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An Optical Altitude Indicator for Night Landing

Description: One of the most ingenious of the devices intended for use in night landing, especially emergency landing, is a very simple optical instrument known as the Jenkins night altitude indicator. The design and operation of this instrument, which allows a pilot to determine the altitude of the aircraft, is discussed. The author discusses various modifications and improvements that might be made to the instrument.
Date: January 1923
Creator: Warner, John A. C.
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Downwash of Airplane Wings

Description: "The data for the calculation of the air forces acting on the elevators, obtained from previous model experiments are not immediately applicable in practice, as the angle at which the control surfaces meet the air stream is, in general, still unknown. The air stream, when it reaches the elevator has already been deflected by the wings and although the velocity imparted to the air current by the wings is of negligible amount compared with the speed of flight, the air behind the wings has been de… more
Date: January 1923
Creator: Munk, Max & Cario, Gunther
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Results of experimental flights at high altitudes with Daimler, Benz and Maybach engines to determine mixture formation and heat utilization of fuel

Description: The experimental flights described herein were made with the object of obtaining information regarding the following two questions, which as yet have not been sufficiently elucidated. These are: 1. What effect has altitude upon the formation of the mixture? 2. What alteration takes place, with increasing altitude, in the utilization of the heat contained in the fuel?.
Date: January 1923
Creator: Kutzbach, K.
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Notes on the N.A.C.A. Control Force Recorder

Description: Emphasized here is the desirability of using recording instruments in the investigation of the characteristics of airplanes with particular reference to the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) control force recorder. Given here are photographs, records, and a description of the instrument developed by NACA for investigations on different types of aircraft. Described here is an instrument for recording control forces.
Date: July 1923
Creator: Reid, H. J. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Absolute Dimensions of Karman Vortex Motion

Description: Note presenting an investigation of the Karman vortex street, which is a flow arrangement occurring behind a plate. The equations governing the flow and some of the hypotheses behind it are provided.
Date: January 1923
Creator: Heisenberg, Werner
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Tests on Riveted Joints in Sheet Duralumin

Description: In making tension tests, the slippage of the joints was noted at three points across each joint. In addition, stress strain curves were obtained for plain tension specimens, and a chemical analysis was made of the sheet.
Date: November 1923
Creator: Rettew, H. F. & Thumin, G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Disturbing Effect of Free Hydrogen on Fuel Combustion in Internal Combustion Engines

Description: "Experiments with fuel mixtures of varying composition, have recently been conducted by the Motor Vehicle and Airplane Engine Testing Laboratories of the Royal Technical High School in Berlin and at Fort Hahneberg, as well as at numerous private engine works. The behavior of hydrogen during combustion in engines and its harmful effect under certain conditions, on the combustion in the engine cylinder are of general interest. Some of the results of these experiments are given here, in order to e… more
Date: March 1923
Creator: Riedler, A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Standardization and Aerodynamics

Description: Report presenting suggestions for the standardization of the study of aerodynamics in laboratories in the United States and Europe. A report by each of the different scientists, all of whom are working in a variety of different labs and countries, is provided, and each discusses the progress made in their respective labs and their suggestions for standardization and progress in the field.
Date: March 1923
Creator: Knight, William; Prandtl, L.; von Karman; Costanzi, G.; Margoulis, W.; Verduzio, R. et al.
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The Nichols Wing Cutting Equipment

Description: Described here is wing cutting equipment for the economical production of metal wings for wind tunnel models. The machine will make any size of constant-section wing or strut up to one-sixth inch chord by 36-inch span and up to a thickness of one and one-quarter inches. It cuts a smooth, true model that is accurate to within two-thousandths of an inch on any ordinate. The holding jaws are so designed as to leave the model free of chip marks, and the only hand finishing necessary after the cutti… more
Date: December 1923
Creator: Ford, James B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Fittings and Other Structural Parts of Airplanes

Description: "The strength and reliability of airplanes depend greatly on the careful design and manufacture of fittings, couplings, and other highly stressed parts. The more important parts of the airplane must be occasionally tested for increased loads and in order to avoid the possibility of defects creeping in during subsequent production. Strength tests are discussed for fittings for wing spar joints, fittings for strut connections, internal bracing, control gear, and landing gear" (p. 1).
Date: October 1923
Creator: Eydam, P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Preliminary Study of the Damping Factor in Roll

