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Effect of Temperature and Reactivity Changes in Operation of the Los Alamos Plutonium Reactor

Description: The operation of the Fast Reactor is considered in terms of normal equilibrium conditions and normal shut-down. The proposed loading, control rod adjustment and subsequent "floating" operation are discussed. Safety devices and interlocks are described. Temperature and reactivity changes are examined with respect to various system failures, phase changes, and "flashing" of the reactor. Slow changes due to faulty slug cooling are also considered. The calculations were initially based upon 10 kw o… more
Date: May 28, 1948
Creator: Hall, David B. & Hall, Jane H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Isolation and Propterties of Curium

Description: The isolation of curium, element number 96, in relatively pure form has been accomplished. A method, involving a solvent extraction process, is given for the purification of americium from lanthanum and other ions. The discovery of a higher oxidation state of americium led to a method of separating americium from curium. Separation of the two elements was also accomplished by use of ion exchange resins. The details of the isolation of curium are given; the results of the spectrographic analysis… more
Date: July 28, 1948
Creator: Werner, L.B. & Perlman, I.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Isolation and Properties of Curium

Description: From introduction: "The discovery of element number 96, curium, was realized by the preparation and identification of the isotope Cm-242 by G. T. Seaborg, R. A. James and A. Ghiorso by cyclotron bombardment of Pu-239 with helium ions."
Date: July 28, 1948
Creator: Werner, Louis Bernard
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Preparation of Radioiron of High Specific Activity

Description: From abstract: "A comparison has been made of methods for producing Fe59 of higher specific activity than that obtainable by irradiating natural iron in the Clinton pile. Five processes have been considered, (1) irradiation of natural iron in the Hanford piles, (2) irradiation of enriched F58 in the Clinton and Hanford piles, (3) Szilard-Chalmers enrichment using ferrocyanides in the Clinton pile, (4) collection of recoils in a phase separable from the bulk of the iron, and (5) the Co59 (n,p) F… more
Date: January 28, 1948
Creator: Swartout, J. A. & Rice, H. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Investigation of the diborane - hydrogen peroxide propellant combination

Description: Report presenting the results of two runs made with liquid diborane and hydrogen peroxide in a small-scale rocket engine. The first run was very erratic and modifications were made to the testing apparatus and procedures for the second run. In the second run, the combustion started immediately and continued smoothly for 12 seconds of operation.
Date: May 28, 1948
Creator: Rowe, William H.; Ordin, Paul M. & Diehl, John M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Investigation of Low-Speed, Power-Off Stability and Control Characteristics of a Model With a 35 Degree Sweptback Wing in the Langley Free-Flight Tunnel

Description: Report presenting an investigation in the free-flight tunnel to determine the low-speed, power-off dynamic stability and control characteristics of a model with a 35 degree sweptback wing. The investigation consisted of force and flight tests of the model and calculations of the lateral oscillatory stability with wing-tip fuel tanks off and on.
Date: October 28, 1948
Creator: Schade, Robert O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Free-Flight-Tunnel Tests of a Target-Seeking Glide-Bomb Model With Flicker Lateral Control

Description: Report presenting an investigation of control systems suitable for target-seeking missiles. Testing occurred in the free-flight tunnel of the GB-5 glide bomb equipped with a light-seeker control unit which applied flicker control. Results indicated that good stability could be obtained with the control system, but was somewhat less stable than with a proportional control system.
Date: July 28, 1948
Creator: McKinney, Marion O., Jr. & Drake, Hubert M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Investigation of wing characteristics at a Mach number of 1.53 2: swept wings of taper ratio 0.5

Description: Measured values of lift, drag, and pitching moment at M(sub o) = 1.53 are presented for seven wings varying in sweep angle from 60 degrees sweepforward to 60 degrees sweepback. All wings had a cambered, double-wedge section 5-percent thick and a common taper ratio of 0.5. The experimental results are compared with the predictions of the linear theory.
Date: June 28, 1948
Creator: Vincenti, Walter G.; Van Dyke, Milton D. & Matteson, Frederick H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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High-speed wind-tunnel tests of a 1/78-scale model of the Lockheed YP-80A airplane

