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Compressibility and Heating Effects on Pressure Loss and Cooling of a Baffled Cylinder Barrel

Description: Report presenting testing to obtain experimental confirmation of the effect of air compressibility on cooling and pressure loss of a baffled cylinder barrel and to evaluate various methods of analysis. Testing occurred over a wide range of air flows and density altitudes.
Date: July 1944
Creator: Goldstein, Arthur W. & Ellerbrock, Herman H., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Effect of Increased Cooling Surface on Performance of Aircraft-Engine Cylinders as Shown by Tests of the NACA Cylinder

Description: Report presenting a method of constructing fins of nearly optimum proportions to the point where a cylinder has been manufactured and tested. Data were obtained on cylinder temperature for a wide range of inlet-manifold pressures, engine speeds, and cooling-pressure differences. Results regarding cooling equations, cylinder-temperature relationships, and a comparison of three cylinder cooling performances are provided.
Date: July 1944
Creator: Schey, Oscar W.; Rollin, Vern G. & Ellerbrock, Herman H., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Investigation of Effects of Various Camouflage Paints and Painting Procedures on the Drag Characteristics of an NACA 65(Sub 421)-420, a = 1.0 Airfoil Section

Description: Bulletin presenting an investigation of the effects of various camouflage paints and painting procedures on the drag characteristics of a 60-inch-chord low-drag airfoil in the NACA two-dimensional low-turbulence pressure tunnel.
Date: July 1944
Creator: Braslow, Albert L.
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Deaeration of process water in the F Area

Description: This memorandum discusses the deaeration of process water for the F area at the Hanford Engineer Works. The memorandum is dated July 13, 1944.
Date: July 13, 1944
Creator: Dunnington, W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Building 313 operations

Description: On June 3 the writer was detailed to the 300 Area to study operations in Bldg, 313. Seven days were spent with C shift in the caning and dipping area. In this period, a system of coordinating press cycles was developed to utilize machine time most effectively. Subsequently, a brief amount of time was spent working in a design of the can cleaning area so as to incorporate the aluminum can etching operation and facilitate the handling and flow of materials. The next stage of perhaps a week was de… more
Date: July 7, 1944
Creator: Venable, I. B.
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Explosives TNX Technical Division, Hanford weekly report for period ending July 25, 1944

Description: Progress on finding suitable water conditions for start-up had been approached as closely as possible with our present equipment and information as to the requirements. The water composition should be attainable that is not corrosive or build up a film rapidly, and we have means available for removal of such films. Slug classification methods were analyzed from a dimensional standpoint. Analysis of current CMX data was undertaken with the objective of establishing allowable variations in pressu… more
Date: July 26, 1944
Creator: Worthington, H.
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Contributions to the Water Problem

Description: Technical report describing the investigation of the short-lived activities produced in oxygen compounds by irradiation with pile neutrons. The most prominent of these activities in cooling water is a beta and gamma emitting activity of about 8 second half-life. Because of its production by epicadmium neutrons it was believed to be the 8 second N16 produced in the pile by n,p on O16. The identification has been accomplished and it is established that the 8 second activity is N16. Part 2 of the… more
Date: July 3, 1944
Creator: Novey, Theodore B.
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The Effect of Radiation on the Corrosion of Metals by Water

Description: Technical report. Long-time tests have been made on the effect of various types of radiation on the corrosion of 2S aluminum in simulated W water. In no case was any acceleration of corrosion by the radiation observed; the effect of radiation, if any, appeared to be a protective one. Deuteron irradiation did accelerate the corrosion of mild steel at low flow rates in hot water of pH 6 to 7, but no appreciable effect was observed with copper, stainless steel, or tuballoy. The general theory … more
Date: July 6, 1944
Creator: Allen, A. O. (Augustine O.); Bowman, M. C.; Goldowski, Nathalie; Larson, R. G. & Treiman, L.
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Sealing of Holes in Aluminum Sheet by Oxidation

Description: Aluminum oxide occupies a larger volume than the aluminum it contains would fill as metal, consequently, the assumption has been made that holes in metallic aluminum would close by a sufficient amount of oxidation. Therefore, we were asked to investigate the rate of plug formation under conditions to be expected in the pile. For the latter we were requested to approach the pile conditions as nearly as we could by employing the Chicago cyclotron. It seems to us that the problem divides itself in… more
Date: July 15, 1944
Creator: Anderson, S. & Goldowski, N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Progress Report: Development and Construction of Alpha-Counting Equipment

Description: Abstract: An ionization chamber for use in counting alpha particle activity from the air has been devised for counting samples collected with the electrostatic precipitator. The chamber is an adaptation of the breech-locking standard chamber, with a cylindrical high voltage electrode into which the collection foil is placed, and a coaxial rod as a collecting electrode. A geometrical efficiency of close to 50% is obtained.
Date: July 4, 1944
Creator: Borkowski, C. J.; Dandl, R. A.; East, J. K. & Firminhac, R. H.
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The Effect of Radiation on the Corrosion of Metals by Water. (Problem No. 322 MLC 2213)

Description: Long-time tests have been made on the effect of various types of radiation on the corrosion of 2S aluminum in simulated W water. In no case was any acceleration of corrosion by the radiation observed; the effect of radiation, if any, appeared to be a protective one. Deuteron irradiation did accelerate the corrosion of mild steel at low flow rates in hot water of pH 6 to 7, but no appreciable effect was observed with copper, stainless steel, or tuballoy. The general theory of the effect of radia… more
Date: July 6, 1944
Creator: Allen, A. O.; Bowman, M. C.; Goldowski, N.; Larson, R. G. & Treiman, L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Flight tests of various tail modifications on the Brewster XSBA-1 airplane 3: measurements of flying qualities with tail configuration 3