Description: This paper constitutes a general theoretical discussion of the damping factor in roll, together with the results of wind tunnel tests on the continuous rolling of U.S.A. 30 airfoil.
Date: October 1923
Creator: Shoemaker, James M. & Lee, John G.
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The Arithmetic of Distribution in Multi-Cylinder Engines

Description: Note presenting a consideration of the effect on engine performance of a known inequality of distribution. A measure of perfect distribution is provided and some of the factors that influence the unequal distribution of power among cylinders.
Date: October 1923
Creator: Sparrow, Stanwood W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Graphic Method for Calculating the Speed and Climbing Ability of Airplanes

Description: Note presenting a graphic method for calculating the speed and climbing ability of airplanes. This method starts from the actual power developed by the engine and makes it possible to determine all factors which together constitute what are known as flight performances for any combination of engine and airplane from the single graphic diagram given.
Date: October 1923
Creator: Rohrbach, Adolf & Lupberger, Edwin
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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General Theory of Windmills

Description: In this paper the application of the slip curve method to the design and analysis of windmills is discussed and illustrated by example.
Date: October 1923
Creator: Munk, Max M.
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Influences in the Selection of a Cycle for Small High Speed Engines Running on Solid or Airless Injection With Compression Ignition

Description: Note presenting an investigation undertaken to answer the question of what cycle of heat phases should be selected for small high speed engines running on solid or airless injection with compression ignition, and what the relative proportions of the heat phases should be.
Date: July 1923
Creator: Matthews, Robertson
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Is There Any Available Source of Heat Energy Lighter Than Gasoline?

Description: Note presenting an investigation to determine if lighter sources of heat energy than gasoline exist. Various explosives are considered in terms of their calorific values.
Date: April 1923
Creator: Meyer, P.
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Experiments With Fabrics for Covering Airplane Wings

Description: Note presenting a study of the strength and deformation of the fabric used to cover airplane wings, both undoped and doped. The doping of the fabric with Cellon seems to have a predominant influence on the results according to the nature and number of the coats.
Date: April 1923
Creator: Pröll, A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Determination of the Value of Wood for Structural Purposes

Description: Note presenting an investigation of the value of wood for structural parts subject to stress. An exploration of several different types of wood is provided, including the coefficeint of elongation in bending, tensile strength, compression strength, and energy required for fracture is provided.
Date: April 1923
Creator: Baumann, Richard
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Influence of Ribs on Strength of Spars

Description: Note presenting an investigation to determine what effect joints connected with brackets, nails, and glue has on the strength of aircraft wing spars. Equations used to determine the results of loading tests are provided.
Date: May 1923
Creator: Ballenstedt, L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experiments With a Built-In or Fuselage Radiator

Description: "The experiments discussed here were performed to determine whether radiators having similar cooling properties offer less resistance when incorporated into the fuselage, than when the hitherto customary arrangement is employed, with the radiator in the free air current more or less independent of the fuselage. The experiments indicated that the quantity of air flowing through the radiator is greatest when the fuselage and the radiator are separate. However, separate radiators cause more air re… more
Date: May 1923
Creator: Wieselsberger, C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Adaptation of aeronautical engines to high altitude flying

Description: Report discussing Issues and techniques relative to the adaptation of aircraft engines to high altitude flight. Covered here are the limits of engine output, modifications and characteristics of high altitude engines, the influence of air density on the proportions of fuel mixtures, methods of varying the proportions of fuel mixtures, the automatic prevention of fuel waste, and the design and application of air pressure regulators to high altitude flying. Summary: 1. Limits of engine output. 2.… more
Date: May 1923
Creator: Kutzbach, K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Measuring an Airplane's True Speed in Flight Testing

Description: Note giving an overview of five distinct methods shown for timing an airplane over a given distance and measuring the wind velocity, which provides the true speed of the airplane.
Date: April 1923
Creator: Brown, W. G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Notes on the design of ailerons

Description: "Recent data have shown that certain forms or types of ailerons that are in extensive use are in reality quite inefficient and entirely unsuited for the high speeds now realized. The same data indicate that two forms (both shown here) are efficient and satisfactory in every way. The most important characteristics of ailerons are effectiveness under all flight conditions, small moments about the hinge, high efficiency (small yawing moment opposing turn), and simplicity in construction. Informati… more
Date: June 1923
Creator: Diehl, W. S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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