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RADIATION CREEP

Description: Several theories of metal creep and radiation damage are studied, in order to determine whether creep rates under various conditions of irradiation can be predicted theoretically. It is found that if the creep is of the recovery type, and if the diffusion coefficient for radiationinduced vacancies is large enough, creep rates may be increased within a limited temperature range. Otherwise, radiation has no effect on creep rates. (T.F.H.)
Date: December 1, 1957
Creator: Gregory, D.P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Fuel element performance

Description: For some time, it has been considered that cycling natural uranium fuel elements through the {alpha}-{beta} transformation point (approx. 662 C) is a contributing factor in split type ruptures. This hypothesis is based upon the fact that the transition temperature, a one percent increase in volume occurs. It is reasoned that as the uranium hardens under irradiation, it becomes progressively less able to adjust to the severe stresses imposed by the volume change as the material cycles through th… more
Date: December 31, 1957
Creator: Hagie, L. T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Chemical Processing Department monthly report, November 1957

Description: The November, 1957 monthly report for the Chemical Processing Department of the Hanford Atomic Products Operation includes information regarding research and engineering efforts with respect to the Purex and Redox process technology. Also discussed is the production operation, finished product operation, power and general maintenance, financial operation, engineering and research operations, and employee operation. (MB)
Date: December 23, 1957
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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183 B-C cross tie justification and scope

Description: After the present solid slugs are replaced with the new I&E elements` in the 105-B reactor, the friction loss for the reactor cooling water will be decreased with a resulting opportunity for increase in flow through the reactor. The amount that this flow could be increased is limited by the capacity of the B water plant as well as the reactor itself. It is possible that there will be a shortage of filtered water at 183-B during the critical periods of each year. To overcome this possible shorta… more
Date: December 2, 1957
Creator: Brinkman, L. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Sterility Produced in Mice by Deuterium Oxide

Description: Sterility in C{sub 57} and Swiss mice has been produced by substituting D{sub 2}O for a part of the drinking water. The effective range lies between 5% and 30% D{sub 2}O. It appears that the effect is greater in C{sub 57} males than females and that the size and viability of the litter is affected.
Date: December 6, 1957
Creator: Hughes, Ann M. & Calvin, Melvin
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Early Unstable CO2-Fixation Products in Photosynthesis

Description: Some chemical, physical, and chromatographic properties of the hydroxylamine stabilized early products of CO{sub 2} fixation in photosynthesis are described. Although no definitive structural information is yet available, these properties, together with the biochemical context in which the material appears, make possible some likely suggestions about the nature of the substances.
Date: December 19, 1957
Creator: Metzner, Helmut; Metzner, Barbara & Calvin, Melvin
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Cyanide Effects on Carbon Dioxide Fixation in Chlorella

Description: Green algae have been treated with radioactive KCN in an investigation of the effect of cyanide on photosynthesis. A multitude of products have been found to be formed in very short exposures (10 to 15 sec). One of these products has been identified with the product formed when the algae are given radioactive CO{sub 2} and nonradioactive KCN. The same product has been synthesized by a nonenzymatic cyanohydrin addition reaction on ribulose-1, 5-diphosphate. It has been shown to be a 2-carboxy-pe… more
Date: December 17, 1957
Creator: Rabin, Bernard R.; Shaw, D. F.; Pon, Ning G.; Anderson, J. M. & Calvin, M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment (Phase 1C): Supplement to LMFRE Reference Design Report

Description: This supplement describes a number of modifications to the Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment (LMFRE), including (1) engineering design changes to achieve economies in the original reference design, and (2) a revised cost estimate that reapportions the various construction, research and development, and operating costs in accordance with procedures established by the Atomic Energy Commission.
Date: December 1957
Creator: Babcock & Wilcox Company
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Table of Radioisotopes Arranged According to Half-Life

Description: The tabulated data on radioisotopes are taken directly from the General Electric Chart of the Nuclides, Fifth Edition. The half lives, decay particles and energies, gamma energies, and total energy or mass are included in the table. (J.E.D.)
Date: December 1, 1957
Creator: Daniels, E. comp.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Evaluation of Container Materials for Zircex and Darex Nuclear-Fuel- Recovery Processes

Description: The selection of a suitable material for the processing equipment is most important in fuel-recovery processes. The problem arises because of the aggressive nature of the reagents that must be used for disintegrating or dissolving some spent fuel elements. In this investigation, corrosion tests were made under conditions simulating those that may occur in several proposed processes in order that candidate materials of construction could be evaluated. No material has been found which would allow… more
Date: December 11, 1957
Creator: Miller, P. D.; Peterson, C. L.; White, E. L. & Fink, F. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Critical-Assembly Experiments on a Reflector Control System for a Boiling Reactor

