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  • 101
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    Electrical structure and ionizable constituent measurements (1978)
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    Description: In-situ stratospheric ions showed typical characteristics. A Krypton lamp created large numbers of additional ions of remarkably high mobility with a product of number density and ionization cross section of the ionizable constituent(s) greater than 10 cm to the 9th power per cm.
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    Type: NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center STRATCOM 8 Data Workshop and Suppl.; p 103-108
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    Electrical conductivity measurements from the STRATCOM 8 experiment (1978)
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    Description: A blunt probe experiment for measuring electrical conductivity was flown with the STRATCOM 8 instrument package. Data were obtained by the instrument throughout the entire measurement period. A preliminary analysis of the data indicates an enhancement in conductivity associated with the krypton discharge ionization lamp, particularly in negative conductivity. The conductivity values and their altitude dependence are consistent with previous balloon and rocket results.
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    Type: NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center STRATCOM 8 Data Workshop and Suppl.; p 96-102
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    Measurement of D-region electron density by partial reflections (1978)
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    Description: Measurements of electron density in the lower ionosphere were made at White Sands Missile Range throughout the STRATCOM VIII launch day using a partial-reflection sounder. Information regarding the sounder's antenna pattern was gained from the passage of the balloon over the array.
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    Type: NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center STRATCOM 8 Data Workshop and Suppl.; p 91-95
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    Measurements of radiative energy transfer within the atmosphere's first 40 km (1978)
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    Description: Measurements of solar shortwave irradiance and terrestrial infrared irradiance were made aboard the STRATCOM VIII-a balloon on 29 September 1977 for respective periods of 3-1/2 hours and 23 hours. In addition solar shortwave irradiance measurements were made on 29 and 30 September at ground level. The measurement objectives and results are described.
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    Type: NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center STRATCOM 8 Data Workshop and Suppl.; p 68-85
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    Measurement of the ozone profile in support of STRATCOM (1978)
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    Description: A rocket carrying an optical ozonesonde was launched at 1822 GMT on Sept. 29, 1977 in support of the STRATCOM 8 balloon. The integral ozone amount above the balloon ceiling altitude of 40 km was measured as .0117 atm-cm with an uncertainty less than + or - 7%. The ozone density at 40 km was 6.77 x 10 to the 17th power mol/cu m. Ozone densities in molecules/cu m at higher altitudes were 2.28 x 10 to the 17th power at 45 km, 6.72 x 10 to the 16th power at 50 km, 2.20 x 10 to the 16th power at 55 km, and 7.26 x 10 to the 15th power at 60 km. In addition, the ozone distribution was measured at lower altitudes from the tropopause at 17 km to 40 km.
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    Type: STRATCOM 8 Data Workshop and Suppl.; p 49-55
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    Ozone measurements (1978)
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    Description: The chemiluminescent ozonesonde to be flown with the STRATCOM balloon flight consisted of two main parts: (1) A constant-volume sampling pump made from TEFLON was used for the intake of the air sample. Sample was drawn at a rate of 200 millimeters per minute. (2) Ozone was detected by the chemiluminescent process (Rhodamine - B). Ozone molecules in the air sample flowed over the detector and the photons produced by the destruction of ozone molecules on the chemiluminescent material were monitored by the photomultiplier tube, the output signal from which was transmitted to the ground receiver.
    Keywords: GEOPHYSICS
    Type: NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center STRATCOM 8 Data Workshop and Suppl.; p 40-48
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    Air pressure measurement (1978)
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    Description: The pressure measurement was made by a Model 830J Rosemont sensor which utilized the principle of a changing pressure to change correspondingly the capacitance of the pressure sensitive element. The sensor's range was stated to be from zero to 100 Torr (14 km); however, the sensor was not activated until an altitude of 20 km (41 Torr) was reached during the balloon ascent. The resolution of the sensor was specified by the manufacturer as infinitesimal; however, associated electronic and pressure readout systems limit the resolution to .044 Torr. Thus in the vicinity of an altitude of 30 km the pressure resolution corresponded to an altitude resolution of approximately 33 meters.
    Keywords: GEOPHYSICS
    Type: NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center STRATCOM 8 Data Workshop and Suppl.; p 36-39
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    Summary of system state-of-health measurements STRATCOM 8: A balloon experiment (1978)
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    Description: Various measurements were made to determine the temperature and attitude of the gondola and the status of primary power and control equipment. Bead thermistors were used to measure temperatures at selected points throughout the gondola. A two-axis magnetometer and a two-axis pendulum were used to measure gondola attitude. Voltage and current measurements indicated the status of the primary power sources and associated power converters.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center STRATCOM 8 Data Workshop and Suppl.; p 24-31
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    Air temperature measurement (1978)
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    Description: A coupled pair of identical film-mounted spherical bead thermistors serve as air temperature sensors aboard both Balloons 8-a and 8-b. The 8-a payload was reeled downward approximately 200 m beneath the balloon. The thermistor mounts were arranged in such a way so that when solar radiation was incident in a direction which was perpendicular to one film, then the direction of the incident solar ray was parallel to the second film. As the payload rotated during the flight (its rotation rate relative to the earth's magnetic field was sensed by a magnetometer), the temperature of each sensor varied depending on the orientation of the film surfaces with respect to the sun.
    Keywords: GEOPHYSICS
    Type: NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center STRATCOM 8 Data Workshop and Suppl.; p 32-35
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    Stratospheric composition balloon, aircraft and rocket-borne experiments, 28-30 September 1977 (systems, instruments, trajectories, supporting measurements) (1978)
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    Description: The STRATCOM (STRATospheric COMposition) is a long term multipurpose program for integrated, correlated measurements of stratospheric parameters related to composition, thermodynamics, and radiative balance. Balloon 8-b, carrying a solar-pointing grating infrared spectrometer, two CO2 thermal emission radiometers and two in-situ air temperature sensors was launched at 1251 MST on 28 September 1977 to float at an altitude of 39 km from 1521 MST with the instruments making measurements at that altitude through the time of sunset at 1822 MST. Balloon 8-a lifted a payload consisting of four UV filter photometers, two UV spectrometers, two chemiluminescent ozonesondes, dasibi ozone monitor, 14 tube cryogenic sampler, two aluminum oxide H2O sensors, four air temperature sensors, atmospheric pressure sensor, infrared and visible pyranometers, downward-looking camera, blunt-kryton lamp-Gerdien condenser probe, three component anemometer, balloon apex-plate payload and three parachute-borne dropsondes.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center STRATCOM 8 Data Workshop and Suppl.; p 10-23
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    The sensitivity of a model of the ambient stratosphere to empirical inputs (1978)
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    Description: The usefulness of a general application of sensitivity studies to the modeling of the ambient stratosphere using the GSFC steady-state photochemistry model is examined. The comparison of theoretical model results with field measurements of trace species is used to assess the applicability of the model to the stratosphere, to help determine the eddy diffusion profile, and to validate mechanisms within the photochemistry of the model. Specific examples of each are discussed and the results of a comprehensive sensitivity study used to elucidate certain points about the comparison are analyzed.
    Keywords: GEOPHYSICS
    Type: WMO Geophys. Aspects and Consequences of Changes in the Composition of the Stratosphere; p 221-227
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    Interactions of simultaneous perturbations of stratospheric photochemistry (1978)
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    Description: The combined effects of two specific ozone perturbation mechanisms are examined. The need to look back to predictions of the near past as well as the future as a means of testing model results is emphasized. The two perturbations examined are that due to chlorofluoromethane (CFM) release and that due to the air pollutants CO and nitrogen oxide. A steady-state model is used to investigate the characteristics of the stratospheric-tropospheric photochemical system for differing levels of CO and nitrogen oxide fluxes at the ground and for simultaneously changing the stratospheric from CFM release. Two basic scenarios chosen to illustrate the competing effects of the two types of perturbation use the time-dependence for chlorine radical buildup calculated for constant continued release of CFM's.
    Keywords: GEOPHYSICS
    Type: WMO Geophys. Aspects and Consequences of Changes in the Composition of the Stratosphere; p 229-232
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    On the coupled nature of atmospheric phenomena (1978)
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    Description: The interactions that take place in the stratosphere and the troposphere which are important to the maintenance of the chemical, dynamic, and thermal state and of the middle atmosphere, and which may be important in the determination of the state of the lower atmosphere are reviewed. Examples of these interactions due to either natural or anthropogenic processes are discussed, and promising areas for future research are indicated. Specific topics include: (1) coupling between temperature and chemistry via temperature dependent rate constants; (2) the effect of latitudinal temperature variations on zonal winds; (3) the effect of clouds, surface albedo, and the lower atmosphere on stratospheric chemistry due to the scattering and reflection of solar radiation; (4) the effect of trace constituents on thermal structure and thermal balance; (5) the effect of the stratosphere on tropospheric climate; (6) the effect of solar UV variability on stratospheric chemistry and temperature; and (7) the effect of trace constituents on stratospheric dynamics.
