Report presenting an analytical investigation to determine the effect of compressor interstage air bleed with the use of constant-area bleed ports on the acceleration characteristics of a typical high-pressure-ratio single-spool turbojet engine. Constant-area interstage bleed, properly located, gave smaller acceleration times than variable-area compressor exit bleed. Results regarding acceleration with interstage bleed, acceleration using constant-area interstage bleed in combination with compressor outlet bleed, variable-area interstage bleed, and comparison of acceleration modes are provided.

Memorandum presenting an investigation of a 14-inch axial-flow-compressor rotor with circular-arc blades operating up to a rotor-inlet relative Mach number of 1.22 in order to determine the blade-element characteristics. Results regarding overall performance, blade-element performance, performance of rotor with guide vanes, performance of rotor alone, and comparison of rotor investigation are provided.

Report presenting the performance of the liquid fluorine-liquid ammonia propellant combination investigated in 100-pound-thrust, water-cooled engines operating at a chamber pressure of 300 pounds per square inch absolute. Several impinging-jet injectors were evaluated in chambers of characteristic length equal to 50 inches. Results regarding specific impulse, characteristic velocity, thrust coefficient, heat rejection, and operational notes are provided.

This report describes work within the applied research section of the physics group at Hanford during June 1953, both experimental and theoretical. It includes work on carbon 12 thermal neutron cross sections, tritium conversion efficiency, critical mass studies, fission cross sections of Pu-239 and U-235, studies of exponential piles and slug buckling, theoretical studies of lattice experiments to study neutron fluxes, and studies of radiation damage effects on thermal conductivity of graphite.

"Theoretical values of performance parameters for liquid ammonia and liquid fluorine as a rocket propellant were calculated on the assumption of equilibrium composition during the expansion process for a wide range of fuel-oxidant and expansion ratios. The parameters included were specific impulse, combustion-chamber temperature, nozzle-exit temperature, equilibrium composition, mean molecular weight, characteristic velocity, coefficient of thrust, ratio of nozzle-exit area to throat area, specific heat at constant pressure, coefficient of viscosity, and coefficient of thermal conductivity" (p. 1).

"Theoretical values of performance parameters for liquid ammonia and liquid fluorine as a rocket propellant were calculated on the assumption of equilibrium composition during the expansion process for a wide range of fuel-oxidant and expansion ratios. The parameters included were specific impulse, combustion-chamber temperature, nozzle-exit temperature, equilibrium composition, mean molecular weight, characteristic velocity, coefficient of thrust, ratio of nozzle-exit area to throat area, specific heat at constant pressure, coefficient of viscosity, and coefficient of thermal conductivity" (p. 1).