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Systematic Investigation of Joukowsky Wing Sections
Ackeret began systematic polar measurements on Joukowsky wing sections, which were occasionally conducted in the wind tunnel. Under these conditions a considerable number of wing sections were tested during the last four years and the tests are now more or less concluded.
Date:
July 1927
Creator:
Schrenk, O.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Experiments With Three Horizontal Empennages
The main objective of these experiments was to determine how the air forces on the whole empennage are affected by varying the size of the elevator without changing the size of the whole empennage. The secondary objective was to determine how the magnitude of the air forces acting on the elevator (or the elevator moments) are affected by varying the angle of attack of the whole empennage, or of the elevator alone.
Date:
July 1927
Creator:
Seiferth, R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Some Notes on Gasoline-Engine Development
Experiments were carried out using a special engine with small glass windows and a stroboscope to record various aspects of engine performance. Valve position, supercharging, and torque recoil were all investigated with this experimental apparatus.
Date:
July 1927
Creator:
Ricardo, H. H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Aero Dopes and Varnishes
Report discussing before proceeding to discuss the preparation of dope solutions, it will be necessary to consider some of the essential properties which should be possessed of a dope film, deposited in and on the surface of an aero fabric. The first is that it should tighten the material and second it should withstand weathering.
Date:
July 1927
Creator:
Britton, H. T. S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library