The De Havilland "Comet" Long-Range Airplane (British): A Low-Wing Cantilever Monoplane (open access)

The De Havilland "Comet" Long-Range Airplane (British): A Low-Wing Cantilever Monoplane

Circular describing the De Havilland Comet, which is a long-range airplane that has been designed for the England-Australia race and was constructed using a stressed-skin construction. Details of the fuselage, landing gear, design, drawings, and photographs are provided.
Date: October 1934
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Engineering Studies and Results of Acid Treatment of Wells, Zwolle Oil Field, Sabine Parish, Louisiana (open access)

Engineering Studies and Results of Acid Treatment of Wells, Zwolle Oil Field, Sabine Parish, Louisiana

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the studies done on the Zwolle oil field wells. History of the oil field, and the results of acid treatment to the wells are presented. This report includes tables, graphs, maps, and illustrations.
Date: October 1934
Creator: Heithecker, R. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experimental Verification of Theodorsen's Theoretical Jet-Boundary Correction Factors (open access)

Experimental Verification of Theodorsen's Theoretical Jet-Boundary Correction Factors

"Prandtl's suggested use of a doubly infinite arrangement of airfoil images in the theoretical determination of wind-tunnel jet-boundary corrections was first adapted by Glauert to the case of closed rectangular jets. More recently, Theodorsen, using the same image arrangement but a different analytical treatment, has extended this work to include not only closed but also partly closed and open tunnels. This report presents the results of wind-tunnel tests conducted at the Georgia School of Technology for the purpose of verifying the five cases analyzed by Theodorsen" (p. 1).
Date: October 1934
Creator: Van Schliestett, George
System: The UNT Digital Library
The effects of equal-pressure fixed slots on the characteristics of a Clark Y Airfoil (open access)

The effects of equal-pressure fixed slots on the characteristics of a Clark Y Airfoil

"A type of fixed open slot so arranged that no flow would pass through it at a lift coefficient corresponding to high-speed flight was investigated in the N.A.C.A. 7 by 10 foot wind tunnel to determine the possibilities of such a high-lift device for increasing the speed-range ratio of a wing. The condition of no through flow was achieved by locating the slot openings at points of equal static pressure at the design lift coefficient as determined from the pressure distribution about the plain wing. Two models of Clark Y wings with such equal-pressure slots were tested and the smoke-flow patterns about them observed" (p. 1).
Date: October 1934
Creator: Sherman, Albert & Harris, Thomas A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Behavior Under Shearing Stress of Duralumin Strip With Round, Flanged Holes (open access)

The Behavior Under Shearing Stress of Duralumin Strip With Round, Flanged Holes

"This report presents the results of an investigation to determine the behavior of dural strip with flanged holes in the center when subjected to shear stresses. They buckle under a certain load just as a flat sheet. There is one optimum hole spacing and a corresponding buckling load in shear for each sheet width, sheet thickness, and flange form. Comparison with non-flanged sheets revealed a marked increase of buckling load in shear due to the flanging and a slightly greater displacement" (p. 1).
Date: October 1934
Creator: Schüssler, Karl
System: The UNT Digital Library
Safety and Design in Airplane Construction (open access)

Safety and Design in Airplane Construction

"The author gives a survey of the principles of stress analysis and design of airplane structures, and discusses the fundamental strength specifications and their effect on the stress analysis as compared with the safety factors used in other branches of engineering" (p. 1).
Date: October 1934
Creator: Teichmann, Alfred
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experimental investigation of the Robinson-type cup anemometer (open access)

Experimental investigation of the Robinson-type cup anemometer

This report presents the results of wind tunnel tests on a Robinson-type anemometer. The investigation covered force measurements on individual cups, as well as static and dynamic torque measurements and calibrations on complete cup wheels. In the tests on individual cups 5 cup forms were used and in the measurements on complete cup wheels 4 cup wheels with 3 arm lengths for each cup wheel were tested. All the results are presented in graphical form.
Date: October 10, 1934
Creator: Brevoort, M. J. & Joyner, U. T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Full-scale wind-tunnel tests of a PCA-2 autogiro rotor (open access)

Full-scale wind-tunnel tests of a PCA-2 autogiro rotor

This report presents the results of force tests on and air-flow surveys near PCA-2 autogiro rotor in the NACA full-scale wind tunnel. The force tests were made at three pitch settings and several rotor speeds; the effect of fairing protuberances on the rotor blade was determined. Induced downwash and yaw angles were determined at low tip-speed ratios in a plane 1 1/2 feet above the path of the blade tips. The results show that the maximum l/d of the rotor cannot be appreciably increased by increasing the blade pitch angle above about 4.5 degrees at the blade tip; that the protuberances on the blades cause more than 5 percent of the total rotor drag; and that the rotor center-of-pressure travel is very small.
Date: October 12, 1934
Creator: Wheatley, John B. & Hood, Manley J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Measurement of the Field of View From Airplane Cockpits (open access)

The Measurement of the Field of View From Airplane Cockpits

"A method has been devised for the angular measurement and graphic portrayal of the view obtained from the pilot's cockpit of an airplane. The assumption upon which the method is based and a description of the instrument, designated a "visiometer", used in the measurement are given. Account is taken of the fact that the pilot has two eyes and two separate sources of vision. The view is represented on charts using an equal-area polar projection, a description and proof of which are given" (p. 167).
Date: October 3, 1934
Creator: Gough, Melvin N.
System: The UNT Digital Library