Design of two-dimensional channels with prescribed velocity distributions along the channel walls (open access)

Design of two-dimensional channels with prescribed velocity distributions along the channel walls

"A general method of design is developed for two-dimensional unbranched channels with prescribed velocities as a function of arc length along the channel walls. The method is developed for both compressible and incompressible, irrotational, nonviscous flow and applies to the design of elbows, diffusers, nozzles, and so forth. In part I solutions are obtained by relaxation methods; in part II solutions are obtained by a Green's function. Five numerical examples are given in part I including three elbow designs with the same prescribed velocity as a function of arc length along the channel walls but with incompressible, linearized compressible, and compressible flow" (p. 153).
Date: July 25, 1951
Creator: Stanitz, John D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Flight Investigation of the Drag of Round-Nosed Bodies of Revolution at Mach Numbers From 0.6 to 1.5 Using Rocket-Propelled Test Vehicles (open access)

Flight Investigation of the Drag of Round-Nosed Bodies of Revolution at Mach Numbers From 0.6 to 1.5 Using Rocket-Propelled Test Vehicles

"Values of total drag coefficient were measured for four round-nosed bodies of revolution in free flight at Mach numbers from 0.6 to 1.5 and Reynolds numbers from 10 x 10(6) to 50 x 10(6). The bodies were designed by rounding off the sharp, fineness-ratio-3.56 nose of a previously tested configuration. The nose radii tested were 27.4, 38.7, 80.6, and 100 percent of the maximum body radius and corresponded to values of 0.075, 0.150, 0.650, and 1.000, respectively, for the ratio of nose-sphere frontal area to body frontal area" (p. 1).
Date: July 25, 1951
Creator: Hart, Roger G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A flight study of requirements for satisfactory lateral oscillatory characteristics of fighter aircraft (open access)

A flight study of requirements for satisfactory lateral oscillatory characteristics of fighter aircraft

Report presenting a pilot-opinion survey conducted with a conventional fighter airplane fitted with special servo devices for varying in flight the dihedral effect, static directional stability, and directional damping. Results showing the boundaries that define satisfactory and tolerable lateral oscillatory characteristics are presented.
Date: July 25, 1951
Creator: Liddell, Charles J., Jr.; Creer, Brent Y. & Van Dyke, Rudolph D., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library