NACA Conference on High-Speed Aerodynamics: A Compilation of Papers Presented (open access)

NACA Conference on High-Speed Aerodynamics: A Compilation of Papers Presented

A reproduction of the technical papers presented by staff members of the NACA Laboratories at the NACA Conference on High-Speed Aerodynamics at the Ames Aeronautical Laboratory during March 18-20, 1958. The primary purpose of the conference was to convey to military services and contractors the results of recent research and to provide an opportunity to discuss the results.
Date: 1958-03-18/1958-03-20
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
NACA Conference on Aircraft Loads, Structures, and Flutter (open access)

NACA Conference on Aircraft Loads, Structures, and Flutter

"This document contains reproductions of technical papers on some of the most recent research results on aircraft loads, flutter, and structures from the NACA laboratories. These papers were presented by members of the staff of the NACA laboratories at the Conference held at the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory March 5, 6, and 7, 1957. The primary purpose of this Conference was to convey to contractors of the military services and others concerned with the design of aircraft these recent research results and to provide those attending an opportunity to discuss the results" (p. 6).
Date: March 5, 1957
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigations on Reductions of Friction on Wings, in Particular by Means of Boundary Layer Suction (open access)

Investigations on Reductions of Friction on Wings, in Particular by Means of Boundary Layer Suction

Memorandum presenting investigation on reductions of friction on wings, especially by means of boundary-layer suction. The report is broken up into several sections, including: causes of transition, laminar profiles with the transition taking place, laminar boundary-layer suction, investigation of the laminar pressure increase, investigation of the slot flow for laminar boundary-layer suction with single slots, tests about keeping a boundary layer for high Reynolds laminar with the aid of boundary-layer suction, and an investigation of a slightly-cambered laminar suction profile of 10.5-percent thickness.
Date: August 1947
Creator: Pfenninger, Werner
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evolution of the Helicopter (open access)

Evolution of the Helicopter

Report presenting an investigation of problems related to helicopters. Also included are the history of the evolution of the helicopter and a series of propeller experiments.
Date: March 1923
Creator: Balaban, Karl
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
On the Three-Dimensional Instability of Laminar Boundary Layers on Concave Walls (open access)

On the Three-Dimensional Instability of Laminar Boundary Layers on Concave Walls

Memorandum presenting a study of the stability of laminar boundary layer profiles on slightly curved walls relative to small disturbances, in the shape of vortices, whose axes are parallel to the principal direction of flow. The result in an eigenvalue problem by which, for a given undisturbed flow at a prescribed wall, the amplification or decay is computed for each Reynolds number and each vortex thickness.
Date: June 1954
Creator: Görtler, H.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Flight Experiences and Tests on Two Airplanes With Suction Slots (open access)

Flight Experiences and Tests on Two Airplanes With Suction Slots

Memorandum presenting the flight tests of two airplanes with boundary-layer control are reviewed. The results for take-off and flight test measurements are reported. Suction proved to be an effective means of obtaining high lifts during flights.
Date: January 1950
Creator: Stüper
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Oehmichen Peugeot Helicopter (open access)

The Oehmichen Peugeot Helicopter

The first flights of the Oehmichen helicopter are detailed as well as various aspects of the construction.
Date: March 1931
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Coupling of Engines (open access)

The Coupling of Engines

This report examines the idea of coupling numerous engines together to turn a single propeller, which the author feels would free aircraft design from the problems of multi-engine and propeller design.
Date: April 1921
Creator: Boccaccio, Paul
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Commercial Aviation in Germany: Past and Future (open access)

Commercial Aviation in Germany: Past and Future

This review of commercial aviation includes postal delivery, package transport, and passenger transport. Both airplanes and airships are covered in this review.
Date: February 1921
Creator: Wronsky, W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Art of Writing Scientific Reports (open access)

The Art of Writing Scientific Reports

As the purpose of the report is to transmit as smoothly and as easily as possible, certain facts and ideas, to the average person likely to read it, it should be written in a full and simple enough manner to be comprehended by the least tutored, and still not be boring to the more learned readers.
Date: March 1921
Creator: Norton, F. H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development of Aeronautical Engines by the Army and Navy (open access)

Development of Aeronautical Engines by the Army and Navy

Different aircraft engines are categorized as being of interest to only the Army or Navy or to both armed services. A listing of the different engines is presented along with some statistics, namely, horsepower.
Date: March 3, 1921
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Rumpler Passenger Airplane (open access)

The Rumpler Passenger Airplane

This report details the Rumpler Limousine which was a further development of the well known type 5 A 2. The fuselage, engine, cabin, wings, controls, and landing gear are all discussed.
Date: March 1921
Creator: Langsdorff, Werner v.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Variable Pitch Propellers (open access)

