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Aerodynamics

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 94 Collections and/or Records:

"Stabilizer and Elevator Pressure Distribution" (Bulletin of the Experimental Department, Airplane Engineering Division, U.S.A, Vol. II, No. 3) [Photocopy], 1918-12

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.007
Identifier: 20140707
Scope and Contents Document Type: Technical Research Report Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference) Document Number: Bulletin of the Experimental Department, Airplane Engineering Division, U.S.A. [United States Army], Vol. II, No. 3 (dated December 1918). This section on pages 27 through 40.Scope: By the Experimental Department. Intended for limited, controlled distribution (see General note on publication data).Contents: article includes "Wind Tunnel Tests to Determine...
Dates: Publication: 1918-12
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series I: Aeronautical Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT & E) / Sub-series I.A: Aircraft RDT&E

"Stresses in Diving and Looping" (Bulletin of the Airplane Engineering Department, U.S.A, Vol. I, No. 1), 1918-06

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.001
Identifier: 20140701
Scope and Contents Document Type: Technical Research Report Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference) Document Number: Bulletin of the Airplane Engineering Department, U.S.A. [United States Army], Vol. I, No. 1 (dated June 1918. This article is on pages 89 through 103.Scope: Report by Aeronautical Research Department. Intended for limited, controlled distribution (see General note on publication data).Contents: article includes "Calculation of the forces on an airplane in...
Dates: Publication: 1918-06
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series I: Aeronautical Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT & E) / Sub-series I.A: Aircraft RDT&E

Sub-series I.A: Aircraft RDT&E

 Sub-Series
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Includes RDT&E for commercial, military and general aviation aircraft and aircraft engines (motors). Includes basic aerodynamic and aviation materials research.

Dates: 1911 - 2013
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series I: Aeronautical Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT & E)

"Summary of Section Data on Trailing-Edge High-Lift Devices (NACA Report No. 938), 1949

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.026
Identifier: 20060146
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report. Authority: Government Civil (authoritative reference). Document Number: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Report No. 938, published in 1949.

Scope: NACA research report by Jones F. Cahill.

Contents: See title.

Dates: Publication: 1949
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series I: Aeronautical Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT & E) / Sub-series I.A: Aircraft RDT&E

"Survey of Two-Dimensional Data on Pitching-Moment Changes Near Maximum Lift Caused by Deflection of High-Lift Devices" (NACA Research Memorandum L9J03), 1949-12-02

 Item — Box MC-019-002, Folder: 001.A.037
Identifier: 20060164
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report. Purpose: Authoritative reference Authority: Government Civil Document Number: NACA Research Memorandum L9J03, dated December 2, 1949. Declassified on December 14, 1953.

Scope: Preliminary classified NACA research report by Jerold M. Bidwell and Jones F. Cahill of Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, Langley Air Force Base, Va.

Contents: See title.

Dates: Publication: 1949-12-02
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series I: Aeronautical Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT & E) / Sub-series I.A: Aircraft RDT&E

"Take-Off Characteristics of the DH-4" (Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. V, No. 480), 1924-07-07, 1924-10-01

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.018
Identifier: 20141487
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference) Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. V, No. 480 (dated October 1, 1924), based on McCook Field Report Serial No. 2373 (dated July 7, 1924).

Scope: Report by Flying Section, Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio.

Contents: See title.

Dates: 1924-07-07; Publication: 1924-10-01
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series I: Aeronautical Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT & E) / Sub-series I.A: Aircraft RDT&E

"Tests of Related Forward-Camber Airfoils In The Variable-Density Wind Tunnel" [1939 reprint of report originally published November 1937] (NACA Report No. 610), 1937-11, 1939

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.024
Identifier: 20060318
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report Authority: Government Civil (authoritative reference) Document Number: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Report No. 610 [this is a 1939 reprint of the report originally published in November, 1937.

Scope: NACA research report by Eastman N. Jacobs, Robert M. Pinkerton and Harry Greenberg.

Contents: See title.

Dates: Publication: 1937-11; Issued: 1939
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series I: Aeronautical Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT & E) / Sub-series I.A: Aircraft RDT&E

"The Characteristics Of 78 Related Airfoil Sections From Tests in the Variable-Density Wind Tunnel" [1946 reprint of report originally published November 1933] (NACA Report No. 460), 1933-11, 1946

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.024
Identifier: 20060338
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report Authority: Government Civil (authoritative reference) Document Number: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Report No. 460 [this is a 1946 reprint of the report originally published in November, 1933.

Scope: NACA research report by Eastman N. Jacobs, Kenneth E. Ward and Robert M. Pinkerton..

Contents: See title.

Dates: Publication: 1933-11; Issued: 1946
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series I: Aeronautical Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT & E) / Sub-series I.A: Aircraft RDT&E

The Elements of Aerofoil and Airscrew Theory, 1926, 1943

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 045, Call No.: TL 574 .A4 G6 1943
Identifier: 20061120
Scope and Contents Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from Preface): "The aim of aerofoil theory is to explain and to predict the force experienced by an aerofoil, and a satisfactory theory has been developed in recent years for the lift force in the ordinary working range below the critical angle and for that part of the drag force which is independent of the viscosity of the air....
Dates: Copyright: 1926; Publication: 1943
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series I: Aeronautical Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT & E) / Sub-series I.E: Aeronautical RDT&E (Special Collection)

Theory of Flight, 1945, 1945

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 042, Call No.: TL 570 .V947 1945
Identifier: 20061118
Scope and Contents Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from Preface): "An actual demand does, however, seem to exist for a book at an intermediate level [on the mechanics of flight], say, on the borderline between the last year of college and the first year of graduate work. It is assumed that the reader of the present text knows the principles of calculus and has some training in general...
Dates: Copyright: 1945; Publication: 1945
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series I: Aeronautical Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT & E) / Sub-series I.E: Aeronautical RDT&E (Special Collection)

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