    Keywords: GEOPHYSICS
    Type: WMO Geophys. Aspects and Consequences of Changes in the Composition of the Stratosphere; p 193-202
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    Seasonal variation of the vertical distribution of stratospheric ozone as observed with the Umkehr and BUV methods (1978)
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    Description: Month-to-month variations evidenced by ozone profiles inferred from the classical Umkehr observations and from the back-scattered ultraviolet (BUV) satellite observations made from the Nimbus 4 satellite are examined. Upper stratospheric ozone profiles derived from BUV and Umkehr data display similar seasonal variations of about the same phase and magnitude for the 38 km to 50 km region. Between 28 km and 38 km, the seasonal variations are less marked, but the same rough picture emerges for both data sets. If both data sets indicate an increasing (or decreasing) trend over a period of years, it is not possible to conclude that a trend exists unless separate means exists for monitoring stratospheric dust. Because of the stratosphere well above the Junge layer seems less likely to be affected by volcanic debris, BUV data should be superior to Umkehr data for monitoring trends in the 38 km to 50 km range, provided that the calibration problems of flying such a monitoring instrument in space can be overcome.
    Keywords: GEOPHYSICS
    Type: WMO Geophys. Aspects and Consequences of Changes in the Composition of the Stratosphere; p 161-167
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    Verification of Nimbus 4 BUV total ozone data and the requirements for operational satellite monitoring (1978)
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    Description: Data obtained from the backscattering ultraviolet instrument on Nimbus 4 are compared with standardized observations such as ground based Dobson and M83 measurements. Results of the comparison are discussed and their impact on planning for a satellite ozone monitoring program is assessed. It is suggested that the satellite data be used as a transfer standard whereby, if a discrepancy in an individual ground station is detected, that station instrument would be noted for recalibration.
    Keywords: GEOPHYSICS
    Type: WMO Geophys. Aspects and Consequences of Changes in the Composition of the Stratosphere; p 153-160
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    Variations in the upper stratosphere's ozone profile (1978)
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    Description: The ozone concentration profile was measured on five balloon flights using an instrument which employs the strong absorption in ultraviolet to measure ozone in situ. Altitudes up to 44 km were obtained. All the flights were made during the daytime except for one that was launched at 3 AM local time to obtain a nighttime profile and to observe sunrise effects. Although the measurements were obtained at different times of day and during different seasons, ozone concentrations in the upper stratosphere varied by only a few percent. Quadratic, least squares fits to the data between 34 km and 40 km for the four daytime flights, yield a mean concentration at 37 km of 1.02 x 10 to the 12th power molecules/cu cm with a 2 percent standard deviation. Measurements made through sunrise show a small increase in ozone at 37 km commencing shortly after the beginning of astronomical twilight. The concentration at 37 km returned to predawn levels about 2 1/2 hours later.
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    Type: WMO Geophys. Aspects and Consequences of Changes in the Composition of the Stratosphere; p 131-136
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    Stratospheric ozone measurement with an infrared heterodyne spectrometer (1978)
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    Description: A stratospheric ozone absorption line in the 10 micron band was measured and resolved completely, using an infrared heterodyne spectrometer with a spectral resolution of 5 MHz. The vertical concentration profile of stratospheric ozone was obtained through an analytical inversion of the measured spectra line profile. The absolute total column density was 0.32 plus or minus 0.02 cm-atm with a peak mixing ratio occurring at approximately 24 km. The (7,1,6) - (7,1,7) O3 line center frequency was found to be 1043.1772 plus or minus 0.00033 cm/1 or 420 plus or minus 10 MHz higher than the P(24) CO2 laser line frequency.
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    Type: WMO Geophys. Aspects and Consequences of Changes in the Composition of the Stratosphere; p 99-101
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    Rapid space/time variations in mesospheric ozone (1978)
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    Description: A 5 meter telescope was used to observe variations in the narrow emission line which is present in the nightime emission spectrum of ozone. The line was measured for several nights on two different transitions of the ozone molecule at 110.8 GHz and 142.2 GHz. Individual spectra with a time resolution of 5 minutes were taken. The narrow emission line showed considerable variation in intensity indicating that the ozone layer from which its arises has a rather detailed structure. Analysis of the line profile shows that the emission is coming from an ozone layer in the 55-75 km region of the mesosphere. This layer has a column density of 2 x 10 to the 16th power molecules/sq cm in a vertical path through the region.
    Keywords: GEOPHYSICS
    Type: WMO Geophys. Aspects and Consequences of Changes in the Composition of the Stratosphere; p 95-97
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    Decomposition of nitrous oxide and chloromethanes absorbed on particulate matter (1978)
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    Description: The effect of pressure on the heterogeneous thermal and pyrolytic decomposition of nitrous oxides adsorbed on sand was studied. Results indicate that N20 adsorbed on certain sand surfaces can be decomposed by photons which nitrous oxide cannot absorb in the gas phase. There is also a thermal heterogeneous decomposition of nitrous oxide which also produces nitrogen. The photolysis of CC14, CFC13, CF2C12 adsorbed on fused quartz and on different types of sand was also investigated. There was no thermal heterogeneous reaction with any of these chloromethanes. Apparently the larger bond energy of approximately 74 kcal for the C-C1 bond compared to approximately 40 kcal for the N-O bond in N2O makes the thermal reaction inoperative for the chloromethanes.
    Keywords: GEOPHYSICS
    Type: WMO Geophys. Aspects and Consequences of Changes in the Composition of the Stratosphere; p 31-35
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    Measurements of constituents of interest in the photochemistry of the ozone layer using infrared techniques (1978)
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    Description: Infrared solar spectra and infrared atmospheric emission spectra were obtained from the ground, from aircraft and from balloons. The initial detection of most stratospheric molecules was achieved by the solar spectral technique because better resolution helps remove interference from other molecules. Because the sun is an intense source of radiation, the resolution which can be obtained with good signal-to-noise, is greater than with atmospheric emission spectroscopy. Data are generally taken using a method that enhances the number of molecules in the optical path i.e. at large solar zenith angles for solar spectra and at low elevation angles for atmospheric emission spectra. The search for molecules which are predicted to be present but which, the detection of a molecule known to be present from other measurement techniques but observed for the first time in infrared solar spectra, and some further data on the variability of HNO3 are discussed.
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    Type: WMO Geophys. Aspects and Consequences of Changes in the Composition of the Stratosphere; p 61-68
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    Engine requirements for future general aviation aircraft (1978)
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    Description: The market place is examined for general aviation aircraft into the 1980's. The visible constraints that engine manufacturers must face regardless of the type of cycle are indicated.
    Keywords: AIRCRAFT PROPULSION AND POWER
    Type: NASA. Lewis Res. Center The Rotary Combust. Engine; p 175-186
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    Review of the Rhein-Flugzeugbau Wankel powered aircraft program (1978)
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    Description: The development of light aircraft with special emphasis on modern propulsion systems and production is discussed in terms of the application of rotary engines to aircraft. Emphasis is placed on the integrated ducted-fan propulsion system using rotary engines.
    Keywords: AIRCRAFT PROPULSION AND POWER
    Type: NASA. Lewis Res. Center The Rotary Combust. Engine; p 109-122
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    Update of development on the new Audi NSU rotary engine generation (1978)
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    Description: Rotary engines with a chamber volume of 750 cc as a two rotor automotive powerplant, called KKM 871 are described. This engine is compared to a 3 liter or 183 cubic inch, six-cylinder reciprocating engine. Emphasis is placed on exhaust emission control and fuel economy.
    Keywords: AIRCRAFT PROPULSION AND POWER
    Type: NASA. Lewis Res. Center The Rotary Combust. Engine 85-107 (SEE N79-15961 07-07)
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    Rotary engine developments at Curtiss-Wright over the past 20 years and review of general aviation engine potential (1978)
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    Description: The development of the rotary engine as a viable power plant capable of wide application is reviewed. Research results on the stratified charge engine with direct chamber injection are included. Emission control, reduced fuel consumption, and low noise level are among the factors discussed in terms of using the rotary engine in general aviation aircraft.
