The present paper summarizes and correlates broadly some of the research results applicable to fin-stabilized ammunition. The discussion and correlation are intended to be comprehensive, rather than detailed, in order to show general trends over the Mach number range up to 7.0. Some discussion of wings, bodies, and wing-body interference is presented, and a list of 179 papers containing further information is included. The present paper is intended to serve more as a bibliography and source of reference material than as a direct source of design information.

Memorandum presenting the effects of wing modification and stability augmentation on the computed longitudinal behavior in the pitch-up region and probable pilot opinion of the pitch-up characteristics of two current fighter airplanes. An exploration of the addition of a wing-leading edge is included. Results regarding computed pitch-up behavior and probable pilot opinion are provided.

Wind tunnel testing of swept wing fighter aircraft model for determining drag and static longitudinal and lateral stability and control characteristics. Results regarding performance, longitudinal stability, lateral stability, and strakes are provided.

Report presenting a determination of the characteristics velocity of liquid oxygen and gaseous hydrogen as a function of mixture ratio in a nominal 200-pound-thrust variable-length rocket engine. Fourteen injectors, which varied mixing and oxygen atomization, were investigated. The four types of injector designs included triplets of two hydrogen jets impinging on one oxygen jet, concentric injection with hydrogen surrounding a jet of oxygen, radial injection of oxygen with variations in hydrogen injection, and oxygen atomization by two impinging jets with variations in hydrogen injection.

Report presenting an investigation of the off-design performance of fixed- and variable-geometry divergent ejectors. Results regarding fixed geometry and low secondary flow, fixed geometry and high secondary flow, variable geometry and low secondary flow, variable geometry and high secondary flow, and ejectors with full afterburning are provided.

"The off-design performance of fixed- and of variable-geometry divergent ejectors was investigated. The ejectors, which were designed for turbojet operation at Mach 3, were investigated in the Mach number range of 0.8 to 2. The performance of a fixed-geometry ejector with high secondary-flow rates was competitive with that of more complex variable-geometry ejectors. Variable-geometry ejectors with compromises to reduce mechanical complexity produced performance reasonably close to that of an ideal variable ejector" (p. 1).

Report presenting some experimental free-flight data at a range of Mach numbers regarding the normal force and pitching effectiveness of several small pulse rockets in the fuselage of a rocket propelled model. Wing-damping data was also obtained from the wing bending response to the pulse-rocket excitations, and longitudinal stability data was determined from the model response. Results regarding pulse-rocket effectiveness, wing damping, and model stability data are provided.

Report presenting an exploratory study of the screaming tendency of the gaseous-hydrogen-liquid-oxygen propellant combination in 200-pound-thrust rocket engines. Four injector classes in a total of 12 different configurations were tested in a variety of chamber lengths over the usable mixture-ratio range. Results regarding acoustic oscillations, unclassified oscillations, driving and damping mechanisms, and effects of screaming on heat transfer are provided.

Memorandum presenting an investigation in an altitude test chamber to evaluate the use of highly reactive chemicals injected into a turbojet afterburner to promote the combustion process, which was inhibited by water vapor from compressor-inlet injection. The chemicals evaluated were commercial hydrogen and aluminum trimethyl. Results regarding the effects of hydrogen injection on afterburner performance and effect of aluminum trimethyl afterburner fuel additive on performance are provided.

Report presenting an investigation in an altitude test chamber to evaluate the use of highly reactive chemicals injected into a turbojet afterburner to promote the combustion process. The chemicals evaluated were commercial hydrogen and aluminum trimethyl. Results regarding the afterburner efficiency, afterburner stability limits, afterburner-outlet total temperature, and an application of the results to other systems are provided.

Report discussing a study of the effects of puncturing the heat shield of an intercontinental-ballistic-missile warhead by small projectiles. Calculations were created for both rod and sphere projectiles and experimental testing was performed on a missile model with holes drilled in the heat shield. The possibility that a projectile could have enough energy to cause mechanical damage to the interior of the warhead is also presented.

From Introduction: "Wind-tunnel and flight tests have shown that conical leading-edge camber on a thin low-aspect-ratio delta wing results in increasing the lift-drag ratio at transonic and low supersonic speeds (refs. 1 and 2). References 3 and 4 present the results of two previous investigations of this general program. A more detailed analysis of the pressure distributions of reference 5 is presented herein in terms of total section loads and overall wing-body characteristics."

