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THE HIGH SPEED FRONTIER

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- Table of Contents-

 

 

 

FOREWORD.

 

 

I. INTRODUCTION.

 

II. THE HIGH-SPEED AIRFOIL PROGRAM: Background and Origins (1745-1927).

The Quest for Understanding (1928-1935).

Increasing the Critical Speed (1936-1944).

Supercritical and Transonic Aerodynamics ( 1945-1956).

Supercritical Airfoils (1957-1978).

 

III. TRANSONIC WIND TUNNEL DEVELOPMENT (1940-1950).

The Choking Problem.

The Repowered 8-Foot High-Speed Tunnel; Small Model Techniques.

Transonic Airfoil Facilities.

The Annular Transonic Tunnel.

Wing-Flow and Bump Methods.

The Body-Drop and Rocket-Model Techniques.

High-Speed Research Airplanes.

The Slotted Transonic Tunnel.

Comment on Management Methods.

 

IV. THE HIGH-SPEED PROPELLER PROGRAM.

The Emergency Propeller Program.

Full-Scale Propellers in the 16-Foot High-Speed Tunnel.

Propeller Blade Pressure Distributions at High Speeds.

One-Blade Propeller Tests.

Sweptback Propellers.

Transonic and Supersonic Propellers.

High-Speed Flight Tests of Propellers.

 

V. HIGH-SPEED COWLINGS, Am INLETS AND OUTLETS, AND INTERNAL-FLOW SYSTEMS.

High-Speed Cowlings.

High-Speed Air Inlets and Outlets.

Internal-Flow Systems-Effects of Heat and Compressibility.

The Ramjet Investigation.

 

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

 

REFERENCES.

 

APPENDIX: LIST OF TRANSONIC FACILITIES.

 

 

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