    Keywords: AIRCRAFT PROPULSION AND POWER
    Type: NASA. Lewis Res. Center The Rotary Combust. Engine; p 123-174
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    Development status of rotary engine at Toyo Kogyo (1978)
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    Description: Progress in the development of rotary engines which use a thermal reactor as the primary part of the exhaust emission control system is reviewed. Possibilities of further improvements in fuel economy of future rotary engines are indicated.
    Keywords: AIRCRAFT PROPULSION AND POWER
    Type: NASA. Lewis Res. Center The Rotary Combust. Engine; p 37-84
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    General aviation energy-conservation research programs (1978)
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    Description: A review is presented of nonturbine general aviation engine programs underway at the NASA-Lewis Research Center. The program encompasses conventional, lightweight diesel, and rotary engines. Its three major thrusts are: (1) reduced SFC's; (2) improved fuels tolerance; and (3) reducing emissions. Current and planned future programs in such areas as lean operation, improved fuel management, advanced cooling techniques, and advanced engine concepts, are described. These are expected to lay the technology base, by the mid to latter 1980's, for engines whose total fuel costs are as much as 30% lower than today's conventional engines.
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    Type: The Rotary Combust. Engine; p 13-35
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    Ring current electron trajectories associated with VLF emissions (1978)
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    Description: The reported investigation had the objective to explain features of the ring current electron enhancements which are associated with the simultaneously observed VLF emissions during geomagnetic storms and substorms. Two examples of the electron intensity enhancements observed by Explorer 45 are presented, and the calculations of the electron trajectories injected from the geomagnetic tail into the nightside of the plasmasphere are discussed. These calculations are performed by modifying the computer program developed by Ejiri (1978) to explain the so-called nose events of the ring current protons. The presented calculation demonstrates the soundness of the models of the convective electric field and the static magnetic field.
    Keywords: GEOPHYSICS
    Type: Journal of Geophysical Research; 83; Sept. 1
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    Stratospheric NO and HNO3 observations in the Northern Hemisphere for three seasons (1978)
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    Description: NO, HNO3, and O3 levels and air temperature were measured as a function of latitude in the 18 to 21 km region of the stratosphere, and the sum of odd nitrogen, equal to NO + NO2 + HNO3, was calculated and compared with model predictions. (NO2 values were inferred from photochemical equilibrium characteristics.) The data show that NO measurements generally exhibit good agreement with model predictions for low and midlatitudes but poor agreement at high latitudes. The experimental sum of odd nitrogen mixing ratios and model predictions agree within a factor of 2-1/2 or better at both 20 and 40 deg N, and show excellent agreement for latitudinal dependence.
    Keywords: GEOPHYSICS
    Type: Geophysical Research Letters; 5; June 197
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    Photochemical-radiative damping and instability in the stratosphere. II Numerical results (1978)
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    Description: In a paper by Strobel (1977), opacity effects on the joint photochemical-radiative relaxation in the stratosphere were evaluated by a linear perturbation analysis. Significant reductions in the photochemical acceleration of the thermal relaxation rate and the ozone photochemical relaxation rate were obtained in the upper stratosphere as a result of opacity changes. For very large vertical scale height ozone density perturbations, amplifying solutions were generated by large opacity changes in the O3 dissociation and heating rates. Such solutions could indicate that the stratosphere does not possess an equilibrium ozone concentration. In the present paper, some illustrative numerical calculations are presented to demonstrate the properties of the amplifying solutions. The results indicate that ungeophysically large disturbances are required and that they cease growth before attainment of geophysically interesting amplitudes, and decay to the unperturbed state.
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    Type: Geophysical Research Letters; 5; June 197
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    In-flight Compressible Turbulent Boundary Layer Measurements on a Hollow Cylinder at a Mach Number of 3.0 (1978)
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    Description: Skin temperatures, shearing forces, surface static pressures, and boundary layer pitot pressures and total temperatures were measured on a hollow cylinder 3.04 meters long and 0.437 meter in diameter mounted beneath the fuselage of the YF-12A airplane. The data were obtained at a nominal free stream Mach number of 3.0 and at wall-to-recovery temperature ratios of 0.66 to 0.91. The free stream Reynolds number had a minimal value of 4.2 million per meter. Heat transfer coefficients and skin friction coefficients were derived from skin temperature time histories and shear force measurements, respectively. Boundary layer velocity profiles were derived from pitot pressure measurements, and a Reynolds analogy factor of 1.11 was obtained from the measured heat transfer and skin friction data. The skin friction coefficients predicted by the theory of van Driest were in excellent agreement with the measurements. Theoretical heat transfer coefficients, in the form of Stanton numbers calculated by using a modified Reynolds analogy between skin friction and heat transfer, were compared with measured values. The measured velocity profiles were compared to Coles' incompressible law-of-the-wall profile.
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    Type: YF-12 Experiments Symp., Vol. 1; p 259-286
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    Boundary layer, skin friction, and boattail pressure measurements from the YF-12 airplane at Mach numbers up to 3 (1978)
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    Description: In-flight measurements of boundary layer and skin friction data were made on YF-12 airplanes for Mach numbers between 2.0 and 3.0. Boattail pressures were also obtained for Mach numbers between 0.7 and 3.0 with Reynolds numbers up to four hundred million. Boundary layer data measured along the lower fuselage centerline indicate local displacement and momentum thicknesses can be much larger than predicted. Skin friction coefficients measured at two of five lower fuselage stations were significantly less than predicted by flat plate theory. The presence of large differences between measured boattail pressure drag and values calculated by a potential flow solution indicates the presence of vortex effects on the upper boattail surface. At both subsonic and supersonic speeds, pressure drag on the longer of two boattail configurations was equal to or less than the pressure drag on the shorter configuration. At subsonic and transonic speeds, the difference in the drag coefficient was on the order of 0.0008 to 0.0010. In the supersonic cruise range, the difference in the drag coefficient was on the order of 0.002. Boattail drag coefficients are based on wing reference area.
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    Type: YF-12 Experiments Symp., Vol. 1; p 227-258
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    Flight-measured pressure characteristics of aft-facing steps in thick boundary layer flow for transonic and supersonic Mach numbers (1978)
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    Description: Aft-facing step base pressure flight data were obtained for three step heights for nominal transonic Mach numbers of 0.80, 0.90, and 0.95, and for supersonic Mach numbers of 2.2, 2.5, and 2.8 with a Reynolds number, based on the fuselage length ahead of the step, of about 10 to the 8th power. Surface static pressures were measured ahead of the step, behind the step, and on the step face (base), and a boundary layer rake was used to obtain boundary layer reference conditions. A comparison of the data from the present and previous experiments shows the same trend of increasing base pressure ratio (decreasing drag) with increasing values of momentum thickness to step height ratios. However, the absolute level of these data does not always agree at the supersonic Mach numbers. For momentum thickness to height ratios near 1.0, the differences in the base pressure ratios appear to be primarily a function of Reynolds number based on the momentum thickness. Thus, for Mach numbers above 2, the data analyzed show that the base pressure ratio decreases (drag increases) as Reynolds number based on momentum thickness increases for a given momentum thickness and step height.
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    Type: YF-12 Experiments Symp., Vol. 1; p 201-226
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    Wind tunnel evaluation of YF-12 inlet response to internal airflow disturbances with and without control (1978)
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    Description: The response of terminal-shock position and static pressures in the subsonic duct of a YF-12 aircraft flight-hardware inlet to perturbations in simulated engine corrected airflow were obtained with and without inlet control. Frequency response data, obtained with inlet controls inactive, indicated the general nature of the inherent inlet dynamics, assisted in the design of controls, and provided a baseline reference for responses with active controls. All the control laws were implemented by means of a digital computer that could be programmed to behave like the flight inlet's existing analog control. The experimental controls were designed using an analytical optimization technique. The capabilities of the controls were limited primarily by the actuation hardware. The experimental controls provided somewhat better attenuation of terminal shock excursions than did the YF-13 inlet control. Controls using both the forward and aft bypass systems also provided somewhat better attenuation than those using just the forward bypass. The main advantage of using both bypasses is in the greater control flexibility that is achieved.
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    Type: NASA. Dryden Flight Res. Center YF-12 Experiments Symp., Vol. 1; p 157-192
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    Pilot Workload Measurement and Experience on Supersonic Cruise Aircraft (1978)
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    Description: Aircraft parameters and physiological parameters most indicative of crew workload were investigated. Recommendations were used to form the basis for a continuing study in which variations of the interval between heart beats are used as a measure of nonphysical workload. Preliminary results are presented and current efforts in further defining this physiological measure are outlined.