Skin temperature and surface pressure of blunted cone-cylinder-flare configuration free flight test vehicle to hypersonic speeds.

From Summary: "An investigation was conducted to determine the longitudinal characteristics of an airplane model with a 35 degree swept wing of aspect ratio 7 and four pylon-mounted nacelles. Several leading-edge configurations were studied in conjunction with double-slotted trailing-edge flaps. Three-component longitudinal data are presented. In general, the test Reynolds number was about 4.8 x 10(exp 6), but for selected configurations, data for Reynolds number ranges from 2.8 to 8 x 10(exp 6) are included."

Report presenting the static and dynamic-rotary stability derivatives for an airplane with an unswept wing and a high horizontal tail as determined in wind-tunnel tests at 3 Mach numbers. The tail contribution to stability was found to not be predicted by the simplified theoretical methods used in this report. Results regarding the longitudinal derivatives, sideslip derivatives, yawing derivatives, rolling derivatives, and variation of static derivatives with Mach number.

Report presenting an investigation of the effect of inlet component blunting on performance using an axisymmetric external-compression inlet in the supersonic wind tunnel. The investigation was carried out to determine the performance penalties associated with spike-tip and cowl-lip blunting. Results regarding the effect of rounding the spike tip on inlet performance, overall drag coefficients, flow distortion, and Schileren photographs are provided.

Report presenting the effect of inlet component blunting on performance using an axisymmetric external-compression inlet in order to determine the performance penalties associated with spike-tip and cowl-lip blunting. The data can be used as a design guide for blunt inlet components applicable to cooling techniques. Results regarding the effect of tip rounding, drag coefficients, flow distortion, lip blunting, and Schileren photographs are provided.

Memorandum presenting the effect of blunting on the internal performance of a two-cone inlet with an internally cylindrical cowl investigated experimentally at Mach number 4.95. Total-pressure-recovery and mass-flow data were obtained for a range of spike and cowl bluntness.

"A rocket of the 1000-pound-thrust class using liquid oxygen and JP-4 fuel as propellant was installed in the Lewis 8- by 6-foot tunnel to permit a controlled study of some of the factors affecting the heating of a rocket-missile base. Temperatures measured in the base region are presented from findings of three motor extension lengths relative to the base. Data are also presented for two combustion efficiency levels in the rocket motor" (p. 1).

"Investigation of the control parameters of an external-internal compression inlet indicates that the cowl-lip shock provides a signal to position the spike and to start the inlet over a Mach number range from 2.1 to 3.0. Use of a single fixed probe position to control the spike over the range of conditions resulted in a 3.7-count loss in total-pressure recovery at Mach 3.0 and 0 deg angle of attack. Three separate shock-sensing-probe positions were required to set the spike for peak recovery from Mach 2.1 to 3.0 and angles of attack from 0 deg to 6 deg" (p. 1).

Memorandum presenting a study of aerodynamic performance and static stability and control at hypersonic speeds. In the first part of the study, the effect of interference lift is investigated by tests of asymmetric models with conical fuselages and arrow plan-form wings. In the second part, the aerodynamic performance and static stability and control characteristics of a hypersonic glider are investigated in somewhat greater detail.

Report presenting a study of the aerodynamic performance and static stability and control at hypersonic speed using flat-top hypersonic gliders.

Results regarding a wind-tunnel investigation of wingless missile configurations with cylindrical bodies and conical or hemispherical noses, extensible control surfaces aft of the nose, and tails consisting of eight low-aspect-ratio triangular or rectangular fins. Normal-force, axial-force, and pitching-moment coefficients were obtained for several control deflections for Mach numbers 1.2 and 1.9.

"The buffeting loads acting on the wing and horizontal tail of a 1/4-scale model of the X-1E airplane have been measured in the Langley 16-foot transonic tunnel in the Mach number range from 0.40 to 0.90. When the buffeting loads were reduced to a nondimensional aerodynamic coefficient of buffeting intensity, it was found that the maximum buffeting intensity of the horizontal tail was about twice as large as that of the wing. Comparison of power spectra of buffeting loads acting on the horizontal tail of the airplane and of the model indicated that the model horizontal tail, which was of conventional force-test-model design, responded in an entirely different mode than did the airplane" (p. 1).