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An investigation of the characteristics of steel diaphragms for automatic fuel-injection valves

Description: "This research on steel diaphragms was undertaken at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, as a part of a general investigation on fuel injection engines for aircraft. The work determined the load-deflection, load- deformation and hysteresis characteristics for single diaphragms having thicknesses from 0.00s inch to 0.012 inch, and for similar diaphragms tested in multiple having total thicknesses from 0.012 inch to 0.180 inch. The elastic limit loads and deflections, and rupture points… more
Date: April 1926
Creator: Joachim, W. F.
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Measurements on the Thermal Expansion of Fused Silica

Description: Scientific paper issued by the Bureau of Standards over thermal expansion of fused silica. As stated in the abstract, "this paper gives the results of an investigation on the thermal expansion of transparent and nontransparent fused silica for various temperature ranges between -125 and +1,000 degrees Celsius. A detailed description of the apparatus and the methods used in this research and a summary of available data obtained by previous observers on the thermal expansion of fused silica are g… more
Date: April 13, 1926
Creator: Souder, Wilmer H. & Hidnert, Peter
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Mixing and Ignition in Supercharged Engines

Description: Memorandum presenting two principal methods of mixing for carburetor engines, one using a suction carburetor and the other using a pressure carburetor. An investigation of the spark plugs in the engines and how to design them so they can resist high levels of heat is also provided.
Date: April 1926
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Flight Tests on Airplanes

Description: This report presents test procedures, methods, and instruments for flight testing of aircraft. Dynamic-pressure gauges are discussed at length.
Date: April 1926
Creator: Koppe, Heinrich
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The fundamental principles of high-speed semi-diesel engines. Part 1: a general discussion of the subject of fuel injection in diesel engines and detailed descriptions of many types of injection nozzles

Description: Three questions relating to the technical progress in the utilization of heavy oils are discussed. The first question considers solid injection in high-speed automobile engines, the second concerns the development of the hot-bulb engine, and the third question relates to the need for a more thorough investigation of the processes on which the formatation of combustible, rapidly-burning mixtures depend.
Date: April 1926
Creator: Büchner
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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N.A.C.A. Flight-Path Angle and Air-Speed Recorder

Description: "A new trailing bomb-type instrument for photographically recording the flight-path angle and air speed of aircraft in unaccelerated flight is described. The instrument consists essentially of an inclinometer, air-speed meter and a film-drum case. The inclinometer carries an oil-damped pendulum which records optically the flight-path angle upon a rotating motor-driven film drum. The air-speed meter consists of a taut metal diaphragm of high natural frequency which is acted upon by the pressure … more
Date: April 1926
Creator: Coleman, Donald G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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