Variable Pitch Propellers

In this report are described four different types of propellers which appeared at widely separated dates, but which were exhibited together at the last Salon de l'Aeronautique. The four propellers are the Chaviere variable pitch propeller, the variable pitch propeller used on the Clement Bayard dirigible, the variable pitch propeller used on Italian dirigibles, and the Levasseur variable pitch propeller.
Date: November 1920
Creator: Bacon, D. L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Recent Developments in Light Alloys (open access)

Recent Developments in Light Alloys

This report is intended to cover the progress that has been made in both the manufacture and utility of light alloys in the United States since the first part of 1919. Duralumin is extensively discussed both as to manufacture and durability.
Date: November 1920
Creator: Woodward, R. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Resume of the Theory of Naval and Aerial Propulsive Propellers and of Airplanes in the Rectilinear Flight (open access)

Resume of the Theory of Naval and Aerial Propulsive Propellers and of Airplanes in the Rectilinear Flight

Though dissimilar, these two subjects have been united because they have some points in common. The computation of the movement of an airplane can only be correctly established if we are in a position to know exactly the thrust and resisting torque of the propeller for the various values of slip, which may vary greatly according to circumstance. The first part of the work concerns propellers and introduces as a fundamental variable, the true slip (delta) with respect to the effective pitch, which is the advance per revolution of the propeller corresponding to no thrust. The second part deals with characteristic curves of an airplane.
Date: April 1921
Creator: Rateau, A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Abstracts from the German Technical Press: Rates for Flights Organized by the State (open access)

Abstracts from the German Technical Press: Rates for Flights Organized by the State

Report presenting tariffs that are written for all aircraft manufacturing companies to follow regarding aircraft orders.
Date: April 1921
Creator: United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Technical Development of the Transport airplane: Report of the Aero-Technical Conference of the Scientific Association for Aeronautics, March 5, 1919 (open access)

The Technical Development of the Transport airplane: Report of the Aero-Technical Conference of the Scientific Association for Aeronautics, March 5, 1919

The abolition of military qualifications gives free scope to new technical possibilities in the development of transport airplanes. This report notes the various considerations that must be made when designing aircraft to meet the needs of commercial passengers. Comfort and safety must be emphasized.
Date: April 1921
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sixth Meeting of the Members of the German Scientific Association for Aeronautics (open access)

Sixth Meeting of the Members of the German Scientific Association for Aeronautics

Report presenting a description of a meeting of the German Scientific Association for Aeronautics. The topics that were discussed are described.
Date: April 1921
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Study of the Resistance Offered by Propellers Rotating on an Airstream (open access)

Study of the Resistance Offered by Propellers Rotating on an Airstream

This report presents a series of tests conducted to verify the formula for thrust P = q(exp 2) D(exp 2) V(exp 2), where P represents thrust, V the velocity of the airstream, D the diameter of the propeller, and q the lifting quality of a comparative propeller which is called the conjugate propeller.
Date: April 1921
Creator: Lame, M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Extracts from the German Technical Process. Transport Airplanes. (open access)

Extracts from the German Technical Process. Transport Airplanes.

Report presenting a description of the transition stage of airplanes and how it will change with new developments in aircraft design. The details of the debate between centralized or decentralized installation are also provided, including some of the pros and cons of each.
Date: April 1921
Creator: Rohrbach, A. K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
British Certificates of Airworthiness (open access)

British Certificates of Airworthiness

This report details the rules and regulations for obtaining a British airworthiness certificate. Aircraft loading and construction are especially important.
Date: May 1921
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Observations on the Method of Determining the Velocity of Airships (open access)

Observations on the Method of Determining the Velocity of Airships

To obtain the absolute velocity of an airship by knowing the speed at which two routes are covered, we have only to determine the geographical direction of the routes which we locate from a map, and the angles of routes as given by the compass, after correcting for the variation (the algebraical sum of the local magnetic declination and the deviation).
Date: June 1921
Creator: Volterra, Vito
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Dynamometer Hub and the Flywheel of the Engine (open access)

The Dynamometer Hub and the Flywheel of the Engine

Report presenting a description of the interaction between the dynamometer hub and the flywheel of the engine in aircraft. The negative rotary moments in propellers generally allow for the cessation of one cylinder without any lifting on the part of the propeller, and without depriving the engine of its flywheel.
Date: June 1921
Creator: Everling, E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Simple Means for Saving Fuel on Traffic Flights (open access)

Simple Means for Saving Fuel on Traffic Flights

Report presenting a discussion of ways to save fuel on traffic flights, including some calculations that can be used for determining fuel efficiency. The primary ways of lessening fuel consumption include flying with a throttled engine and diminished speed.
Date: June 1921
Creator: Kook, E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library