Description: Report presenting an investigation to determine the high-speed performance and static longitudinal stability and control characteristics of a model of the Lockheed YP-80A airplane. High-speed aerodynamic characteristics are presented for speeds up to Mach number 0.96. Results regarding the scale effects, longitudinal stability, and longitudinal-control effectiveness are provided.
Date: May 28, 1948
Creator: Olson, Robert N. & Lawrence, Leslie F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Ice protection of turbojet engines by inertia separation of water 1: alternate-duct system

Description: Aerodynamic and icing investigations of internal water-inertia separation inlets designed to prevent automatically entrance of large quantities of water into a turbojet engine in icing conditions was conducted on a one-half scale model. A simplified analytical approach to the design of internal water-inertia separation inlets is included. Results show that in order to be effective in preventing screen and guide-vane icing for an inlet of this type, a ram-pressure recovery of 75 percent was atta… more
Date: May 28, 1948
Creator: von Glahn, Uwe
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Effect of Boundary-Layer Control by Suction and of Several High-Lift Devices on the Aerodynamic Characteristics in Yaw of a 47.5 Degree Sweptback

Description: An investigation has been made in the Langley full-scale tunnel of a 47.5 degree sweptback wing-fuselage combination equipped for boundary-layer control by suction. The wing aspect ratio was 3.5, the taper ratio was 0.5 and the airfoil sections normal to the quarter-chord line were NACA 61(sub 1)-A112. Tests included the plain wing and the wing with various combinations of extensible leading-edge and split flaps.
Date: October 28, 1948
Creator: Pasamanick, Jerome
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Free-flight investigation of 16-inch diameter supersonic ram-jet unit

Description: Report presenting an investigation of a series of 16-inch-diameter ramjet engine in free flight in order to determine the performance of ramjet units in flight at supersonic speeds and to study methods for improving the performance. Results regarding the telemeter data recorded by ground stations, static pressures, variation of altitude with time after release, variation of flight velocities, and fuel-air ratio are provided. Partial failure of the measuring equipment prevented a complete evalua… more
Date: May 28, 1948
Creator: Kinghorn, George F. & Disher, John H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Effect of Temperature and Reactivity Changes in Operation of the Los Alamos Plutonium Reactor

Description: The operation of the Fast Reactor is considered in terms of normal equilibrium conditions and normal shut-down. The proposed loading, control rod adjustment and subsequent "floating" operation are discussed. Safety devices and interlocks are described. Temperature and reactivity changes are examined with respect to various system failures, phase changes, and "flashing" of the reactor. Slow changes due to faulty slug cooling are also considered. The calculations were initially based upon 10 kw o… more
Date: May 28, 1948
Creator: Hall, D.B. & Hall, J.H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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P Division Monthly Report, April 1948

Description: This progress report discusses activities of the P Division for the month of April, 1948. The D and F Piles operated at 275 megawatts throughout April except for scheduled outages. Each operating area had an extended outage to remove a portion of the brick from the wall which runs across the rear edge of the top of the unit and to replace the vertical neoprene seal between the front face and the experimental side shields. This program described in detail under Mechanical Experience. The B-Pile … more
Date: May 28, 1948
Creator: Maider, J. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Some Special Refractory Materials

Description: Report explaining some different categories of special refractory materials. These categories of materials and their properties are discussed as well as the specific materials that fall into these categories.
Date: September 28, 1948
Creator: Norton, F. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Corrosion investigation

Description: Report describing the results of corrosion tests on 68 types of materials. Generally, most materials were tested with an agitator and vapor and some were tested a 3rd way with alternate immersion.
Date: September 28, 1948
Creator: Long, Edward
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Determination of Uranium by Fluorescence

