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Synopsis of Aeronautic Radiator Investigations for Years 1917 and 1918

Description: Extensive series of experiments have been conducted at the Bureau of Standards to determine the properties of cooling radiator cores manufactured for airplanes and to develop improvements in design. The analysis of the problem on which this work was based, and consequently the experimental method employed, is different from that commonly used. Instead of attempting to test complete radiators, either full size or in model, uniform sections representing different types of core construction have b… more
Date: 1920
Creator: Dickinson, H. C. & Kleinschmidt, R. V.
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The altitude laboratory for the test of aircraft engines

Description: Report presents descriptions, schematics, and photographs of the altitude laboratory for the testing of aircraft engines constructed at the Bureau of Standards for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.
Date: 1920%
Creator: Dickinson, H. C. & Boutell, H. G.
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A Study of Airplane Engine Tests

Description: This report is a study of the results obtained from a large number of test of an Hispano-Suiza airplane engine in the altitude laboratory of the Bureau of Standards. It was originally undertaken to determine the heat distribution in such an engine, but many other factors are also considered as bearing on this matter.
Date: 1920
Creator: Gage, Victor R.
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Power Characteristics of Fuels for Aircraft Engines

Description: Report presents the summation of results obtained in the testing of fuels of various compositions and characteristics in the altitude laboratory. The data upon which this report is based has had an important influence upon the writing of specifications for the various grades of aviation fuels.
Date: 1920
Creator: Dickinson, H. C.; James, W. S.; Roberts, E. W.; Gage, V. R. & Harper, D. R.
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Carbureting Conditions Characteristics of Aircraft Engines

Description: Tests were conducted at the altitude laboratory erected at the Bureau of Standards for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics to determine the changes in engine performance with changes in atmospheric temperature and pressure at various levels above the earth's surface, with special reference to (a) the variables affecting the functioning of the carburetor and (b) the changes in performance resulting from variables in the carburetor itself. This report constitutes a concise statement o… more
Date: 1920
Creator: Tice, Percival S.
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Calculation of Low-Pressure Indicator Diagrams

Description: Report develops a fundamental conception and partial application of a method for calculating the pressure-volume relationships to be expected for any given engine design. It outlines a method of computing and interpreting low-pressure indicator cards.
Date: 1920
Creator: Kemble, E. C.
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The aerodynamic properties of thick aerofoils suitable for internal bracing

Description: From Introduction: "The object of this investigation was to determine the characteristics of various types of wings having sufficient depth to entirely inclose the wing bracing, and also to provide data for the further design of such sections. Results of the investigation of the following subjects are given: (1) effect of changing the upper and lower camber of thick aerofoils of uniform section; (2) effect of thickening the center and thinning the tips of a thin aerofoil; (3) effect of adding a… more
Date: 1920
Creator: Norton, F. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Fuselage Stress Analysis

Description: Report analyzes the stresses in a fuselage of the built-up type in which the shear is taken by diagonal bracing wires. Tests are conducted for landing, flying, and thrust loads.
Date: 1920
Creator: Warner, Edward P. & Miller, Roy G.
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The Parker Variable Camber Wing

Description: This report deals with the problem of increasing the speed range of an airplane by varying the camber of a wing surface. The variable camber wing offers many advantages over the variable incidence type of speed range.
Date: 1920
Creator: Parker, H. F.
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Bomb Trajectories

Description: The report is a mathematical treatise dealing with the trajectories of bombs of high terminal velocity, dropped from a great altitude.
Date: 1920
Creator: Wilson, Edwin Bidwell
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Comparison of hecter fuel with export aviation gasoline

Description: Among the fuels which will operate at compression ratios up to at least 8.0 without preignition or "pinking" is hecter fuel, whence a careful determination of its performance is of importance. For the test data presented in this report the hecter fuel used was a mixture of 30 per cent benzol and 70 per cent cyclohexane, having a low freezing point, and distilling from first drop to 90 per cent at nearly a constant temperature, about 20 degrees c. below the average distillation temperature ("mea… more
Date: January 29, 1920
Creator: Dickinson, H. C.; Gage, V. R. & Sparrow, S. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Spark Plug Defects and Tests

Description: The successful operation of the spark plug depends to a large extent on the gas tightness of the plug. Part 1 of this report describes the method used for measuring the gas tightness of aviation spark plugs. Part 2 describes the methods used in testing the electrical conductivity of the insulation material when hot. Part 3 describes the testing of the cold dielectric strength of the insulation material, the resistance to mechanical shock, and the final engine test.
Date: 1920
Creator: Silsbee, F. B.; Loeb, L. B.; Sawyer, L. G.; Fonseca, E. L.; Dickinson, H. C. & Agnew, P. G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Properties and Preparation of Ceramic Insulators for Spark Plugs