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    Type: YF-12 Experiments Symp., Vol. 1; p 121-134
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    The YF-12 Gust Velocity Measuring System (1978)
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    Description: A true gust velocity measuring system designed to alleviate complications resulting from airframe flexibility and from the high-speed, high-temperature environment of supersonic cruise aircraft was evaluated on a YF-12 airplane. The system uses fixed vanes on which airflow direction changes produce differential pressure variations that are measured. Airframe motions, obtained by postflight integration of recorded angular rate and linear acceleration data, are removed from the flow angle data. An example of turbulence data obtained at high-altitude, supersonic flight conditions is presented and compared with previous high-altitude turbulence measurements obtained with subsonic aircraft and with turbulence criteria contained in both military and civil design specifications for supersonic cruise vehicles. Results of these comparisons indicate that the YF-12 turbulence sample is representative of turbulence present in the supersonic cruise environment.
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    Type: YF-12 Experiments Symp., Vol. 1; p 135-154
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    Flight experience with altitude hold and Mach hold autopilots on the YF-12 aircraft at Mach 3 (1978)
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    Description: The altitude hold mode of the YF-12A airplane was modified to include a high-pass-filtered pitch rate feedback along with optimized inner loop altitude rate proportional and integral gains. An autothrottle control system was also developed to control either Mach number or KEAS at the high-speed flight conditions. Flight tests indicate that, with the modified system, significant improvements are obtained in both altitude and speed control, and the combination of altitude and autothrottle hold modes provides the most stable aircraft platform thus far demonstrated at Mach 3 conditions.
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    Type: YF-12 Experiments Symp., Vol. 1; p 97-119
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    Flight-Measured Aerodynamic Loads on a 0.92 Aspect Ratio Lifting Surface (1978)
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    Description: Ventral fin loads, expressed as normal force coefficients, bending moment coefficients, and torque coefficients, were measured during flight tests of a YF-12A airplane. Because of the proximity of the ventral fin to the ailerons, the aerodynamic loads presented were the result of both sideslip loads and aileron crossflow loads. Aerodynamic data obtained from strain gage loads instrumentation and some flight pressure measurements are presented for several Mach numbers ranging from 0.70 to 2.00. Selected wind tunnel data and results of linear theoretical aerodynamic calculations are presented for comparison.
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    Type: YF-12 Experiments Symp., Vol. 1; p 73-91
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    Overview of the NASA YF-12 program (1978)
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    Description: The history of NASA's interest in supersonic research and the agency's contribution to the development of the YF 12 aircraft is reviewed as well as the program designed to use that aircraft as a test bed for supersonic cruise research. Topics cover elements of the program, project organization, and major accomplishments.
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    Type: YF-12 Experiments Symp., Vol. 1; p 3-25
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    Recent Load Calibrations Experience with the YF-12 Airplane (1978)
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    Description: The use of calibrated strain gages to measure wing loads on the YF-12A airplane is discussed as well as structural configurations relative to the thermal environment and resulting thermal stresses. A thermal calibration of the YF-12A is described to illustrate how contaminating thermal effects can be removed from loads equations. The relationship between ground load calibrations and flight measurements is examined for possible errors, and an analytical approach to accommodate such errors is presented.
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    Type: YF-12 Experiments Symp., Vol. 1; p 47-72
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    Wake vortex technology (1978)
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    Description: A brief overview of the highlights of NASA's wake vortex minimization program is presented. The significant results of this program are summarized as follows: (1) it is technically feasible to reduce significantly the rolling upset created on a trailing aircraft; (2) the basic principles or methods by which reduction in the vortex strength can be achieved have been identified; and (3) an analytical capability for investigating aircraft vortex wakes has been developed.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: CTOL Transport Technol., 1978; p 757-771
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    Aerial field guide (1978)
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    Description: There are two overflights planned for the field conference; one for the Cheney-Palouse tract of the eastern channeled scabland, the other covering the coulees and basins of the western region. The approximate flight lines are indicated on the accompanying LANDSAT images. The first flight will follow the eastern margin of this large scabland tract, passing a series of loess remnants, gravel bars and excavated rock basins. The western scablands overflight will provide a review of the structurally controlled complex pattern of large-scale erosion and deposition characteristic of the region between the upper Grand Coulee (Banks Lake) and the Pasco Basin.
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    Type: Texas Univ. at Austin The Channeled Scabland; p 169-177
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    Field trip stop descriptions (1978)
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    Description: Fifteen sites within the channeled scabland were selected as stops with the dual aim of visiting locations critical to the arguments for a catastrophic flood origin of the scablands, as well as permitting an examination of the variability in both erosional and depositional features. The stop locations are plotted on a generalized geologic map and their coordinates are given in table form.
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    Type: Texas Univ. at Austin The Channeled Scabland; p 131-168
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    Origin of the Cheney-Palouse Scabland tract (1978)
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    Description: The Cheney-Palouse tract of the channeled scabland is the largest continuous tract of scabland in eastern Washington. The tract is composed of a varied assortment of bedrock erosional forms, loess islands, and gravel bars. Prominent bedrock longitudinal grooves and inner channels formed by macroturbulent plucking erosion of the jointed rock. Loess island forms vary as a function of their position within the flow. The three major types (submerged, partially submerged, and subaerially exposed) created sedimentologic conditions and resulting bar forms distinct from one another. Other bar forms, notably expansion bars, account for most of the sedimentation in the tract.
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    Type: Texas Univ. at Austin The Channeled Scabland; p 117-130
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    Large-scale erosional and depositional features of the Channeled Scabland (1978)
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    Description: The channeled scabland is a great anastomosing complex of highly overfit stand channels eroded into the basalt bedrock and overlying sediments of the Columbia Plateau. Both the erosional and depositional bed forms in these channels are described according to a simple hierarchical classification. The catastrophic flood flows produced macroforms (scale controlled by channel width) through the erosion of rock and sediment and by deposition (bars). Mesoforms (scale controlled by channel depth) are also erosional and depositional.
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    Type: The Channeled Scabland; p 81-115
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    Bedrock geology of the northern Columbia Plateau and adjacent areas (1978)
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    Description: The Columbia Plateau is surrounded by a complex assemblage of highly deformed Precambrian to lower Tertiary continental and oceanic rocks that reflects numerous episodes of continental accretion. The plateau itself is comprised of the Columbia River basalt group formed between about 16.5 x 1 million years B.P. and 6 x 1 million years B.P. Eruptions were infrequent between about 14 and 6 x 1 million years B.P., allowing time for erosion and deformation between successive outpourings. The present-day courses of much of the Snake River, and parts of the Columbia River, across the plateau date from this time. Basalt produced during this waning activity is more heterogeneous chemically and isotopically than older flows, reflecting its prolonged period of volcanism.
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    Type: Texas Univ. at Austin The Channeled Scabland; p 37-57
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    Quaternary geology of the Channeled Scabland and adjacent areas (1978)
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    Description: The quaternary history of the channeled scabland is characterized by discrete episodes of catastrophic flooding and prolonged periods of loess accumulation and soil formation. The loess sequence was correlated with Richmond's Rocky Mountain glacial chronology. At least five major catastrophic flood events occurred in the general vicinity of the channeled scabland. The earliest episode occurred prior to the extensive deposition of the Palouse formation. The last major episode of flooding occurred between about 18,000 and 13,000 years ago. It probably consisted of two outbursts from glacial Lake Missoula.
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    Type: The Channeled Scabland; p 17-35
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    Development of advanced stability theory suction prediction techniques for laminar flow control (1978)
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    Description: The problem of obtaining accurate estimates of suction requirements on swept laminar flow control wings was discussed. A fast accurate computer code developed to predict suction requirements by integrating disturbance amplification rates was described. Assumptions and approximations used in the present computer code are examined in light of flow conditions on the swept wing which may limit their validity.
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    Type: CTOL Transport Technol. 1978; p 375-394
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    Laminar flow control overview (1978)
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    Description: Application of laminar flow control technology to future CTOL long range transport aircraft was considered. Topics covered include: (1) airfoil development and test; (2) development and improvement of design methods; (3) evaluation of leading edge contamination; and (4) laminar flow control system definition and concept evaluation.
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    Type: CTOL Transport Technol., 1978; p 349-356
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    Advanced materials research for long-haul aircraft turbine engines (1978)
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    Description: The status of research efforts to apply low to intermediate temperature composite materials and advanced high temperature materials to engine components is reviewed. Emerging materials technologies and their potential benefits to aircraft gas turbines were emphasized. The problems were identified, and the general state of the technology for near term use was assessed.