Description: Research directed toward an evaluation of a reflector control scheme for a small boiling heterogeneous reactor is reported. The control method uses the ambient reactor steam pressure to adjust the height of a radial water reflector. Critical-assembly experiments were conducted to measure the reflector worth and the effect of nonhomogeneous voids. The critical-assembly core approximated a right circular cylinder 24 in. high and 21 in. in diameter. The core was made up of polyethylene strips to s… more
Date: December 20, 1957
Creator: Dingee, David A.; Hogan, William S.; Wilson, Robert G.; Ballowe, William C.; Jankowski, Francis J. & Chastain, Joel W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Semi-Annual Summary Research Report in Metallurgy for January-June 1957

Description: Study of the equilibrium phases which exist in Mg-rich alloys of the Mg-- U--Th system was continued. The precipitation of thorium as thorium dihydride from thorium-magnesium solutions was investigated over the temperature range 665 to 810 deg C. Soft, ductile niobium metal can be prepared by mixing essentially stoichiometric quantities of Nb/sub 2/O/sub 5/ and carbon, but slight deviation from stoichiometry yielded metal which was hard and non-ductile. The Zn vapor pressures over a number of Z… more
Date: December 20, 1957
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Laminar Boundary Layer With Heat Transfer on a Cone at Angle of Attack in a Supersonic Stream

Description: Note presenting the equations of the compressible laminar boundary layer for the windward streamline in the plane of symmetry of a yawed cone. Solutions are obtained for both insulated and cooled surfaces. The heat-transfer rate to this most windward streamline increases significantly with angle of attack.
Date: December 1957
Creator: Reshotko, Eli
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Heat transfer and recovery temperatures on a sphere with laminar, transitional, and turbulent boundary layers at Mach numbers of 2.00 and 4.15

Description: Report presenting an investigation of the pressure and equilibrium-temperature distributions on a sphere at Mach numbers of 2.00 and 4.15. The local aerodynamic heat transfer was measured on a sphere at Mach number 2.00 and on a hemisphere-cylinder at Mach number 4.15. Results regarding pressure distributions, equilibrium and recovery temperatures, heat-transfer coefficients, and effect of roughness on transition are provided.
Date: December 1957
Creator: Beckwith, Ivan E. & Gallagher, James J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Velocity and friction characteristics of laminar viscous boundary-layer and channel flow over surfaces with ejection or suction

Description: Report presenting some information on flow characteristics - velocity field, pressure drop, and friction - for steady, fully developed laminar flow through a duct consisting of two parallel walls, for flow throguh tubes with circular cross section, and for boundary-layer flow over infinite wedges. In order to determine the extent to which the boundary conditions imposed o the flow by the various geometries influence the flow characteristics, dimensionless parameters common to both channel and b… more
Date: December 1957
Creator: Eckert, E. R. G.; Donoughe, Patrick L. & Moore, Betty Jo
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Thermocouple Subcarrier Oscillator for Telemetering Temperatures From Pilotless Aircraft

Description: Note presenting a subcarrier oscillator which, in conjuncting with a telemetering system, gives a satisfactory method for telemetering temperatures by means of thermocouples from pilotless aircraft. The method results in an oscillator having a small size, low microphonics, high input resistance, and satisfactory stability if a switch is used to commutate calibration voltages along with the pickups.
Date: December 1957
Creator: Fricke, Clifford L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Investigation of the effects of propeller diameter on the ability of a flapped wing, with and without boundary-layer control, to deflect a propeller slipstream downward for vertical take-off

Description: Report presenting an investigation to study the effects of propeller diameter on the ability of a flapped wing, with and without boundary-layer control, to deflect propeller slipstreams downward for vertical take-off. The results indicated that without boundary-layer control, an increase in the ratio of flap chord to propeller diameter increases the turning angle but decreases the ratio of resultant force to thrust.
Date: December 1957
Creator: Spreemann, Kenneth P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Analysis of horizontal-tail loads in pitching maneuvers on a flexible swept-wing jet bomber

Description: From Introduction: "The analysis of flight data in the present report is, to a large extent, based on analyses and information contained in references 1 and 2 for wing deflections, reference 3 for horizontal-tail parameters, reference 4 for airplane lift-curve slopes and angles of zero lift, and reference 5 for wing centers of pressure."
Date: December 1957
Creator: Aiken, William S., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Three-Degree-of Freedom Evaluation of the Longitudinal Transfer Functions of a Supersonic Canard Missile Configuration Including Changes in Forward Speed

Description: Note presenting a reevaluation of existing flight data obtained for a supersonic canard missile configuration of the boost-glide type to determine derivatives not previously evaluated. The derivatives are utilized to determine some typical airframe frequency responses based on the three-degree-of-freedom longitudinal equations of motion. Results regarding derivatives, frequency responses, and three-degree-of-freedom approach to future automatic-control studies are provided.
Date: December 1957
Creator: Seaberg, Ernest C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A reexamination of the use of simple concepts for predicting the shape and location of detached shock waves

Description: A reexamination has been made of the use of simple concepts for predicting the shape and location of detached shock waves. The results show that simple concepts and modifications of existing methods can yield good predictions for many nose shapes and for a wide range of Mach numbers.
Date: December 1957
Creator: Love, Eugene S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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