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Effect of Air-Entry Angle on Performance of a 2-Stroke-Cycle Compression-Ignition Engine

Description: "An investigation was made to determine the effect of variations in the horizontal and vertical air-entry angles on the performance characteristics of a single-cylinder 2-stroke-cycle compression-ignition test engine. Performance data were obtained over a wide range of engine speed, scavenging pressure, fuel quantity, and injection advance angle with the optimum guide vanes. Friction and blower-power curves are included for calculating the indicated and net performances" (p. 1).
Date: August 1937
Creator: Earle, Sherod L. & Dutee, Francis J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Pressure Distribution Over a Clark Y-H Airfoil Section With a Split Flap

Description: "An investigation was made in the N.A.C.A. 7 by 10 foot wind tunnel of the distribution of air pressure over one chord section of a Clark Y-H airfoil with a split flap. The results obtained are given in the form of diagrams showing the chordwise distribution of pressure on both airfoil and flap as plots of calculated aerodynamic coefficients for both airfoil and flap" (p. 1).
Date: December 1937
Creator: Wenzinger, Carl J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Plastics as structural materials for aircraft

Description: The purpose here is to consider the mechanical characteristics of reinforced phenol-formaldehyde resin as related to its use as structural material for aircraft. Data and graphs that have appeared in the literature are reproduced to illustrate the comparative behavior of plastics and materials commonly used in aircraft construction. Materials are characterized as to density, static strength, modulus of elasticity, resistance to long-time loading, strength under repeated impact, energy absorptio… more
Date: December 1937
Creator: Kline, G. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Sound Pressure-Level Meter Without Amplification

Description: "The N.A.C.A. has developed a simple pressure-level meter for the measurement of sound-pressure levels above 70 db. The instrument employs a carbon microphone but has no amplification. The source of power is five flashlight batteries. Measurements may be made up to the threshold of feeling with an accuracy of plus or minus 2 db; band analysis of complex spectra may be made if desired" (p. 1).
Date: December 1937
Creator: Stowell, E. Z.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Free spinning wind-tunnel tests of a low-wing monoplane with systematic wings and tails 2: Mass distributed along the fuselage

Description: Report presenting a study of eight wings and three tails covering a wide range of aerodynamic characteristics in 24 wing-tail combinations. Observations were made of the steady spin for four control settings and of recoveries for five control manipulations. The effect of wing shape, tail arrangement, control settings, relationships between spin characteristics, and comparison with results for basic loading are provided.
Date: December 1937
Creator: Seidman, Oscar & Neihouse, A. I.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Static Thrust Analysis of the Lifting Airscrew

Description: "This report presents the results of a combined theoretical and experimental investigation conducted at the Georgia School of Technology on the static thrust of the lifting air screw of the type used in modern autogiros and helicopters. The theoretical part of this study is based on Glauert's analysis but certain modifications are made that further clarify and simplify the problem. Of these changes the elimination of the solidity as an independent parameter is the most important" (p. 1).
Date: December 1937
Creator: Knight, Montgomery & Hefner, Ralph A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Full-scale wind-tunnel and flight test of a Fairchild 22 airplane equipped with a Zap flap and Zap ailerons

Description: "A wing equipped with a Zap flap and Zap ailerons was tested on a Fairchild 22 airplane in the full-scale wind tunnel and in flight to determine the effect of the flaps and ailerons on the performance and the control characteristics of the airplane. The flaps were 0.30 of the wing chord and 0.83 of the wing span. Two sets of ailerons having equal areas but different proportions were tested, one set being 0.56 of the semispan and 0.18 of the chord and the other set being 0.46 of the semispan and… more
Date: March 1937
Creator: Dearborn, C. H. & Soulé, H. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Notes on the calculation of the minimum horizontal tail surface for airplanes equipped with wing flaps

Description: A method of calculating the horizontal tail area for an airplane equipped with flaps is presented. The general problem of tail design, the effects of flaps on the factors involved, and the manner in which the flaps change the requirements upon which the minimum horizontal tail area is based are discussed.
Date: April 1937
Creator: Soulé, Hartley A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Design of Airplane-Engine Superchargers

Description: Report presenting an investigation of the design of airplane engine superchargers, as they are successful for high-altitude flying.
Date: October 1937
Creator: von der Nüll, W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Wing-Fuselage Interference - Comparison of Conventional and Airfoil-Type-Fuselage Combinations

Description: Report presenting tests of wing-fuselage combinations employing an airfoil-type fuselage in the variable-density wind tunnel as part of a wing-fuselage program. The models were designed to simulate an existing moderate-size transport airplane of that type. Results regarding some general comparisons, lift distribution and induced drag, and drag in high-speed flight are provided.
Date: March 1937
Creator: Jacobs, Eastman N. & Sherman, Albert
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Tapered Wings, Tip Stalling, and Preliminary Results From Tests of the Stall-Control Flap

Description: Report presenting a consideration of the general problem of stalling as affecting the safety of airplanes. The increased difficulties associated with modern efficient wings, particularly highly tapered wings and high-life devices, are discussed and means are considered for avoiding these difficulties.
Date: November 1937
Creator: Jacobs, Eastman N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Kodiak and Vicinity Alaska

Description: From abstract: Kodiak Island, although the site of the earliest white settlement in Alaska and the center of a vigorous fishing industry, is still largely unexplored, except for a strip immediately adjacent to the shores. The heavy growth of vegetation makes access to the interior of the island difficult, and few trails penetrate far from the coast. Mining activity in the past has been confined to somewhat desultory exploitation of beach sands, which in places carry gold, though some gold-beari… more
Date: 1937
Creator: Capps, Stephen R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Kaiyuh Hills, Alaska