    Keywords: AIRCRAFT PROPULSION AND POWER
    Type: NASA. Langley Res. Center CTOL Transport Technol., 1978; p 187-204
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    Gas turbine engine emission reduction technology program (1978)
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    Description: Progress in the development of combustor technology to meet the standards for the allowable pollutant emission levels of aircraft gas turbine engines is reported. The high-bypass-ratio turbofan engines which power the large commercial aircraft were emphasized along with efforts to reduce emission for near term applications. Recommendations for continuing research to reduce emissions to meet far term needs are given.
    Keywords: AIRCRAFT PROPULSION AND POWER
    Type: NASA. Langley Res. Center CTOL Transport Technol., 1978; p 205-216
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    Status of advanced turboprop technology (1978)
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    Description: Research is reviewed in the following areas: turboprop powered transport aircraft; wind tunnel aerodynamic and acoustics tests of model propellers; turboprop maintenance; and wind tunnel tests on airframe-turboprop interactions. Continued development of the technology for advanced turboprop transport was emphasized.
    Keywords: AIRCRAFT PROPULSION AND POWER
    Type: NASA. Langley Res. Center CTOL Transport Technol., 1978; p 139-166
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    Propulsion systems noise technology (1978)
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    Description: Turbofan engine noise research relevant to conventional aircraft is discussed. In the area of fan noise, static to flight noise differences were discussed and data were presented for two different ways of simulating flight behavior. Experimental results from a swept rotor fan design are presented which show that this concept has potential for reducing the multiple-pure-tone or buzz-saw noise related to the shock waves on a fan operating at supersonic tip speeds. Acoustic suppressor research objectives centered around the effect of the wave system generated by the fan stage that is the input to the treatment. A simplifying and unifying parameter, mode cutoff ratio was described. Results are presented which show that suppressor performance can be improved if the input wave is more precisely described. In jet noise, calculated results showing the potential noise reduction from the use of internal mixer nozzles rather than separate flow nozzles are presented.
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    Type: NASA. Langley Res. Center CTOL Transport Technol., 1978; p 167-185
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    Energy efficient engine preliminary design and integration studies (1978)
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    Description: The characteristics and systems benefits of an energy efficient engine (E3) suitable for use on advanced subsonic transport aircraft were determined. Relative to a current CF6-50C engine, the following benefits were estimated: 14.4% reduction in installed cruise specific fuel consumption, and a reduction in direct operating cost of more than 5%. The advanced technology E3 system would also permit: compliance with FAR 36 (1977) noise limits, and compliance with 1981 EPA emission standards.
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    Type: NASA. Langley Res. Center CTOL Transport Technol., 1978; p 111-138
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    Energy efficient engine: Preliminary design and integration studies (1978)
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    Description: A mixed exhaust, direct drive fan turbofan configuration was selected from four candidates. This choice was based on its ability to exceed study goals of 12% lower thrust specific fuel consumption and 5% lower direct operating cost by the 1990's with commercially acceptable technical risk and relative mechanical simplicity. The evaluation leading to configuration selection is discussed. Necessary technology advancements are identified and related to the goals.
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    Type: NASA. Langley Res. Center CTOL Transport Technol., 1978; p 89-110
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    Engine component improvement: JT8D and JT9D performance improvements (1978)
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    Description: A feasibility analysis screening method for predicting the airline acceptance of a proposed engine performance improvement modification was developed. Technical information derived from available test data and analytical models is used along with conceptual/preliminary designs to establish the predicted performance improvement, weight and installation characteristics, the cost for new production and retrofit, maintenance cost and qualitative characteristics of the performance improvement concepts being evaluated. These results are used to arrive at the payback period, which is the time required for an airline to recover the investment cost of concept implementation, and to predict the amount of fuel saved by a performance improvement concept. The assumptions used to calculate the payback period and fuel saved are discussed. A summary of the results when the screening method is applied is presented for several representative JT8D and JT9D performance improvement concepts. An example of the input information used to develop the summary results is shown.
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    Type: NASA. Langley Res. Center CTOL Transport Technol., 1978; p 79-80
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    CF6 performance improvement (1978)
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    Description: Potential CF6 engine performance improvements directed at reduced fuel consumption were identified and screened relative to airline acceptability and are reviewed. The screening process developed to provide evaluations of fuel savings and economic factors including return on investment and direct operating cost is described. In addition, assessments of development risk and production potential are made. Several promising concepts selected for full-scale development based on a ranking involving these factors are discussed.
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    Type: NASA. Langley Res. Center CTOL Transport Technol., 1978; p 59-78
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    ACEE Propulsion Overview (1978)
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    Description: Technology for fuel-efficient subsonic CTOL transport aircraft is discussed. The engine component improvement project, the energy efficient engine project, and the advanced turboprop project are included. The overall goals and objectives of each project are reviewed and the approach and schedule for accomplishing these project goals and objectives are given.
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    Type: NASA. Langley Res. Center CTOL Transport Technol., 1978; p 9-23
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    Gas path sealing in turbine engines (1978)
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    Description: Gas path seals are discussed with emphasis on sealing clearance effects on engine component efficiency, compressor pressure ratio, and stall margin. Various case-rotor relative displacements, which affect gas path seal clearances, are identified. Forces produced by nonuniform sealing clearances and their effect on rotor stability are examined qualitatively, and recent work on turbine-blade-tip sealing for high temperatures is described. The need for active clearance control and for engine structural analysis is discussed. The functions of the internal-flow system and its seals are reviewed.
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    Type: AGARD Seal Technol. in Gas Turbine Eng.; 41 p
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    The earth: 1 - The upper atmosphere, ionosphere and magnetosphere (1978)
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    Description: Hydrogen in the upper atmosphere is considered, taking into account an identification of the geocorona, theoretical altitude distributions, theoretical diurnal variations, ion-neutral interactions, radiative transfer theory, optical observations, nonoptical observations, deuterium, observational results, the ionization of the nighttime D and E regions, and H and D around Venus, Mars, and Jupiter. The equatorial electrojet is discussed along with electron plasma resonances in the topside ionosphere. Attention is also given to observations with respect to auroral particle precipitation, observations and theory concerning polar-cap absorption, and the physical mechanisms of the inner Van Allen Belt.
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    World gravity standards (1978)
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    Description: In order to use gravity anomalies in geodetic computations and geophysical interpretations, the observed gravity values from which anomalies are derived should be referred to one consistent world wide system. The International Gravity Standardization Net 1971 was adapted by the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics at Moscow in 1971, the network was result of extensive cooperation by many organizations and individuals around the world. The network contains more than 1800 stations around the world. The data used in the adjustment included more than 25,000 gravimetry, pendulum and absolute measurements.
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    Type: Appl. of Geodesy to Geodyn., an Intern. Symp.; p 237-238
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    Applicability of APT aided-inertial system to crustal movement monitoring (1978)
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    Description: The APT system, its stage of development, hardware, and operations are described. The algorithms required to perform the real-time functions of navigation and profiling are presented. The results of computer simulations demonstrate the feasibility of APT for its primary mission: topographic mapping with an accuracy of 15 cm in the vertical. Also discussed is the suitability of modifying APT for the purpose of making vertical crustal movement measurements accurate to 2 cm in the vertical, and at least marginal feasibility is indicated.
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    Type: Ohio State Univ. Appl. of Geodesy to Geodyn., an Intern. Symp.; p 177-182
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    Investigations on vertical crustal movements in the Venezuelan Andes by gravimetric methods (1978)
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    Description: A precise gravimetric network has been installed in the Venezuelan Andes to study eventual gravity changes due to vertical tectonic movements. The design and the measurements of the network are described and the accuracy is estimated. In the center of the region a local gravity network has been reobserved three times. The detected variations are discussed. In order to obtain a genuine statement as far as possible about the significance of observed gravity changes, requirements for the procedure of monitoring precise gravity networks are pointed out.
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    Type: Ohio State Univ. Appl. of Geodesy to Geodyn., an Intern. Symp.; p 159-163
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    Sea level data and techniques for detecting vertical crustal movements (1978)
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    Description: An attempt is made to survey problems, requirements, and the outlook for the future in the study of sea level time series so as to determine the relative movement of land and sea levels. The basic aim is to eliminate from the record the contributions from whatever marine dynamic phenomena respond to treatment, allowing the secular element to be identified with optimum clarity. Nevertheless the concept of sea level perturbation varies according to regional experience. The recent work of the Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level helps to eliminate geodetic noise from the series and makes it possible, perhaps, to treat the global mean sea level data bank so as to define eustatic changes in ocean volume which, in the present context, may be regarded as the final goal, allowing the identification of vertical crustal motion itself.
