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Examination of selected ruptures from the 1956 KE outbreak

Description: An outbreak of ruptures occurred in the KE Reactor during September, 1956. Radiometallurgical examination of three of these ruptures was requested by the IPD Reactor Fuels Operation. Examination of a fourth rupture which occurred in December, 1956, was later included in the original request. This report presents the results of the requested examination work.
Date: September 4, 1958
Creator: Zimmerman, D. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Beam hole flux monitors

Description: The octant monitors are an improvement over the early sub-pile flux monitors, but they still do not monitor the flux in the active zone of the reactor. Chambers located within the pile active zone would give the desired information but the inpile environment is too severe to allow a reasonable life for these chambers. A beam hole monitor is suggested to provide the desired flux monitoring. The problem of reactor flux monitoring is discussed. The beam hole monitors have the advantage of providin… more
Date: June 4, 1958
Creator: Lovett, D. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Summary of information for U.K. -- Information request on gamma flux monitor

Description: Summarized herein is the available information on the subject, ``Reactor Gamma Flux Monitors.`` Apparently, a misunderstanding exists between the U.K. representatives and the related information presented by Dr. Nilson at the Argonne meeting July 24 and 25th. Dr. Nilson`s reference at the US/UK meeting was to the use of gamma-compensated neutron detection chambers at Hanford. Such chambers have been designed and used in one old reactor for a short period as a prototype for a detector for the oc… more
Date: December 4, 1958
Creator: Nilson, R. & Dunbar, A. G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Development test authorization IP-154-AL sulfuric acid study

Description: The test detailed in this report is a part of a program seeking ways to reduce the amount of radioactivity in reactor effluent water. Arsenic-76 is a major contributor to the gastrointestinal, radiation dose received by downstream users of river water. Phosphorus-32 is the principal radioisotope in the flesh of whitefish caught in the vicinity of the Hanford reservation. Recent activation analyses of the commercial grade sulfuric acid used in process water treatment have indicated that this aci… more
Date: April 4, 1958
Creator: Hall, R. B. & Conley, W. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Report of meeting on the AlSi bonding layer

Description: This report details a meeting held for the purpose of acquainting all interested parties with the present problems being encountered in the canning process. A short discussion of previous canning methods and their problems was presented as background information. The search for a bonding agent to bond the aluminum can to the uranium core covered such materials as AlSi, lead, tin, aluminum, and copper. Mach of this early work was guided by the University of Chicago. The Grasselli (du Pont) Labor… more
Date: August 4, 1958
Creator: Todd, R. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Health Physics Report: October-December 1957

Description: Summary: A survey was made of KAPL personnel currently exposed to radiation relating to their previous work with radiation or radioactive materials.
Date: June 4, 1958
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Element No. 102

Description: By the use of a radically new method they have succeeded in identifying unambiguously an isotope of element 102. In other careful experiments conducted over a period of many months they find that they are unable to confirm the element 102 discovery work of Fields et al. reported in 1957. The experiments at Berkeley were performed with the new heavy ion linear accelerator (HILAC) over a period of several weeks and culinated the chemical identification of an isotope of fermium (Fm{sup 250}) as th… more
Date: June 4, 1958
Creator: Ghiorso, A.; Sikkeland, T.; Walton, J. R. & Seaborg, G. T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Attempts to Confirm the Existence of the 10-Minute Isotope of102

Description: In many score of experiments conducted in various ways over a period of many months they find that they are unable to confirm the element 102 discovery work of Fields et al. reported in 1957. These experimenters ascribed to an isotope of element 102 an alpha particle activity having an energy of 8.5 {+-} 0.1 Mev and a half-life of approximately 10 minutes. It was reported to be produced by bombardments of a 1 mg/cm{sup 2} curium target with 0.03-0.10 mter-microamperes of C{sup 13} ions of about… more
Date: June 4, 1958
Creator: Ghiorso, A.; Sikkeland, T.; Walton, J. R. & Seaborg, G. T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Some Attempts to Modify the Early Healing Process of Moderate Second Degree Burns

