data on the Shear Strength of Joints Assembled With Round-Head and Brazier-Head Rivets

Report discusses data obtained from testing shear of joints riveted with round-head and brazier-head rivets. The tightness of the rivets is also compared for one value of rivet diameter. The load-displacement curves and comparison of load at various values of permanent displacement are presented for both types of rivets.
Date: June 1943
Creator: Mandel, Merven W. & Schuette, Evan H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tests of 10-Inch 24S-T Aluminum-Alloy Shear Panels With 1-1/2-Inch Holes (open access)

Tests of 10-Inch 24S-T Aluminum-Alloy Shear Panels With 1-1/2-Inch Holes

Report discusses the results of testing on "10-inch shear panels of 24S-T aluminum alloy with 1.5 inch holes to determine the stress concentration at static rupture and the deformation characteristics" (from Summary). The strength of the perforated specimens is compared to the solid specimens and the critical stresses are computed. The stress at which permanent set occurs was also measured.
Date: June 1943
Creator: Kuhn, Paul & Levin, L. Ross
System: The UNT Digital Library