Characteristics of the Langley 8-Foot Transonic Tunnel With Slotted Test Section (open access)

Characteristics of the Langley 8-Foot Transonic Tunnel With Slotted Test Section

"A large wind tunnel, approximately 8 feet in diameter, has been converted to transonic operation by means of slots in the boundary extending in the direction of flow. The usefulness of such a slotted wind tunnel, already known with respect to the reduction of the subsonic blockage interference and the production of continuously variable supersonic flows, has been augmented by devising a slot shape with which a supersonic test region with excellent flow quality could be produced. Experimental locations of detached shock waves ahead of axially symmetric bodies at low supersonic speeds in the slotted test section agreed satisfactorily with predictions obtained by use of existing approximate methods" (p. 1297).
Date: July 3, 1958
Creator: Wright, Ray H.; Ritchie, Virgil S. & Pearson, Albin O.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Examination of Factors Affecting the Quality of Vacuum Induction-Melted Uranium (open access)

Examination of Factors Affecting the Quality of Vacuum Induction-Melted Uranium

The following report examines primarily water and air factors that affect the quality of vacuum induction-melted uranium, yet follows experiments with other factors such as graphite and zirconium crucibles under dry and wet conditions, usage of hydrogen, oxygen, CO and other subject admitted to determine pressure-time relationships and residual gas compositions, as well as a study of water-gas reaction within the furnace.
Date: July 3, 1958
Creator: Endebrock, Roy W.; Foster, Ellis L. & Dickerson, Ronald F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Examination of Factors Affecting the Quality of Vacuum Induction-Melted Uranium (open access)

Examination of Factors Affecting the Quality of Vacuum Induction-Melted Uranium

The following report examines primarily water and air factors that affect the quality of vacuum induction-melted uranium, yet follows experiments with other factors such as graphite and zirconium crucibles under dry and wet conditions, usage of hydrogen, oxygen, CO and other subject admitted to determine pressure-time relationships and residual gas compositions, as well as a study of water-gas reaction within the furnace.
Date: July 3, 1958
Creator: Endebrock, Roy W.; Foster, Ellis L. & Dickerson, Ronald F.
System: The UNT Digital Library