Description: By the injection of hormones and other agents which have been reported to influence scar formation, attempts were made to interfere with normal wound healing after the production of moderate second degree burns in pigs. It was hoped that some information on the development or prevention of hypertrophic scars and keloids might be gained from this experiment. Systemic administration of Doca, cortisone, and toluidine blue, and local injection of cortisone, histamine, and hyaluronidase neither dela… more
Date: December 4, 1958
Creator: Lerman, B. & Hinshaw, J. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Aerodynamic Characteristics at a Mach Number of 6.8 of Two Hypersonic Missile Configurations, One With Low-Aspect-Ratio Cruciform Fins and Trailing-Edge Flaps and One With a Flared Afterbody and All-Movable Controls

Description: Report presenting an investigation to determine the aerodynamic characteristics in pitch at a Mach number of 6.8 of hypersonic missile configurations with cruciform trailing-edge flaps and all-movable control surfaces. Testing indicated that all-movable controls on the flared-afterbody model should be capable of producing much larger values of trim lift and of normal acceleration than the trailing-edge-flap configuration. Some of the configurations tested include body alone, body with 5 degree … more
Date: August 4, 1958
Creator: Robinson, Ross B. & Bernot, Peter T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Comparison of Injectors With a 200-Pound-Thrust Ammonia-Oxygen Engine

Description: "Characteristic exhaust velocity was measured for a small range of mixture ratios with four different injectors. Performances of parallel-sheet, like-on-like, and triplet injectors were about the same, but a parallel-jet injector had a much lower performance. Performance values for ammonia-oxygen were slightly lower than for heptane-oxygen" (p. 1).
Date: September 4, 1958
Creator: Priem, Richard J. & Clark, Bruce J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experimental and Analytical Investigation of the Transonic and Supersonic Divergence Characteristics of a Delta-Plan-Form All-Movable Control

Description: "The static aeroelastic divergence characteristics of a delta-plan-form model of the canard control surface of a proposed air-to-ground missile have been studied both analytically and experimentally in the Mach number range from 0.6 to 3.0. The experiments indicated that divergence occurred at a nearly constant value of dynamic pressure at Mach numbers up to 1.2. At higher Mach numbers somewhat higher values of dynamic pressure were required to produce divergence" (p. 1).
Date: August 4, 1958
Creator: Rainey, A. Gerald; Hanson, Perry W. & Martin, Dennis J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Design and Experimental Performance of a 0.35 Hub-Tip Radius Ratio Transonic Axial-Flow-Compressor Rotor Designed for 40 Pounds Per Second Per Unit Frontal Area

Description: Memorandum presenting an investigation to determine the feasibility of a high-performance transonic axial-flow compressor stage with a weight flow of 40 pounds per second per square foot of frontal area. A transonic axial-flow inlet stage with a hub-tip ratio of 0.35 and an axial Mach number of approximately 0.75 was designed and fabricated. Results regarding overall rotor performance, flow parameters, radial matching of blade-element sections, and comparison of blade-element parameters with de… more
Date: September 4, 1958
Creator: Montgomery, John C. & Yasaki, Paul T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Methods of Particle Detection for High-Energy Physics Experiments

Description: Particle detection instruments may be divided into two classes; devices which see the actual path of the particle, and counting devices which indicate the passage of a particle. Examples of each class are given, the characteristics of each example are tabulated, and the uses for each device are discussed. (D.E.B.)
Date: August 4, 1958
Creator: Bradner, H. & Glaser, D. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Determination of Thallium by a Dithizone Mixed-Color Method

Description: A report about the absorption spectra of the thallium-dithizone mixed-color system. An analytical procedure based on this system is given which is applicable to pure solutions.
Date: April 4, 1958
Creator: Clarke, Roy S., Jr. & Cuttitta, Frank
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Pump-Down Times for the β⁺ Ray and Felix Experiments

