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Analysis of Available Data on the Effects of Tabs on Control-Surface Hinge Moments

Description: From Introduction: "A collection balanced-aileron test data is given in reference 1. Reference 2 presents a collection of data applicable to the design of tail surfaces. The results of analyses of data for control surfaces with internal balances, plain-overhang and Frise balances, beveled trailing edges, and unshielded horn balances have already been published in references 3 to 6."
Date: May 1946
Creator: Crandall, Stewart M. & Murray, Harry E.
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An Analysis of the Factors Affecting the State of Fuel and Air Mixtures

Description: From Introduction: "It is the purpose of this paper to describe the physical properties that are necessary to specify mixture quality in a system containing fuel and dry air and to evaluate the theoretical rolation between these properties and the physical properties of the mixture."
Date: May 1946
Creator: Gilbert, Mitchell; Howard, John N. & Hicks, Bruce L.
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The Beta-Gamma Hand and Foot Counters

Description: Abstract: This is basically a counting rate meter, with an alarm circuit, operating from four GM tubes as the detecting elements. The Hand Counter comprises four logarithmic counting rate meters working from four GM tubes mounted individually, with associated electronic circuits, in suitable shields with a metal mesh type of window. Both sides of both hands are sampled simultaneously. In the Foot Counter, two GM tubes are separately and mounted in a suitable mesh window shielded with the el… more
Date: May 1946
Creator: Bradley, W. H.
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Charts of Thermodynamic Properties of Fluids Encountered in Calculations of Internal Combustion Engine Cycles

Description: "A single chart has been prepared that simplifies the calculation of the thermodynamic properties of air, various octene-air mixtures, and mixtures of those with their products of combustion at all temperatures below which chemical dissociation becomes unimportant. The chart is based on the use of 1 pound mol of mixture, and examples of its use are given in the form of the calculation of a turbocompressor power plant and a supercharged Otto engine cycle" (p. 1).
Date: May 1946
Creator: Hottel, H. C. & Williams, G. C.
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Column and Plate Compressive Strengths of Aircraft Structural Materials: Extruded 14S-T Aluminum Alloy

Description: "Column and plate compressive strengths of extruded 14S-T aluminum alloy were determined both within and beyond the elastic range from tests of flat-end H-section columns and from local-instability tests of H-, Z-, and channel-section columns. These tests are part of an extensive research investigation to provide data on the structural strength of various aircraft materials. The results are presented in the form of curves and charts that are suitable for use in the design and analysis of aircra… more
Date: May 1946
Creator: Heimerl, George J. & Niles, Donald E.
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Comparison of measured and calculated stresses in built-up beams

Description: Web stresses and flange stresses were measured in three built-up beams: one of constant depth with flanges of constant cross-section, one linearly tapered in depth with flanges of constant cross section, and one linearly tapered in depth with tapered flanges. The measured stresses were compared with the calculated stresses obtained by the methods outlined in order to determine the degree of accuracy that may be expected from the stress analysis formulas. These comparisons indicated that the ave… more
Date: May 1946
Creator: Levin, L. Ross & Nelson, David H.
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Comparison of several methods of predicting the pressure loss at altitude across a baffled aircraft-engine cylinder

Description: Report presenting several methods of predicting the compressible-flow pressure loss across a baffled aircraft-engine cylinder that were analytically and experimentally investigated on a typical air-cooled aircraft-engine cylinder. Results regarding the evaluation of data, comparative accuracy of correction methods, and ability to apply information about heat transfer to compressible-flow pressure-drop predictions are provided.
Date: May 1946
Creator: Neustein, Joseph & Schafer, Louis J., Jr.
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Comparison of Static Strengths of Machine Countersunk Riveted Joints in 24S-T, X75S-T, and Alclad 75S-T Sheet

Description: Note presenting static tests made on machine-countersunk riveted joints in 24S-T, X75S-T, and Alclad 75S-T sheet using A17S-T and 24S-T rivets. In order to intensify the cutting action of the rivets, all specimens were made with the depth of countersink just equal to the thickness of the sheet.
Date: May 1946
Creator: Hartmann, E. C. & Zamboky, A. N.
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Comparison of Two-Dimensional Air Flows About an NACA 0012 Airfoil of 1-Inch Chord at Zero Lift in Open and Closed 3-Inch Jets and Corrections for Jet-Boundary Interference

Description: Note presenting pressure distributions and schileren photographs for the high-speed flow about a symmetrical airfoil at zero lift in open and closed jets in order to show the nature of the jet-boundary interference. Results regarding the application of jet-boundary-interference theory, analysis of experimental wall-interference data and comparison with theory, conditions near choking, and change of velocity ratio with Mach number are provided.
Date: May 1946
Creator: Wright, Ray H. & Donaldson, Coleman duP.
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Effect of brake forming on the strength of 24S-T aluminum-alloy sheet

Description: Tests were made to determine the effect of brake forming on the strength of 24S-T aluminum alloy sheet that had been formed to an inside bend radius of three times the sheet thickness. The results for both directions of the grain of the material showed that the compressive yield stresses were appreciably increased, that the tensile yield stresses were moderately increased, that the ultimate tensile stresses were only slightly increased, that the elongations were considerably reduced, and that t… more
Date: May 1946
Creator: Heimerl, George J. & Woods, Walter
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Effect of Compressibility at High Subsonic Velocities on the Lifting Force Acting on an Elliptic Cylinder

Description: An extended form of the Ackeret iteration method, applicable to arbitrary profiles, is utilized to calculate the compressible flow at high subsonic velocities past an elliptic cylinder. The angle of attack to the direction of the undisturbed stream is small and the circulation is fixed by the Kutta condition at the trailing end of the major axis. The expression for the lifting force on the elliptic cylinder is derived and shows a first-step improvement of the Prandtl-Glauert rule. It is further… more
Date: May 16, 1946
Creator: Kaplan, Carl
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Effect of Compressibility on Section Characteristics of an Airfoil With a Round-Nose Slotted Fraise Aileron

Description: Report presenting compressibility effects on the aerodynamic section characteristics of an airfoil with a round-nose slotted Frise aileron for various pressure distributions and angles of attack. Previous testing with sharp-nose ailerons demonstrated heavy stick forces at large aileron deflections, leading to testing on the round-nose aileron. Results regarding control effectiveness characteristics, aileron hinge-moment coefficient, Frise aileron critical speeds, section aileron loads, and othe… more
Date: May 1946
Creator: Luoma, Arvo A.
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