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    Type: Ohio State Univ. Appl. of Geodesy to Geodyn., an Intern. Symp.; p 137-143
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    Observation of the nearly diurnal resonance of the earth using a laser strainmeter (1978)
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    Description: The response of the Earth to the diurnal and semidiurnal tidal excitations was studied. Results show that there is significant structure in the response of the earth to tidal excitations near one cycle/sidereal day. This structure agrees with the resonance behavior predicted from the calculations of the forced elasticgravitational response of an elliptical, rotating earth with a liquid outer core. The data is used to test for possible preferred frames and spatial anisotropies. Upper bounds on the parameterized post-Newtonian (PPN) parameters were examined.
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    Type: Ohio State Univ. Appl. of Geodesy to Geodyn., an Intern. Symp.; p 333-336
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    Linear and nonlinear interactions between the earth tide and a tectonically stressed earth (1978)
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    Description: In the vincinity of earthquake focal regions, conditions may not be equal. Crustal rocks stressed to more than approximately 0.6 of their failure strength exhibit material properties over and above that of linear elasticity. Interactions between the earth tide and crustal rocks that are under high tectonic stress are discussed in terms of simple phenomenological models. In particular, the difference between a nonlinear elastic model of dilatancy and a dilatancy model that exhibits hysteresis is noted. It is concluded that the small changes in stress produced by the earth tide act as a probe of the properties of crustal rocks. Observations of earth tide tilts and strains in such high stress zones may, therefore, provide keys to the constitutive properties and the tectonic stress rate tensor of these zones.
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    Type: Ohio State Univ. Appl. of Geodesy to Geodyn., an Intern. Sump.; p 313-318
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    Local precision nets for monitoring movements of faults and large engineering structures (1978)
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    Description: Along Bocono Fault were installed local high precision geodetic nets to observe the possible horizontal crustal deformations and movements. In the fault area there are few big structures which are also included in the mentioned investigation. In the near future, measurements shall be extended to other sites of Bocono Fault and also to the El Pilar Fault. In the same way and by similar methods high precision geodetic nets are applied in Venezuela to observe the behavior of big structures, as bridges and large dams and of earth surface deformations due to industrial activities.
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    Type: Ohio State Univ. Appl. of Geodesy to Geodyn., an Intern. Symp.; p 113-130
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    Application of global positioning system to determination of tectonic plate movements and crustal deformations (1978)
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    Description: It is shown that pseudo-range measurements to four GPS satellites based on correlation of the pseudo random code transmissions from the satellites can be used to determine the relative position of ground stations which are separated by several hundred kilometers to a precision at the centimeter level. Carrier signal measurements during the course of passage of satellites over a pair of stations also yield centimeter precision in the relative position, but oscillator instabilities limit the accuracy. The accuracy of solutions based on either type of data is limited by unmodeled tropospheric refraction effects which would reach 5 centimeters at low elevation angles for widely separated stations.
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    Improvements of the gravity field from satellite techniques as proposed to the European Space Agency (1978)
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    Description: A summary of the European Earth Sciences Space Programme and the requirements for each gravity field mapping resulting from this programme are given. Three satellite experiments for gravity field improvement proposed to the European Space Agency in the last years are shortly characterized. One of these experiments, the low-low-SST-SLALOM experiment, based on laser interferometry for a "two target-one Spacelab telescope" configuration, is discussed in more detail. Reasons for the low-low concept selection are given and some mission aspects and a possible system concept for a compact ranging, acquisition and tracking system are presented.
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    Type: Ohio State Univ. Appl. of Geodesy to Geodyn., an Intern. Symp.; p 221-232
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    Gravity field, geoid and ocean surface by space techniques (1978)
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    Description: Knowledge of the earth's gravity field continued to increase during the last four years. Altimetry data from the GEOS-3 satellite has provided the geoid over most of the ocean to an accuracy of about one meter. Increasing amounts of laser data has permitted the solution for 566 terms in the gravity field with which orbits of the GEOS-3 satellite have been computed to an accuracy of about one to two meters. The combination of satellite tracking data, altimetry and gravimetry has yielded a solution for 1360 terms in the earth's gravity field. A number of problems remain to be solved to increase the accuracy of the gravity field determination. New satellite systems would provide gravity data in unsurveyed areas and correction for topographic features of the ocean and improved computational procedures together with a more extensive laser network will considerably improve the accuracy of the results.
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    Type: Ohio State Univ. Appl. of Geodesy to Geodyn., an Intern. Symp.; p 193-196
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    Polar wander analysis from paleomagnetic data (1978)
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    Description: Utilizing marine magnetic anomalies and paleomagnetic pole positions, paleogeographic maps were constructed for three time intervals back to the Early Cretaceous. From the maps lithospheric plate motions were calculated and these global displacement fields were analyzed to determine best-fitting rigid rotations, which then could be ascribed to true polar wander. The values so obtained are no larger than a few degrees and are within the magnitude of the uncertainties involved.
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    Type: Ohio State Univ. Appl. of Geodesy to Geodyn., an Intern. Symp.; p 35-37
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    Rotation of the earth and polar motion, services (1978)
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    Description: The services providing polar motion and universal time data are described. The precision and accuracy of these data are estimated.
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    Type: Ohio State Univ. Appl. of Geodesy to Geodyn., an Intern. Symp.; p 13-18
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    Monitoring regional crustal deformation with horizontal geodetic data (1978)
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    Description: The National Ocean Survey is developing an automated system to derive parameters of horizontal crustal motion from existing geodetic data by the process of least squares estimation. The estimated parameter will describe crustal motion as a function of geographic position. The system will first be tested in the Imperial Valley region of southern California, using data from 8 individual field projects spanning four decades of time.
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    Type: Ohio State Univ. Appl. of Geodesy to Geodyn., an Intern. Symp.; p 87-92
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    Strain patterns and strain accumulation along plate margins (1978)
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    Description: Observations of strain accumulation along plate margins in Japan, New Zealand, and the United States indicate that: (1) a typical maximum rate of secular strain accumulation is on the order of 0.3 ppm/a, (2) a substantial part of the strain accumulation process can be attributed to slip at depth on the major plate boundary faults, and (3) some plastic deformation in a zone 100 km or more in width is apparently involved in the strain accumulation process.
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    Type: Ohio State Univ. Appl. of Geodesy to Geodyn., an Intern. Symp.; p 93-97
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    Earth rotation and polar motion from laser ranging to the moon and artificial satellites (1978)
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    Description: Earth-based laser ranging to artificial satellites and to the moon is considered as a technique for monitoring the Earth's polar motion and diurnal rotation. The kinematics of Earth rotation as related to laser ranging is outlined. The current status of laser ranging as regards its measuring capabilities is reviewed. The relative merits of artificial satellite and lunar laser ranging are pointed out. It appears that multistation combined artificial satellite and lunar laser ranging is likely to ultimately meet a 0.002 arcseconds in pole position and 0.1 msec in UT1 daily precision requirement.
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    Type: Ohio State Univ. Appl. of Geodesy to Geodyn., an Intern. Symp.; p 19-28
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    Progress in geophysical aspects of the rotation of the earth (1978)
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    Description: The geophysical causes and consequences of the Earth's rotation are reviewed. Specific topics covered include: (1) the motion of the rotation axis in space, precession and nutation; (2) the motion of the rotation axis relative to the Earth, polar motion; and (3) the rate of rotation about this axis, or changes in the length of day. Secular decrease in obliquity and evolution of the Earth-Moon system are also discussed.
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    Type: Ohio State Univ. Appl. of Geodesy to Geodyn., an Intern. Symp.; p 1-11
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    The AFGL absolute gravity program (1978)
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    Description: A brief discussion of the AFGL's (Air Force Geophysics Laboratory) program in absolute gravity is presented. Support of outside work and in-house studies relating to gravity instrumentation are discussed. A description of the current transportable system is included and the latest results are presented. These results show good agreement with measurements at the AFGL site by an Italian system. The accuracy obtained by the transportable apparatus is better than 0.1 microns sq sec 10 microgal and agreement with previous measurements is within the combined uncertainties of the measurements.
