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Beta-Counting Methods Applied to the Determination of Uranium in Low-Grade Ores

Description: The following report covers investigations on the application of the beta counter as an analytical tool for use in experiments on the extraction and concentration of uranium from low-grade (.005-.02 % uranium) shale and phosphate rock ores.
Date: July 1947
Creator: Doig, J. R.; Igelsrud, Iver; Nelson, H. R. & Schwartz, C. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Survey of Los Alamos and Pueblo Canyon for Radioactive Contamination and Radio Assay Tests Run on Sewer-Water Samples and Water and Soil Samples Taken From Los Alamos and Pueblo Canyons

Description: "Report of the Survey of Los Alamos and Pueblo Canyon for radioactive contamination and radioassay tests run on sewer water samples and water and soil samples taken from Los Alamos and Pueblo Canyons." The objective of this report was to determine the extent and sources of radioactive contamination in the areas studied.
Date: February 20, 1947
Creator: Kingsley, William H.; Fox, Alvin; Tribby, J. F. & Doner, Elmer
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Calculation of end points in potentiometric analyses

Description: From introduction: "It is the purpose of this report to give two further methods of determining end point of pontentiometric titration, neither of which require the plotting of a graph."
Date: October 6, 1947
Creator: Bennett, Carl A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Preliminary Report on Existing Active Particle Hazard-200 Areas

Description: "Recent surveys by the Health Instrument Section have disclosed the presence of many small radioactive spots on ground surfaces in the T and B plant areas. Investigation has shown that representative samples of the spots when mechanically separated invariably end in a single radioactive particle."
Date: October 22, 1947
Creator: Mickelson, M. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Freezing Point Data for UNH-H₂O-HNO₃ Systems

Description: The following report follows a series of experiments on the freezing points of 25 UN-H2O-HNO3 solutions.
Date: December 17, 1947
Creator: Harmon, M. K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Investigations on Reductions of Friction on Wings, in Particular by Means of Boundary Layer Suction

Description: Memorandum presenting investigation on reductions of friction on wings, especially by means of boundary-layer suction. The report is broken up into several sections, including: causes of transition, laminar profiles with the transition taking place, laminar boundary-layer suction, investigation of the laminar pressure increase, investigation of the slot flow for laminar boundary-layer suction with single slots, tests about keeping a boundary layer for high Reynolds laminar with the aid of bound… more
Date: August 1947
Creator: Pfenninger, Werner
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A flight investigation to increase the safety of a light airplane

Description: Report presenting information about a series of modifications incorporated into light airplanes to increase safety, including decreasing the wing incidence, increasing the wing washout, increasing the area and aspect ratio of the horizontal and vertical tails, moving the elevators out of propeller slipstreams, depressing the thrust axis, and limiting the rudder travel. The new inherent safety characteristics and effects on the airplane's performance are provided.
Date: March 1947
Creator: Hunter, P. A. & Vensel, J. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Effect of Centrifugal Force on the Elastic Curve of a Vibrating Cantilever Beam

Description: Report presenting the results of a study to determine the effect of rotation on the dynamic-stress distribution in vibrating cantilever beams. Both theoretical and experimental results are obtained by means of stroboscopic photographs and strain gauges. Both types of results indicated that the introduction of centrifugal force had no effect on the maximum dynamic-stress locations in a vibrating cantilever beam fixed at the center of rotation within the investigated speed range.
Date: February 1947
Creator: Simpkinson, Scott H.; Eatherton, Laurel J. & Millenson, Morton B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Boundary-Induced Upwash for Yawed and Swept-Back Wings in Closed Circular Wind Tunnels

Description: Report presenting a determination of the tunnel-induced velocities for yawed and swept-back airfoils in a closed circular wind tunnel. Calculations were performed for elemental horseshoe vortices with one tip of the bound vortex on the tunnel axis for a range of yaw angles and bound-vortex lengths.
Date: May 1947
Creator: Eisenstadt, Bertram J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Data on Optimum Length, Shear Strength, and Tensile Strength of Age-Hardened 17S-T Machine-Countersunk Rivets in 75S-T Sheet

Description: Report presenting a series of tensile-strength and shear-strength tests made on age-hardened 17S-T rivets machine-countersunk in 75S-T sheets. The results of the tests indicated that the joints can be made satisfactorily with regard to both flushness and strength if the ratio of buck to diameter is kept to a certain value.
Date: March 1947
Creator: Schuette, Evan H. & Niles, Donald E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Flight Measurements of Helicopter Blade Motion With a Comparison Between Theoretical and Experimental Results

Description: Note presenting photographic records of the behavior of a blade in flight as obtained with a conventional single-rotor helicopter. The results of the measurements of flapping motion, in-plane motion, and blade distortions are presented for selected conditions of flight at tip-speed ratios ranging from 0.12 to 0.25. Plots of blade twisting and blade bending in the plane of flapping are presented for a sample case.
Date: April 1947
Creator: Myers, Garry C., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The streamline pattern in the vicinity of an oblique airfoil