Description: From introduction: The present report states the results of an exploratory survey of the Kaiyuh Hills during the summer of 1934.
Date: 1937
Creator: Mertie, John Beaver, Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Geology and Ore Deposits of the Bayhorse Region, Custer County, Idaho

Description: From abstract: This report describes the geology and mineral resources of the Bayhorse quadrangle, much of the Custer quadrangle, and the area surrounding Round Valley, all in Custer County, and a small part of the Sawtooth quadrangle in Blaine and Custer Counties, Idaho.
Date: 1937
Creator: Ross, Clyde P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Geology and Mineral Resources of the Baker Quadrangle, Oregon

Description: From abstract: This report presents the results of a rather complete reconnaissance of the Baker quadrangle, Oregon, carried out during brief studies of some mining districts in and near the area.
Date: 1937
Creator: Gilluly, James
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mineral Industry of Alaska in 1935

Description: From introduction: The record of the Alaska mineral industry for 1935, here presented, is supplemented by records for earlier years, because in that way certain trends may be recognized which are not only of historical significance but are also useful in suggesting the course that the industry is likely to take in the future. This is a continuing service that has been rendered by the Geological Survey from almost the earliest years of active mining in Alaska, and the present report is the thirt… more
Date: 1937
Creator: Smith, Philip S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Kodiak and Adjacent Islands, Alaska

Description: From abstract: The Kodiak group of islands, having an area of 4,900 square miles, lie on the Pacific Ocean side of the base of the Alaska Peninsula. Although the town of Kodiak is the oldest continuously occupied white settlement in Alaska, the interior of many of the islands is still little explored and unmapped, for the heavy growth of vegetation makes inland travel difficult, and few trails penetrate far from the coast.
Date: 1937
Creator: Capps, Stephen Reid
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Eska Creek Coal Deposits Matanuska Valley, Alaska

Description: The coal deposits in the vicinity of Eska Creek, a small tributary from the north to the Matanuska River, are a part of the Matanuska coal field. One of the two commercial coal-producing districts in Alaska, this field is in the southcentral part of the Territory, at the head of Cook Inlet. It is 170 miles from Seward, the ocean terminus of the Government-owned and -operated Alaska Railroad, and is served by a branch line of that railroad.
Date: 1937
Creator: Tuck, Ralph
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Geology and Mineral Resources of the Western Part of the Arkansas Coal Field

Description: From introduction: This report describes the mineral resources of the western part of the Arkansas coal field and considers the features of geologic structure and stratigraphy that are essential to an understanding of the nature of occurrence of the mineral resources. The area is an irregular-shaped tract of about 1,100 square miles in Scott, Sebastian, Crawford, Franklin, and Logan Counties, in west-central Arkansas.
Date: 1937
Creator: Hendricks, T. A. & Parks, Bryan
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Geology and Mineral Resources of North-Central Chouteau, Western Hill, and Eastern Liberty Counties, Montana

Description: From abstract: This report describes a rectangular area of about 2,600 square miles in Chouteau, Hill, and Liberty Counties, Mont., adjacent to the international boundary. The area is a portion of the Missouri Plateau, a section of the Great Plains province, and lies between the Highwood Mountains, Bearpaw Mountains, and Sweetgrass Hills, of north-central Montana. The southern part of the area is drained by the Missouri River and its tributary Marias River, but the northern part is drained by t… more
Date: 1937
Creator: Pierce, William Gamewell & Hunt, Charles B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Geology and Fuel Resources of the Southern Part of the Oklahoma Coal Field: Part 1. The McAlester District, Pittsburg, Atoka, and Latimer Counties

Description: From abstract: The McAlester district is an area of about 477 square miles in Pittsburg, Atoka, and Latimer Counties, Okla. It lies entirely within the Arkansas Valley geomorphic province except for the extreme northwest corner, which is crossed by the easternmost cuesta of the Osage Plains province.
Date: 1937
Creator: Hendricks, Thomas Andrews
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Geology and Fuel Resources of the Southern Part of the Oklahoma Coal Field: Part 2. The Lehigh District Coal, Atoka, and Pittsburg Counties

Description: From abstract: The rocks exposed in the Lehigh district, in the Arkansas-Oklahoma coal basin, aggregate at least 5,000 feet in thickness. All are of Pennsylvanian age, except scattered thin Pleistocene (?) and Recent deposits. Rocks of Pottsville age crop out extensively in the southwestern part of the district and include the Springer formation, Wapanucka limestone, and Atoka formation. The Pottsville rocks are overlain in the northeastern part by formations of Allegheny age, including the Har… more
Date: 1937
Creator: Knechtel, Maxwell M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Geology of the Marathon Region, Texas

Description: From abstract: This report describes the geology of the Marathon region, in trans-Pecos Texas. The Marathon region lies on the edge of the Mexican Highlands province, where that province merges into the Great Plains on the east. Structurally, the region is a broad dome of Cretaceous rocks, from whose central part the Cretaceous cover has been stripped away, leaving an area of low country in the center, the Marathon Basin. Here strongly folded Palcozoic rocks are exposed. The Monument Spring and… more
Date: 1937
Creator: King, Philip Burke
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Occurrence, Properties, and Preparation of Limestone and Chalk for Whiting

Description: From Introduction: "To encourage the domestic industry, the Bureau of Mines in 1931 undertook a study of the preparation of whiting from American raw materials and a comparison of the finished products with European whitings."
Date: 1937
Creator: Wilson, Hewitt & Skinner, Kenneth G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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