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    Type: Ohio State Univ. Appl. of Geodesy to Geodyn., an Intern. Symp.; p 245-249
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    The measurement of surface gravity (1978)
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    Description: LaCoste and Romberg G and D gravity meters are normally employed when attempting high precision measurement of gravity differences on land. The capabilities and limitations of these instruments are discussed.
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    Type: Ohio State Univ. Appl. of Geodesy to Geodyn., an Intern. Symp.; p 239-243
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    Models for extracting vertical crustal movements from leveling data (1978)
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    Description: Various adjustment strategies are being used in North America to obtain vertical crustal movements from repeated leveling. The more successful models utilize polynomials or multiquadric analysis to describe elevation change with a velocity surface. Other features permit determination of nonlinear motions, motions associated with earthquakes or episodes, and vertical motions of blocks where boundaries are prespecified. The preferred models for estimating crustal motions permit the use of detached segments of releveling to govern the shape of a velocity surface and allow for input from nonleveling sources such as tide gages and paired lake gages. Some models for extracting vertical crustal movements from releveling data are also excellent for adjusting leveling networks, and permit mixing old and new data in areas exhibiting vertical motion. The new adjustment techniques are more general than older static models and will undoubtedly be used routinely in the future as the constitution of level networks becomes mainly relevelings.
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    Type: Ohio State Univ. Appl. of Geodesy to Geodyn., an Intern. Symp.; p 183-190
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    The gravity method and interpretive techniques for detecting vertical crustal movements (1978)
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    Description: Observations of temporal variations of gravity can be used as an inexpensive and rapid means of detecting, monitoring, and studying crustal deformation associated with many active geological processes. Such observations can yield qualitative or semiquantitative information on elevation changes and, when combined with independent elevation data, can yield information about changes of the subsurface density field arising from both subsurface displacements and temporal variations of the density of materials in the subsurface. The effectiveness of gravity techniques in specific cases of crustal deformation depends on the configuration of the local gravity field, the physical processes involved in the deformation, and the accuracy with which temporal gravity variations can be measured.
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    Type: Ohio State Univ. Appl. of Geodesy to Geodyn., an Intern. Symp.; p 153-155
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    Modelling of physical influences in sea level records for vertical crustal movement detection (1978)
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    Description: Attempts to specify and evaluate such physical influences are reviewed with the intention of identifying problem areas and promising approaches. An example of linear modelling based on air/water temperatures, atmospheric pressure, river discharges, geostrophic and/or local wind velocities, and including forced period terms to allow for the long period tides and Chandlerian polar motion is evaluated and applied to monthly mean sea levels recorded in Atlantic Canada. Refinement of the model to admit phase lag in the response to some of the driving phenomena is demonstrated. Spectral analysis of the residuals is employed to assess the model performance. The results and associated statistical parameters are discussed with emphasis on elucidating the sensitivity of the technique for detection of local episodic and secular vertical crustal movements, the problem areas most critical to the type of approach, and possible further developments.
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    Type: Ohio State Univ. Appl. of Geodesy to Geodyn., an Intern. Symp.; p 145-152
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    Problems and advances in monitoring horizontal strain (1978)
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    Description: The modern instrumentation is described for use in geodesy for the detection of the deformations of the crust of the earth. Problems are listed. Needs are discussed for the survey of the physical quantities of interest in geodesy, geology, geophysics, and engineering such as the strain invariants, the optimal network of baselines and the accuracy. An analytic method is also given for the computation of the effect of a source of dilatation in a spherical earth.
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    Type: Ohio State Univ. Appl. of Geodesy to Geodyn., an Intern. Symp.; p 103-109
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    Principles of very-long-baseline interferometry (1978)
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    Description: The basic principles of very-long-baseline interferometry as related to its use in the determination of vector baselines, polar motion, and earth rotation are presented. Aspects relevant to geodetic applications that involve observations of extragalactic radio sources are covered. The instrumentation used in these observations and the basic observables and their simplest interpretation are described. Complications of the interpretation due to the various geophysical 'signals' and nongeophysical 'noise' that affect the observables are considered.
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    Type: Ohio State Univ. Appl. of Geodesy to Geodyn., an Intern. Symp.; p 29-33
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    Detection of horizontal crustal movements by photogrammetric methods (1978)
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    Description: The photogrammetric methods can be applied only if the horizontal displacements of the ground are of the order of several centimeters, because the standard error of the points so determined cannot, at the present time, be smaller than two centimeters. The procedure to be adopted, which has already been applied with satisfactory results for the densification of geodetic nets, is the aerial analytical triangulation. The taking can be executed with wide-angle cameras (f = 15 cm), or normal-angle cameras (f = 30 cm) and format 23 x 23 cm. Since the average scale of photos must be chosen in relation with the desired accuracy and then is independent of the principal distance of the cameras, the number of photos is constant, whereas the flying height varies according to the focal length.
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    Type: Ohio State Univ. Appl. of Geodesy to Geodyn., an Intern. Symp.; p 111-112
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    The measurement of long period and secular deformation with deep borehole tiltmeters (1978)
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    Description: Two clusters of instruments were emplaced in fractured bedrock in eastern Massachusetts in 1970 and 1975. The intrasite agreement at tidal periods was about two percent, but there is no agreement at longer periods. A strong temperature-induced annual component ranging from 3 to 15 urads was present on instruments installed at depths of 15-20m; it was not apparent on those at 100-120m. One instrument, in continuous operation for three years at 100m, showed a net drift of 0.3 urads down to the SW, with a maximum departure of 2.0 urads from the trend. Pore pressure variations, material corrosion and creep, and local movements are apparently the limiting factors to long-term measurements.
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    Type: Ohio State Univ. Appl. of Geodesy to Geodyn., an Intern. Symp.; p 165-169
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    Review of Canadian experience in precise gravimetry (1978)
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    Description: Results of gravity observations made in Canada from 1974 to 1978 reviewed, in order to estimate the true accuracy of present-day gravimetry and thereby assess the potential capability of the method for detecting crustal movements. The standard error of the mean of ties is 15-20 nm/s squared. Inter-instrument comparisons and other tests show, however, that a more realistic estimate of D meter accuracy is 30-40 nm/s squared. This accuracy can only be maintained over the long term where uncertainties in gravimeter calibration curves are minimized by resetting to the same dial reading on the resurveys. A further deterioration in accuracy to 40-50 nm/s squared occurs where reliance is placed on presently available D meter calibration curves. Despite the present accuracy limitations significant time variations in gravity of 100-150 nm/s squared are seen over spatial scales of 10-100 kilometers in Canada over a period of several months.
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    Type: Ohio State Univ. Appl. of Geodesy to Geodyn., an Intern. Symp.; p 157-158
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    Progress in advanced high temperature turbine materials, coatings, and technology (1978)
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    Description: Advanced materials, coatings, and cooling technology is assessed in terms of improved aircraft turbine engine performance. High cycle operating temperatures, lighter structural components, and adequate resistance to the various environmental factors associated with aircraft gas turbine engines are among the factors considered. Emphasis is placed on progress in development of high temperature materials for coating protection against oxidation, hot corrosion and erosion, and in turbine cooling technology. Specific topics discussed include metal matrix composites, superalloys, directionally solidified eutectics, and ceramics.
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    Type: AGARD High Temp. Probl. in Gas Turbine Eng.; 31 p
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    An analysis of prop-fan/airframe aerodynamic integration (1978)
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    Description: An approach to aerodynamic integration of turboprops and airframes, with emphasis placed upon wing mounted installations is addressed. Potential flow analytical techniques were employed to study aerodynamic integration of the prop fan propulsion concept with advanced, subsonic, commercial transport airframes. Three basic configurations were defined and analyzed: wing mounted prop fan at a cruise Mach number of 0.8, wing mounted prop fan in a low speed configuration, and aft mounted prop fan at a cruise Mach number of 0.8.
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    Type: NASA-CR-152186 , NAS 1.26:152186 , D6-47113
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    A correlation method to predict the surface pressure distribution on an infinite plate from which a jet is issuing (1978)
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    Description: A correlation method to predict pressures induced on an infinite plate by a jet issuing from the plate into a subsonic free stream was developed. The complete method consists of an analytical method which models the blockage and entrainment properties of the jet and a correlation which accounts for the effects of separation. The method was developed for jet velocity ratios up to ten and for radial distances up to five diameters from the jet. Correlation curves and data comparisons are presented for jets issuing normally from a flat plate with velocity ratios one to twelve. Also, a list of references which deal with jets in a crossflow is presented.