Description: "A method for determining the streamwise flow pattern of a nonviscous incompressible fluid about an oblique airfoil from the corresponding flow pattern about the airfoil in normal position is presented and illustrated in two examples. The method can be extended to account approximately for compressibility effects by applying the Prandtl-Glauert correction factor to the flow pattern that is normal to the leading edge of the airfoil. The method is expected to be useful in determining the shape of… more
Date: March 1947
Creator: Watkins, Charles E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Flight Tests of a Helicopter in Autorotation, Including a Comparison With Theory

Description: Note presenting the results of glide performance tests conducted on a test helicopter with its original production blades in the autorotation condition. The data was reduced to coefficient form, and performance at standard sea-level conditions were calculated.
Date: April 1947
Creator: Gessow, Alfred & Myers, Garry C., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experimental and calculated characteristics of several NACA 44-series wings with aspect ratios of 8, 10, and 12 and taper ratios of 2.5 and 3.5

Description: The aerodynamic characteristics of seven unswept tapered wings were determined by calculation from two-dimensional data and by wind-tunnel tests in order to demonstrate the accuracy of the calculations and to show some of the effects of aspect ratio, taper ratio, and root thickness-chord ratio. The characteristics were calculated by the usual application of the lifting-line theory which assumes linear section lift curves and also by an application of the theory which allows the use of nonlinear… more
Date: May 1947
Creator: Neely, Robert H.; Bollech, Thomas V.; Westrick, Gertrude C. & Graham, Robert R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Investigation of Effects of Surface Temperature and Single Roughness Elements on Boundary-Layer Transition

Description: Note presenting an investigation of the laminar boundary layer and the position of the transition point on a heated flat plate. The Reynolds number of transition was found to decrease as the temperature of the plate is increased. Results regarding the effect of surface temperature, effect of roughness elements, mean-velocity profile near a heated wall, instability of inflection-point profiles, and laminar separation and transition are provided.
Date: April 1947
Creator: Liepmann, Hans W. & Fila, Gertrude H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Column and Plate Compressive Strengths of Aircraft Structural Materials: Extruded 0-1HTA Magnesium Alloy

Description: Column and plate compressive strengths of extruded 0-1HTA magnesium alloy were determined both within and beyond the elastic range from tests of flat end H-section columns and from local instability tests of H-, Z-, and channel section columns. These tests are part of an extensive research investigation to provide data on the structural strength of various aircraft materials. The results are presented in the form of curves and charts that are suitable for use in the design and analysis of aircr… more
Date: January 1947
Creator: Heimerl, George J. & Niles, Donald E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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An investigation of the aerodynamic characteristics of a rotating axial-flow blade grid

Description: Report presenting the results of an experimental investigation of the aerodynamic characteristics of a rotating axial-flow blade grid with pressure-increasing effect. Several techniques of measurement were used, including pressure distribution measurements, pitot tubes, and hot wire wake surveys. Results regarding the lift and pressure drag of the blade sections, aerodynamic characteristics of the blade sections, profile drag, and static pressure are provided.
Date: February 1947
Creator: Weske, John R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Investigation of the Aileron and tab of a spring-tab lateral-control system in the Langley 19-foot pressure tunnel

Description: Report presenting tests of a partial-span model of a large bomber-type airplane, which were conducted to provide data on the aerodynamic characteristics of the aileron-tab arrangement and of the wing. Testing occurred to determine the rolling-moment, yawing-moment, and hinge-moment characteristics of the aileron and tab and the effect of midchord wing slots on the characteristics of the wing and aileron and tab. Results regarding the aerodynamic and stalling characteristics of the wing and aero… more
Date: September 1947
Creator: Deters, Owen J. & Russell, Robert T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Notes and Tables for Use in the Analysis of Supersonic Flow

Description: Paper presenting a compilation of formulas, tables, and curves that have been found to be useful in the analysis of supersonic wind-tunnel data.
Date: December 1947
Creator: The Staff of the Ames 1- by 3-foot Supersonic Wind-Tunnel Section
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Foaming Volume and Foam Stability

Description: "A method of measuring foaming volume is described and investigated to establish the critical factors in its operation. Data on foaming volumes and foam stabilities are given for a series of hydrocarbons and for a range of concentrations of aqueous ethylene-glycol solutions. It is shown that the amount of foam formed depends on the machinery of its production as well as on properties of the liquid, whereas the stability of the foam produced, within specified mechanical limitations, is primarily… more
Date: February 1947
Creator: Ross, Sydney
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Flight Measurements of the Lateral Control Characteristics of Narrow-Chord Ailerons on the Trailing Edge of a Full-Span Slotted Flap

Description: Note presenting results of flight tests made to determine the effect of flap deflection on the lateral control characteristics of a modified Brewster F2A-2 airplane equipped with partial-span narrow-chord ailerons on the trailing edge of a full-span NACA slotted flap. The results indicated that the effectiveness of the ailerons was greatly reduced at flap deflections greater than about 20 degrees.
Date: February 1947
Creator: Sawyer, Richard H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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