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The R-38 Catastrophe and the Mechanics of Rigid Airship Construction

Description: An airship frame may be regarded as a rigid girder subjected to a number of forces which, according to their nature, may be classified as follows: weight or loads (force of gravity); lifting forces (aero-static); accelerations (dynamic). These forces must be in equilibrium in the three most important cases during flight: 1) when the airship is floating (aerostatic problem); 2) when flying without acceleration (aerodynamic problem). 3) When under the influence of any accelerating force (dynamic … more
Date: June 1922
Creator: Herrera, Emilio
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Comfort in Flight

Description: Some advances in passenger comfort are discussed, namely, ventilated cabins, heating, seating arrangements, and doors.
Date: June 1922
Creator: Warner, Edward P.
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The Prospects of the Helicopter

Description: The advantages of helicopters are listed along with a discussion of safety devices, the problems of control, and the need for horizontal flight.
Date: June 1922
Creator: Warner, Edward P.
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Bagnulo Heavy Fuel Internal Combustion Engine and Its Employment in Aviation

Description: We see with great satisfaction that Bagnulo's studies and experiments on his high-speed, heavy-fuel engines, promise to solve not only the general problem of economical power and hence of thermal efficiency, but also all other special problems, of weight and space, and, what is still more important, range of error.
Date: March 1922
Creator: Fiore, Amedeo
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Publicity by Airplane

Description: The future of aerial photography is examined with special reference to corporate uses.
Date: March 1922
Creator: Carlier, André
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Aeronautic Insurance

Description: The problem of insuring the emerging commercial aeronautic industry is detailed. The author also motes that a complete solution cannot be obtained until the necessary statistics are compiled.
Date: March 1922
Creator: Neal, Erik
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Wing Resistance Near the Ground

Description: In the present treatise, a convenient method will be indicated, which makes it possible to determine the polar curve of an airplane at short distances from the ground by a simple short calculation, when the polar curve is known for flight in unlimited space.
Date: April 1922
Creator: Wieselsberger, C.
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Joukowski Wings

Description: To sum up, Professor Joukowski's theory of supporting wings renders it possible to calculate the coefficient of lift in terms of the angle of attack, and Prandtl's coefficient of induced drag and the correction of the angle of attack in terms of the disposition and aspect ratio of the wings.
Date: April 1922
Creator: Margoulis, W.
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Propeller Theory of Professor Joukowski and His Pupils

Description: This report gives a summary of the work done in Russia from 1911 to 1914, by Professor Joukowski and his pupils. This summary will show that these men were the true originators of the theory, which combines the theory of the wing element and of the slipstream.
Date: April 1922
Creator: Margoulis, W.
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Influence of Elliptical Distribution of Lift on Strength of Airplane Wings

Description: "Hitherto it has been generally assumed, in calculating the fall of an airplane, that the forces withstood by the latter were distributed uniformly throughout the whole length of the wing. In reality this is not the case and German engineers in particular are now assuming an elliptical distribution of the forces. The latter hypothesis has made it possible to carry out a certain number of calculations which have been verified by experiment" (p. 1).
Date: April 1922
Creator: Dorand
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Distribution of Pressure on Fuselage of Airplane Model: Communication From Rijks-Studiedienst Voor De Luchtvaart of Amsterdam

Description: In order to study the distribution of the pressure on the surfaces of a fuselage and the influence of the wing on the air flow along these surfaces, we have made tests pertaining to the bottom and one side. In this particular case, the wing causes an increase in pressure along the sides of the fuselage.
Date: April 1922
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Applying the results of experiments on small models in the wind tunnel to the calculation of full-sized aircraft

Description: This report presents the attempt to develop a law which will permit the use of results obtained on small models in a tunnel for the calculation of full-sized airplanes, or if it exists, a law of similitude relating air forces on a full-sized plane to those on a reduced scale model.
Date: April 1922
Creator: Robert
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Recent Progress in the Theory of Air Flow as Applied to Aeronautics

Description: In summing up it may be said that the hydrodynamic theories are best confirmed by experimental results for bodies with small resistance or drag and can accordingly be used in place of experimental tests.
Date: January 1922
Creator: Prandtl, L.
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Vibrations of Aviation Engines

Description: Different causes of airplane engine vibration are given as well as devices to measure vibration.
Date: January 1922
Creator: Lagarde, C. Martinot
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Aerial navigation : on the problem of guiding aircraft in a fog or by night when there is no visibility

Description: Report discussing the use of magnetic fields and wire to navigate aircraft in conditions of poor visibility is presented. This field may be considered to be derived from a double lemniscate, considered in the particular case where the origin is a double point formed from the magnetic field of the slack wire, from the field produced by the return currents and from the field due to the currents induced in the conducting mass. These fields are dephased in two ways, one in the direction of the wire… more
Date: January 1922
Creator: Loth, William
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The Aerodynamical Laboratory of the Vienna Technical High School

Description: Report presenting a description of the aerodynamics laboratory of the Vienna Technical High School. The main focus of this report is detailing some of the accomplishments that the laboratory has made.
Date: February 1922
Creator: Katzmayr, R. & Kirste, L.
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Marking Airdromes

Description: Necessity of adopting for all aviation fields, civil or military, a single system of markers for giving the direction for starting and landing (with an automatic indicator of the direction of the wind) and of indicating the good part of the field.
Date: February 1922
Creator: James, P.
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Deterioration of Airplane Fabrics

Description: The observation that airplane fabrics, after long use, lose their original strength, caused the German Experimental Institute for Aviation to carry out a series of experiments on the effect of weathering on the cloth covering of airplane wings and fuselages.
Date: February 1922
Creator: Wendt, F.
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Aerial Transportation

Description: Report discussing the origin of air traffic dates from the war. The important development of aeronautic industries and the progress made in recent years, under the impelling force of circumstances, rendered it possible, after the close of hostilities, to consider the practical utilization of this new means of economic expansion.
Date: February 1922
Creator: Pierrot
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The Efficiency of a Wind Tunnel

Description: If, by some means, a steady state of motion of a perfect fluid were established in an ideal wind tunnel, there would be no losses, and the motion would persist indefinitely. In the actual tunnel, the function of the motor-fan group is overcome by the total loss of head in the tube due to friction and eddies.
Date: February 1922
Creator: Miller, William H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Theory of the Screw Propeller

Description: Given here is a brief review of the fundamental principles of the propeller slip-stream theory and its further development through later researches, which demonstrate the connection between the propeller slip-stream theory and Frounde's so-called 'propeller blade theory.' The propeller slip-stream theory, especially in its improved form, now gives us the basis for determining the mutual influence of the parts of the blade, so that, in calculating the shape of the blade, we can get along with ce… more
Date: February 1922
Creator: Betz, A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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