Description: Report presenting a series of tests on the Brewster XSBA-1 airplane to determine the effects of various tail modifications. Some of the modifications include variations of the chord of the elevator and rudder while the span and total area of the surfaces are kept constant and variations of the total area of the vertical tail surface. Results regarding the longitudinal stability and control and lateral stability and control are provided.
Date: July 1944
Creator: Crane, H. L. & Reeder, J. P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Effect of Compressibility on Pressure Distribution Over an Airfoil With a Slotted Frise Aileron

Description: Pressure distribution measurements were made over an airfoil with slotted Frise aileron up to 0.76 Mach at various angles of attack and aileron defections. Section characteristics were determined from these pressure data. Results indicated loss of aileron rolling power for deflections ranging from -12 Degrees to -19 Degrees.
Date: July 1944
Creator: Luoma, Arvo A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Wind tunnel investigation of NACA 66(215)-216, 66,1-212, and 65(sub 1)-212 airfoils with 0.20-airfoil-chord split flaps

Description: Report presenting an investigation in the two-dimensional low-turbulence pressure tunnel of three different types of NACA airfoil sections equipped with split flaps with chords 20 percent of the airfoil chord. The main purpose was to determine the maximum-lift characteristics of these low-drag airfoil sections with split flaps.
Date: July 1944
Creator: Fullmer, Felicien F., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Effect of Increased Cooling Surface on Performance of Aircraft-Engine Cylinders as Shown by Tests of the NACA Cylinder

Description: A method of constructing fins of nearly optimum proportions has been developed by the NACA to the point where a cylinder has been manufactured and tested. Data were obtained on cylinder temperature for a wide range of inlet-manifold pressures, engine speeds, and cooling-pressure differences. The results indicate that an improvement of 40 percent in the outside-wall heat-transfer coefficient could be realized on the present NACA cylinder by providing a thermal bond equivalent to that of an integ… more
Date: July 1, 1944
Creator: Schey, Oscar W.; Rollin, Vern G. & Ellerbrock, Herman H., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Compressibility and Heating Effects on Pressure Loss and Cooling of a Baffled Cylinder Barrel

Description: "Theoretical investigations have shown that, because air is compressible, the pressure-drop requirements for cooling an air-cooled engine will be much greater at high altitudes and high speeds than at sea level and low speeds. Tests were conducted by the NACA to obtain some experimental confirmation of the effect of air compressibility on cooling and pressure loss of a baffled cylinder barrel and to evaluate various methods of analysis. The results reported in the present paper are regarded as … more
Date: July 1, 1944
Creator: Goldstein, Arthur W. & Ellerbrock, Herman H., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Flow of a Compressible Fluid Past a Circular Arc Profile

Description: "The Ackeret iteration process is utilized to obtain higher approximations than that of Prandtl and Glauert for the flow of a compressible fluid past a circular arc profile. The procedure is to expand the velocity potential in a power series of the camber coefficient. The first two terms of the development correspond to the Prandtl-Glauert approximation and yield the well-known correction to the circulation about the profile" (p. 385).
Date: July 15, 1944
Creator: Kaplan, Carl
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The effect of cooling-air blowers on thrust power

Description: Report presenting an analysis of the effect of cooling-air blowers on thrust power using an assumed airplane. Results indicated that when aviation-engine heat exchangers are used above their design altitude, blowers may be used to give additional available pressure and to increase jet thrust. Results regarding airplane speed, altitude, fin width, physical significance of the heat cycle, and thermodynamic efficiency are provided.
Date: July 1944
Creator: Palmer, Carl B. & Brevoort, Maurice J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Method of Mounting Cylinder Blocks of in-Line Engines on CUE Crankcases

Description: Report describes the installation of six-cylinder blocks from two in-line aircraft engines on CUE crankcases, which permits the separate operation of any cylinder as part of a single-cylinder test engine. Using multicylinder-engine blocks for single-cylinder tests is advantageous because there is greater availability of standard engine parts and there is less temperature gradient. Modifications of the crankcase, camshaft-drive mechanism, and operation of the cylinder are described.
Date: July 1944
Creator: Waldron, C. D. & Biermann, A. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Airfoil-Contour Modifications Based on (Epsilon)-Curve Method of Calculating Pressure Distribution

Description: From Introduction: "Certain alternations of a qualitative nature may be performed in spite of the fact that a pressure change cannot be prescribed. It is the purpose of this paper to indicate a method by which qualitative alternation may be performed. It will be noted that the present method of contour modification will serve the intended purpose of the inverse method."
Date: July 1944
Creator: Theodorsen, Theodore
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Method for the Rapid Estimation of Turbulent Boundary-Layer Thickness for Calculating Profile Drag

Description: "An analysis is developed that makes it possible to integrate von Kármán's boundary-layer momentum equation directly. For this purpose, the skin friction coefficient is expressed as a function of the Reynolds number based on the boundary-layer momentum thickness and the boundary-layer shape is assumed to be constant. The integrated equation permits the boundary-layer momentum thickness at the airfoil trailing edge to be rapidly determined for the estimation of airfoil profile-drag coefficients"… more
Date: July 1944
Creator: Tetervin, Neal
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Wind Tunnel Investigation of the Effect of Jet-Motor Operation Stability

Description: The effects of jet-motor operation on the stability and control characteristics of two fighter-type airplanes as determined by wind-tunnel tests of 1/5-scale models are presented. It is shown that the action of the jets is to cause a small loss in stick-fixed stability which is predictable from known theories.
Date: July 1944
Creator: Davis, Wallace F. & Brown, Sherwood H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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