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    Design of an exhaust mixer nozzle for the Avco-Lycoming Quiet Clean General Aviation Turbofan (QCGAT) (1978)
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    Description: This report describes the design configuration and method used to design the forced engine exhaust to bypass air mixing system for Lycoming's QCGAT engine. This mixer is an integral part of the total engine and nacelle system and was configured to reduce the propulsion system noise and fuel consumption levels.
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    Type: NASA-CR-159426 , LYC-78-36
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    QCGAT mixer compound exhaust system design and static big model test report (1978)
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    Description: A mixer exhaust system was designed to meet the proposed performance and exhaust jet noise goals for the AiResearch QCGAT engine. Some 0.35 scale models of the various nozzles were fabricated and aerodynamically and acoustically tested. Preliminary optimization, engine cycle matching, model test data and analysis are presented. A final mixer exhaust system is selected for optimum performance for the overall flight regime.
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    Type: NASA-CR-135386 , AIRESEARCH-21-2861
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    Pressure Distributions for the GA(W)-2 Airfoil with 20% Aileron, 25% Slotted Flap and 30% Fowler Flap (1978)
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    Description: Surface pressure distributions were measured for the 13% thick GA(W)-2 airfoil section fitted with 20% aileron, 25% slotted flap and 30% Fowler flap. All tests were conducted at a Reynolds number of 2.2 x 10 to the 6th power and a Mach number of 0.13. Pressure distribution and force and moment coefficient measurements are compared with theoretical results for a number of cases. Agreement between theory and experiment is generally good for low angles of attack and small flap deflections. For high angles and large flap deflections where regions of separation are present, the theory is inadequate. Theoretical drag predictions are poor for all flap-extended cases.
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    A computer program to calculate the longitudinal aerodynamic characteristics of upper-surface-blown wing-flap configurations (1978)
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    Description: A user's manual is presented for a computer program in which a vortex-lattice lifting-surface method is used to model the wing and multiple flaps. The engine wake model consists of a series of closely spaced vortex rings with rectangular cross sections. The jet wake is positioned such that the lower boundary of the jet is tangent to the wing and flap upper surfaces. The two potential flow models are used to calculate the wing-flap loading distribution including the influence of the wakes from up to two engines on the semispan. The method is limited to the condition where the flow and geometry of the configurations are symmetric about the vertical plane containing the wing root chord. The results include total configuration forces and moments, individual lifting-surface load distributions, pressure distributions, flap hinge moments, and flow field calculation at arbitrary field points. The use of the program, preparation of input, the output, program listing, and sample cases are described.
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    Low-speed aerodynamic performance of 50.8-centimeter-diameter noise-suppressing inlets for the Quiet, Clean, Short-haul Experimental Engine (QCSEE) (1978)
    In:  CASI
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    Publication Date: 2019-06-28
    Description: Two basic inlet concepts, a high throat Mach number (0.79) design and a low throat Mach number (0.60) design, were tested with four diffuser acoustical treatment designs that had face sheet porosity ranging from 0 to 24 percent for the high Mach number inlet and 0 to 28 percent for the low Mach number inlet. The tests were conducted in a low speed wind tunnel at free stream velocities of 0, 41, and 62 m/sec and angles of attack to 50 deg. Inlet throat Mach number was varied about the design value. Increasing the inlet diffuser face sheet porosity resulted in an increase in total pressure loss in the boundary layer for both the high and low Mach number inlet designs, however, the overall effect on inlet total pressure recovery of 0.991 at the design throat Mach number, a free stream velocity of 41 m/sec, and an angle of attack of 50 deg; Inlet flow separation at an angle of attack of 50 deg was encountered with only one inlet configuration the high Mach number design with the highest diffuser face sheet porosity (24 percent).
    Keywords: AIRCRAFT PROPULSION AND POWER
    Type: NASA-TP-1178 , E-9542
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    Static tests of the J97 powered, external augmenter V/STOL wind tunnel model (1978)
    In:  CASI
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    Publication Date: 2019-06-28
    Description: Results of the static testing (zero forward speed) of the J97-powered, external augmentor, large scale, V/STOL model are discussed. With a ground clearance of 7.5 feet, believed to have put the model essentially out of ground effect, a gross thrust augmentation ratio of 1.60 at nozzle pressure ratio (NPR) = 3.0 was measured for the fuselage augmentor. A similar figure was apparent for the wing augmentor. An overall ratio of model thrust to bare engine thrust of 1.52 was determined at NPR = 3.0. The structural integrity of the model was well demonstrated and duct pressure losses were small.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: NASA-CR-152403 , DHC-DND-77-4
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    Atmospheric analysis modeling in support of Seasat (1978)
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    Description: Atmospheric objective analysis models were developed and tested in preparation for assessing the utility of Seasat data. Of the several discretionary procedures in such computer programs, the effects of three were examined and documented: (1) the effect of varying the weights in the pattern conserving techniques; (2) the effect of varying the data influence region; (3) the effect of including wind information in analysis of mass-structure variables. The problem of inserting bogus reports is also examined.
    Keywords: GEOPHYSICS
    Type: NASA-CR-160086
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    Steady state spurious errors in shock-capturing numerical schemes (1978)
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    Publication Date: 2019-06-27
    Description: The behavior of the steady state spurious error modes of the MacCormack scheme and the upwind scheme of Warming and Beam was obtained from a linearized difference equation for the steady state error. It was shown that the spurious errors can exist either as an eigensolution of the homogeneous part of this difference equation or because of excitation from large discretization errors near oblique shocks. It was found that the upwind scheme does not permit spurious oscillations on the upstream side of shocks. Examples are given for the inviscid Burgers' equation and for one and two dimensional gasdynamic flows.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: KTH-AERO-TN-60 , TRITA-FPT-032
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    Quiet Clean Short-Haul Experimental Engine (QCSEE) ball spline pitch-change mechanism whirligig test report (1978)
    In:  CASI
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    Publication Date: 2019-06-27
    Description: The component testing of a ball spline variable pitch mechanism is described including a whirligig test. The variable pitch actuator successfully completed all planned whirligig tests including a fifty cycle endurance test at actuation rates up to 125 deg per second at up to 102 percent fan speed (3400 rpm).
    Keywords: AIRCRAFT PROPULSION AND POWER
    Type: NASA-CR-135354 , R77AEG394
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    Ground temperature measurement by PRT-5 for maps experiment (1978)
    In:  CASI
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    Publication Date: 2019-06-27
    Description: A simple algorithm and computer program were developed for determining the actual surface temperature from the effective brightness temperature as measured remotely by a radiation thermometer called PRT-5. This procedure allows the computation of atmospheric correction to the effective brightness temperature without performing detailed radiative transfer calculations. Model radiative transfer calculations were performed to compute atmospheric corrections for several values of the surface and atmospheric parameters individually and in combination. Polynomial regressions were performed between the magnitudes or deviations of these parameters and the corresponding computed corrections to establish simple analytical relations between them. Analytical relations were also developed to represent combined correction for simultaneous variation of parameters in terms of their individual corrections.
    Keywords: GEOPHYSICS
    Type: NASA-CR-158966
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    Program for impact testing of spar-shell fan blades, test report (1978)
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    Publication Date: 2019-06-27
    Description: Six filament-wound, composite spar-shell fan blades were impact tested in a whirligig relative to foreign object damage resulting from ingestion of birds into the fan blades of a QCSEE-type engine. Four of the blades were tested by injecting a simulated two pound bird into the path of the rotating blade and two were tested by injecting a starling into the path of the blade.
    Keywords: AIRCRAFT PROPULSION AND POWER
    Type: NASA-CR-135393 , R78AEG444
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    Study of the storm time fluxes of heavy ions (1978)
    In:  CASI
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    Publication Date: 2019-06-27
    Description: The characteristics of the storm time ring current ions in the energy range of 0.5 to 16 keV were investigated. Data were processed and analyzed from the energetic ion mass spectrometer aboard the S3-3 satellite. Results are used for planning and operating the ion mass spectrometer experiment on the ISEE spacecraft, for selecting and processing the ISEE ion data, and for planning and conducting coordinated satellite experiments in support of the International Magnetospheric Study (IMS). It is established from the S3-3 ion data that relatively large fluxes of energetic (keV) 0(+) and H(+) ions are frequently flowing upward from the ionosphere along magnetic field lines in the polar auroral regions. Also, from investigations with the same instrument during the main phase of three moderate (D sub ST approximately 100) magnetic storms, it is found that the number density of 0(+) ions in the ring current was comparable to H(+) ion density the range 0.5 to 15 keV.
    Keywords: GEOPHYSICS
    Type: NASA-CR-162826 , LMSC-D673774
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