Description: "The e-folding time for the free-molecule pump-out time of the vacuum tank used for the β⁺ ray experiment (N¹⁹ at 20°C) is found to be of the order of 46 millisec, and that used for the Felix experiment (D₂ at 20°C) of the order of 12 millisec. In the Felix tank a particle bounces off of the walls on the average about 30 times before escaping, hence a "getter" material coated on the walls of the tube should result in a slightly more rapid pump-out time."
Date: February 4, 1958
Creator: Gibson, Gordon & Newcomb, William A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Aerodynamic Characteristics at a Mach Number of 6.8 of Two Hypersonic Missile Configurations, One With Low-Aspect-Ratio Cruciform Fins and Trailing-Edge Flaps and One With a Flared Afterbody and All-Movable Controls

Description: Report discussing an investigation to determine the aerodynamic characteristics of hypersonic missile configurations with cruciform trailing-edge flaps with all-movable control surfaces. The all-movable controls were found to produce much larger values of trim lift and normal acceleration than the trailing-edge-flap configuration.
Date: August 4, 1958
Creator: Robinson, Ross B. & Bernot, Peter T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Comparison of Calculated and Experimental Temperatures and Coolant Pressure Losses for a Cascade of Small Air-Cooled Turbine Rotor Blades

Description: From Summary: "Average spanwise blade temperatures and cooling-air pressure losses through a small (1.4-in, span, 0.7-in, chord) air-cooled turbine blade were calculated and are compared with experimental nonrotating cascade data. Two methods of calculating the blade spanwise metal temperature distributions are presented. The method which considered the effect of the length-to-diameter ratio of the coolant passage on the blade-to-coolant heat-transfer coefficient and assumed constant coolant pr… more
Date: September 4, 1958
Creator: Stepka, Francis S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Effect of a hot-jet exhaust on pressure distributions and external drag of several afterbodies on a single-engine airplane model at transonic speeds

Description: Report presenting an investigation of the jet effects on several afterbody shapes of a single-engine fighter-airplane model in the 16-foot transonic tunnel at a range of Mach numbers and angles of attack. The afterbody-geometry variables were boattail angle, afterbody length, and base area. Results regarding evaluation of support interference, afterbody-pressure-distribution characteristics, and drag characteristics are provided.
Date: March 4, 1958
Creator: Norton, Harry T., Jr. & Swihart, John M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The effects of a modified roll-command system on the flight-path stability and tracking accuracy of an automatic interceptor

Description: From Summary: "In order to improve the tracking characteristics of an automatic interceptor, a revised roll-command computer was tested both on an analog computer and in flight. This report presents flight-test results which indicate a significant improvement in flight-path stability and tracking accuracy. The modified roll computer was designed on the basis of previous analytical studies."
Date: March 4, 1958
Creator: Triplett, William C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Static stability and control of canard configurations at Mach numbers from 0.70 to 2.22: lateral-directional characteristics of a triangular wing and canard

Description: Report presenting the results of an investigation of the static lateral-directional stability characteristics of a canard airplane configuration without analysis for a range of Mach numbers. Data are presented for various combinations of the canard, body, wing, and vertical tail. Data were obtained at a variety of angles of attack, sideslip angles, and canard angles.
Date: March 4, 1958
Creator: Peterson, Victor L. & Menees, Gene P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Study of exit phase of flight of a very high altitude hypersonic airplane by means of a pilot-controlled analog computer

Description: Report using an analog computer to study the effects of aerodynamic parameters on the ability of a pilot to control a hypersonic research airplane capable of flight at very high altitudes. The results, which are based on pilot opinion of the difficulty of the control task, are illustrated by time histories of angle of attack, angle of sideslip, and roll angle. The basic airplane configuration was generally found to be unflyable and the arrangement of the information on the pilot's display was f… more
Date: March 4, 1958
Creator: Sherman, Windsor L.; Faber, Stanley & Whitten, James B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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