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U.S. WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION BIBLIOGRAPHY OF A E R 0 N A U T I C S Part 27 - Aircraft Propellers Compiled from the INDEX OF AERONAUTICS of the INSTITUTE OF THE AERONAUTICAL SCIENCES 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York City The Index and Bibliographies have been prepared by workers under the supervision of the U.S. WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION Cecil A. Ross Senior Project Supervisor Project 465-97-S-S1 (Formerly 165-97-6055) 19 3 7 FOREWORD This bibliography is one of a series which aims to cover a large part of aeronautical literature. It is pub­ lished by the U. S. Works Progress Administration Project 465-97-3-21 (formerly 165-97-6055) under the sponsorship of the New York City Department of Docks with the cooperation of the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences. Request for Additions The Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences which is directing the U. S. Works Progress Administration staff of workers will appreciate receiving additional references, corrections and criticism, so that the bibliographies will be.more helpful when issued in final form. Request for Copies The bibliographies have been prepared with funds allotted by the U. S. Works Progress Administration. They may not be sold. Persons and organizations wishing to procure copies may apply for them by letter, stating the use for which they are needed. When it is possible to prepare additional copies such requests will receive first consideration. Robert R. Dexter Aeronautical Engineer Address all correspondence to: John R. Palmer Managing Project Supervisor U- S. Works Progress Administration 5111 R.C.A. Building New York City A.R.C. R. Sc M. - Great Britain. Aeronautical research committee. Reports and memoranda. A.S.M.E. - American society of mechanical engineers, New York. Atti Assoc. ital. aerotecn. - Atti dell'Associazione italiana di aerotécnica. Roma. C.I.N.A. - Commission internationale de navigation aérienne, Geneve. C. R. Acad. sei. - Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences, Paris. D.V.L. - Deutsche Versuchsanstalt für luftfahrt, Berlin. F.A.I. - Fédération aéronautique internationale, Paris. H.H. Stat. off, - His Majesty's Stationery office, London. N.A.A. - National aeronautic association, Washington. N.A.C.A. - National advisory committee for aeronautics, Washington. N.P.L. - National physical laboratory, Teddington, England. Pub. scient, tech. Min. de l'air. - Publications scienti­ fiques et techniques du Ministère de l'air. Service des recherches de l'aéronautique, Paris. R.A.F. - Royal air force (Great Britain) H.A.S. - Royal aeronautical society (Great Britain) Rend. Instituto sper. aer. - Rendiconto dell1Istituto sperimentale aeronáutico, Roma. S.A.E. - Society of automotive engineers. New York. U.S. Govt, print, off. - U.S. Government printing office, Washington. V.D.I. - Verein deutscher Ingenieure, Berlin, W.G.L. - Wissenschaftliche gesellschaft für luftfahrt, Berlin. Z.A.M.M. - Zeitschrift für angewandte mathematik und mechanik, Berlin. Z.F.M. - Zeitschrift für flugtechnik und motorluftschiffahrt, München. TABLE OF^CQNTEHTS Part I BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS ON AIRCRAFT PROPELLERS...1 Part II PERIODICAL ARTICLES, BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, ETC., ON AIRCRAFT PROPELLERS, CLASSIFIED BY SUBJECT. Acoustics 27 Adjustable 28 Airship 29 Automatic 31 Balancing 34 Blades 35 Braking 37 Calculation 37 Controllable 42 De-icing 53 Design 53 Efficiency 60 Free Wheeling 64 Geared 64 High Speed 65 Hubs 68 Interference 69 Maintenance 71 Manufacturing 72 Metal 77 Multi-bladed 82 Plastic 83 Pusher 84 Research and Theory 85 Slip-Stream 98 Slotted 101 Stresses 101 Tandem 105 Testing 106 Thrust 119 Vibration 122 Wooden 125 General 127 AUTHOR INDEX 151 PART I BOOKS AND PiJ^PBLETS ON AIRCRAFT PROPELLERS Design trends in french aircraft engines and propellers, by H. L, Brownback. S.A.E. preprint for meeting, Mar. 11-12, 1937, 10 p. illus. Experimental apparatus for study of propellers, by H. Panetti, Washington, 1937. 10 p. (N.A.C.A. Technical memorandums no. 819) Source of propeller noise, by W. Ernsthausen. Washington, 1937. 10 p. (N.A.C.A. Technical memorandums no. 825) Theories and graphical solutions in designing screw propellers, by 0. Miyagi. Sendai, Japan, Tohoku imperial university, 1937. 12 p. (Technology reports no. 2) Analysis of the three lowest bending frequencies of a rotating propeller, by Fritz Liebers. Washington, 1936, 16 p. diagrs- (N.A.C.A. Technical memorandums no. 733) From Luftfahrtforschung, Aug, 31, 1935) On the relation between the performance and the loudness of sound of an airscrew, by S, Kawada, Y. Obata and U, Yosida, Tokyo, Tokyo imperial university, 1936, 25 p. diagrs., illus. (Aeronautical research institae report no 141) The Resonance method of determination of the natural fre­ quency of airscrew baides, by P. Riz Moscow, Central aero-hydrod^namical institute, 1936. (Report no. 242) Tables for use in an improved method of airscrew strip theory calculation, by C.N.H- Lock and D. Yeatman. London, H. M- Stationery off,, 1936, (A.R,C. R. & M, no. 1694) Tests of a wing-nacelle propeller combination at several pitch settings up to 42°, by Ray Windier. Washington, U.S. Govt, print., off., 8 p, (N.A.C.A. Reports no. 564) Cycloidal propulsion in air. Part I. Cycloidal propulsion theory. Part li. Cycloidal propeller development at the University of Washington, by Frederick Kurt Kirsten* Seattle, University of Washington, 1935. 