Description: Report describes in detail the preliminary experiments which were made on the conductivity of spark-plug insulators in order to develop a satisfactory comparative method for testing various spark-plug materials. Materials tested were cements, porcelain, feldspar, and quartz.
Date: 1920
Creator: Silsbee, F. B.; Honaman, R. K.; Fonseca, E. L.; Bleininger, A. V. & Staley, H.F.
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Effect of Temperature and Pressure on the Sparking Voltage

Description: This report presents the results of an investigation which was to determine how the voltage necessary to produce the proper spark discharge varies with the pressure and temperature of the gas in which the discharge takes place.
Date: 1920
Creator: Loeb, L. B. & Silsbee, F. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Investigation of the Muffling Problem for Airplane Engines

Description: The experimentation presented in this report falls in two divisions: first, the determination of the relation between back pressure in the exhaust line and consequent power loss, for various combinations of speed and throttle positions of the engine; second, the construction and trial of muffler designs covering both type and size. Report deals with experiments in the development of a muffler designed on the principle which will give the maximum muffling effect with a minimum loss of power. The… more
Date: 1920
Creator: Upton, G. B. & Gage, V. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Heat Energy of Various Ignition Sparks

Description: "This report describes a method developed at the Bureau of Standards for measuring the total energy liberated as heat in a spark gap by an ignition system. Since this heat energy is obtained from the electromagnetic energy stored in the windings of the magneto or coil, it is a measure of the effectiveness of the device as an electric generator" (p. 3).
Date: 1920
Creator: Silsbee, F. B.; Loeb, L. B. & Fonseca, E. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Subsidiary Gap as a Means for Improving Ignition

Description: This report presents the results of an investigation into the utility, action, and design of the auxiliary spark gap as a means for insuring freedom from spark plug failure due to fouling, and also to enable the restarting of fouled plugs. A brief account is given of the use of this gap up to the present time and also of the statements concerning it which have gained some currency, most of which are shown to be erroneous. The simple theory of the action of the series gap is discussed and a deta… more
Date: 1920
Creator: Gorton, W. S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Characteristics of High-Tension Magnetos

Description: This report gives the results of an investigation made into the fundamental physical characteristics of high-tension ignition magnetos, and also describes the methods used for measuring the quantities involved.
Date: 1920
Creator: Silsbee, F. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Head Resistance Due to Radiators

Description: Part 1 deals with the head resistance of a number of common types of radiator cores at different speeds in free air, as measured in the wind tunnel at the bureau of standards. Part 2 gives the results of wind tunnel tests of resistance on a model fuselage with a nose radiator. Part 3 presents the results of preliminary tests of head resistance of a radiator enclosed in a streamlined casing.
Date: 1920
Creator: Kleinschmidt, R. V. & Parsons, S. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Effect of Altitude on Radiator Performance

Description: As an airplane rises to high altitudes the decrease in the density and the temperature of the air have important effects on the performance of the radiator. This report gives the results of a study of the effect of reduced pressure and temperature upon the capacity of airplane radiators. A method is presented by which the performance of a radiator at an altitude may be estimated for a particular speed of the airplane at a particular altitude.
Date: 1920
Creator: James, W. S. & Parsons, S. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Results of Tests on Radiators for Aircraft Engines

Description: Part 1 is to present the results of tests on 56 types of core in a form convenient for use in the study of the performance of and possible improvements in existing designs. Working rules are given by which the data contained in the report may be used, and the most obvious conclusions as to the behavior of cores are summarized. Part 2 presents the results of tests made to determine the pressure necessary to produce water flows up to 50 gallons per minute through an 8-inch square section of radia… more
Date: 1920
Creator: Dickinson, H. C.; James, W. S. & Kleinschmidt, R. V.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experimental Research on Air Propellers, 3

Description: Report presents the results of wind tunnel tests of propellers that examined the influence of the following characteristics: (1) nominal pitch ratio 1.3 combined with a certain number of the more common or standard forms and proportions; (2) driving face slightly rounded or convex; (3) change in the location of the maximum thickness ordinate of the blade section; (4) pushing forward the leading edge of the blade, thus giving a rounded convex surface on the leading side of the driving face. (5) … more
Date: 1920
Creator: Durand, W. F. & Lesley, E. P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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