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Airplanes -- Design and construction -- Research

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Subject Source: World Cat Fast Authority File
Scope Note: For basic aerodynamics work, use "Aerodynamics".

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Aerodynamics of the Airplane, 1941, 1941

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 041, Call No.: TL 570 .M46
Identifier: 20061171
Scope and Contents Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Series: Galcit Aeronautical SeriesScope (from Author's Preface): "The material in the volume has been presented in a form suitable for students whose knowledge of engineering or physics includes only a familiarity with the elements of mechanics, and whose mathematical experience extends only to the simplest fundamentals of...
Dates: Copyright: 1941; Publication: 1941
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)

Aeroelasticity, 1955, 1955

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 034, Call No.: TL 570 .B56
Identifier: 20061103
Scope and Contents Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Series: Addison-Wesley Series in MechanicsScope (from Preface): "The objective of the authors in writing Aeroelasticity has been to provide both a textbook for advanced engineering students and a reference book for practicing engineers. In selecting material for the book it was the authors' conviction that not only the practical...
Dates: Copyright: 1955; Publication: 1955
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)

Airplane Aerodynamics, 1951

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 040, Call No.: TL 570 .D58
Identifier: 20061110
Scope and Contents Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from Preface): "This book is designed with the fundamental purpose of creating an understanding of the "how" and "why" of modern aerodynamics. It is designed for students having a background in college physics, mathematics, calculus, mechanics, and dynamics. It is not a treatise on mathematical methods, nor a...
Dates: Publication: 1951
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)

"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 Low Drag Sailplane, Tiny Mite, Modification 1954" [Manuscript from the Aerophysics Department, Mississippi State College], 1954-08-12

 File — Box MC-019-002, Folder: 001.A.044
Identifier: 20060320
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Academic Research Paper Purpose: Scholarly reference Authority: Author Expertise

Scope & Contents: Looks at ways to modify sailplanes to reduce drag.

Dates: 1954-08-12
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

Wind Tunnel Testing, 1947, 1947

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 043, Call No.: TL 567 .W5 P7 1947
Identifier: 20061167
Scope and Contents Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from Preface): "The science of wind-tunnel testing has grown in the past two decades from secondary-almost academic importance to a vital position in aircraft development. During this time numerous papers on the development of the various components of the tunnel have appeared, as well as papers on corrections to be applied to...
Dates: Copyright: 1947; Publication: 1947
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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