Description: Abstract: "The uranium content of badly contaminated uranium solutions may be determined quickly using visual comparison methods to an accuracy of [...]. This accuracy may be considerably improved by employing the fluorimeter herein described. Interfering ions and their removal using liquid-liquid extractions are considered."
Date: May 28, 1948
Creator: Grimes, W. R. & Clark, F. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Performance of J-33-A-21 and J-33-A-23 Compressors With and Without Water Injection

Description: "In an investigation of the J-33-A-21 and the J-33-A-23 compressors with and without water injection, it was discovered that the compressors reacted differently to water injection although they were physically similar. An analysis of the effect of water injection on compressor performance and the consequent effect on matching of the compressor and turbine components in the turbojet engine was made. The analysis of component matching is based on a turbine flow function defined as the product of … more
Date: January 28, 1948
Creator: Beede, William L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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An Investigation of the Aerodynamic Characteristics of an 0.08-Scale Model of the Chance Vought XF7U-1 Airplane in the Langley High-Speed 7-by 10-Foot Tunnel: TED No. DE308, Part 6, Estimated High-Speed Flying Qualities

Description: "An analysis of the estimated high-speed flying qualities of the Chance Vought XF7U-1 airplane in the Mach number range from 0.40 to 0.91 has been made, based on tests of an 0.08-scale model of this airplane in the Langley high-speed 7- by 10-foot wind tunnel. The analysis indicates longitudinal control-position instability at transonic speeds, but the accompanying trim changes are not large. Control-position maneuvering stability, however, is present for all speeds. Longitudinal lateral contro… more
Date: October 28, 1948
Creator: Donlan, Charles J. & Kuhn, Richard E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Aerodynamic Characteristics of Two All-Movable Wings Tested in the Presence of a Fuselage at a Mach Number of 1.9

Description: Report presenting testing of half-span models of two wings of different plan form as both all-movable and fixed surfaces in the presence of a half fuselage. All-movable surfaces are being considered for supersonic aircraft as possible angle-of-attack indicators, control surfaces, and all-movable wings. Results regarding the lift characteristics, center of pressure, and drag of the wings are provided.
Date: October 28, 1948
Creator: Conner, D. William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Ground Tests of a Radial Air-Cooled Engine to Correct a Poor Circumferential Pressure-Recovery Distribution

Description: "This report presents the results of the tests of a power-plant installation to improve the circumferential pressure-recovery distribution at the face of the engine. An underslung "C" cowling was tested with two propellers with full cuffs and with a modification to one set of cuffs. Little improvement was obtained because the base sections of the cuffs were stalled. A set of guide vanes boosted the over-all pressures and helped the pressure recoveries for a few of the cylinders" (p. 1).
Date: January 28, 1948
Creator: Gallagher, James J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Effect of Mach Number on Performance of an Axial-Flow Compressor Rotor-Blade Row

Description: Report presenting an investigation to study the influence of high relative inlet Mach number on the performance of a highly loaded blade row. Twenty-nine rotor blades were installed in a compressor rotor and static and total pressure, total temperature, and flow-angle surveys were taken upstream and downstream of the row.
Date: September 28, 1948
Creator: Dugan, Paul D.; Mahoney, John J. & Benser, William A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Ditching Tests of a 1/24-Scale Model of the Lockheed XR60-1 Airplane, TED No. NACA 235

Description: "The ditching characteristics of the Lockheed XR60-1 airplane were determined by tests of a 1/24-scale dynamic model in calm water at the Langley tank no. 2 monorail. Various landing attitudes, flap settings, speeds, and conditions of damager were investigated. The ditching behavior was evaluated from recordings of decelerations, length of runs, and motions of the model" (p. 1).
Date: May 28, 1948
Creator: Fisher, Lloyd J. & Cederborg, Gibson A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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