87 p. diagrs,, illus., tables. (Engineering experi­ ment station series, bulletin no. 79) 2 Handbook for the care and maintenance of the De Haviland controllable pitch airscrew- Hatfield, England, De Haviland aricraft company, 1935. Noise from propellers„ Measurements in free air, by E. Z. Stowell and A. F, Deming Washington, U, S. Govt, print, off., 1935» 9 p. bibliog., illus. (N.A.C.A. Report no. 526) Propeller vibrations and the effect of the centrifugal force, by Theodore Theodorsen. Washington, 1935. 13 p. illus. (N.A.C.A. Technical notes no. 516) Theory of the air screw, by N. Poliahoff. Moscow, Central aero-hydrodynamical institute, 1935. 32 p. illus. (Transactions no. 134) Airworthiness requirements for engines and propellers. Washington, U.S. Govt, print- off., 1934. illus., tables. (Aeronautics bulletin no. 7-G) Controllable pitch propeller investigation, by B. L. Minuchin. Moscow, Central aero-hydrodynamical institute, 1934. 41 p. illus. (Transactions no. 195) Investigation of airscrew series CDB-2, by I. Kouzmin. Moscow, Central aero-hydrodynamical institute, 1934. 16 p. diagrs. (Transactions no. 177) An Investigation of the work of an airscrew with pitch vari­ able in flight, by D. V, Chalezow Moscow, Central aero- hydrodynamical institute, 1934, 28 p. illus. Trans­ actions no. 174) A Method of calculating the performance of controllable propellers with sample computations, by Edwin Phelps Hartman. Washington, 1934. 24 p. (N.A.C.A. Technical notes no. 484) On the electrical method of measuring small vibrations, and its application to the measurement of vibrations of air­ screw blades, by Y. Obata, S. Morita and U. Yoshida. Tokyo, Tokyo imperial university, 1934. (Aeronautical research institute report no, 103) Propeller calculation. Strip theory, by N. H. Lock and D. Yeatman. London, H, M, Stat, off., 1934. 41 p. illus. (A.R.C. R. & M. no. 1674) Tables for use in an improved method of airscrew strip theory calculation, by C N.- H, Lock and D„ Yeatman. London, H. M. Stat, off., 1934. 41 p, illus. (A,R.C. R. & M. no. 1674) Tests of nacelle-propeller combinations in various positions with reference to wings. Part IV. Thick wing, various radial-engine cowlings, tandem propellers, by James G. McRugh. Washington, 13. S,. Govt, print, off., 41^. 3àtL%"ï'& • , i\\\xs *, tables , ^.k.CL, ^etiort no. bOb") Tests of nacelle-propeller combinations in various positions with reference to wings. Part V. Clark Y biplane cellule, N.A.C.A. cowled nacelle, tractor propeller, by Floyd Valentine. Washington, U. S. Govt, print- off., 1934. 15 p. diagrs., illus., tables. (N.A.C.A. Report no. 506) Tests of nacelle-propeller combinations in various positions with reference to wings. Part VI. Wings and nacelles with pusher propeller, by Donald H. Wood and Carlton Bioletti. Washington, U.S. Govt, print, off., 1934. 31 p. diagrs., illus. (N.A.C.A. Report no. 507) Working charts for the determination of propeller thrust at various air speeds, by Edwin Phelps Hartman. Washington, U.S. Govt, print, off,, 1934. 21 p. diagrs., illus., tables. (N.A.C.A. Report no. 481) The H.A.C.A. high-speed wind tunnel and tests of six propeller sections, by John Stack. Washington, U.S. Govt, print, off., 1933. 24 p. diagrs., tables. (N.A.C.A. Report no. 463. Negative thrust and torque characteristics of an adjustable- pitch metal propeller, by Edwin Phelps Hartman. Washing­ ton, ü. S. Govt, print- off., 1933. 13 p. diagrs., illus., tables. (N.A.C.A. Report no. 464) The Problem of the propeller in yav/ with special reference to airplane stability, by Franz Misztal. Washington, 1933. 33 p. diagrs., illus. (N.A.C.A. Technical memorandums no. 696) Tests of nacelle-propeller combinations in various positions with reference to wings, by Donald H. Wood. U.S. Govt, print-, 1933. 40 p. diagrs., illus., tables. (N.A.C.A. Report no. 462) Airscrew design by vortex theory, by G. I. Kouzmin. Moscow, Central aero-hydrodynamical institute, 1932. 63 p. diagrs. (Transactions no. 132) Determination of stresses and deformations of aircraft propel­ lers, by Friedrich Seewald. Washington, 1932. 24 p. diagrs,, illus. (N.A.C.A. Technical memorandums no. 670) Effect of profile shape and blade thickness on airscrew characteristic, by G. I. Kouzmin and D. V. Chalexow. Moscow, Central aero-hydrodynamical institute, 1932. 24 p. diagrs., illus., tables. (Transactions no. 129) The Effect of. propellers and nacelles on the landing speeds of tractor monoplanes, by Ray Windier.
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