Research & information: general books

This brief note is intended to familiarize the non-TMS audience with some of the basic ideas surrounding classic...  Read More >>

In 1993, tail buffet tests were performed on a full-scale, production model F/A-18 in the 80 x 120-foot Wind Tunnel...  Read More >>

We consider a classical aerodynamic shape optimization problem subject to the compressible Euler flow equations....  Read More >>

A Mathematical theory is developed to perform the calculations necessary to determine the wave drag for slender...  Read More >>

A new, approximate sum rule is introduced for determining bulk properties of multicomponent systems, in terms of...  Read More >>

A finite element formulation is given using the scattered field approach with a fictitious material absorber to...  Read More >>

This paper summarizes modal identification results obtained using an autonomous version of the Eigensystem Realization...  Read More >>

An experiment was performed to determine the effect of a performance mismatch between the visual and motion display...  Read More >>

A temperature compensated static strain gage, which is fabricated from palladium-13w/o chromium (Pd13Cr) alloy and...  Read More >>

High order essentially non-oscillatory (ENO) schemes, originally designed for compressible flow and in general for...  Read More >>

A ruggedness evaluation of approaches to damage threshold testing was performed to determine the influence of three...  Read More >>

Aromatic diamines based on diphenyl sulfone and benzophenone were studied as epoxy adhesive curing agents. Previously...  Read More >>

Examples of certain mesoscale cloud features - jet cirrus, eddies/vortices, cloud banding, and wave clouds - were...  Read More >>

A tribometer for the evaluation of liquid lubricants in vacuum is described. This tribometer is essentially a thrust...  Read More >>

In past studies, the reductions in absorbed dose and dose equivalent due to choice of material composition have...  Read More >>

This paper documents our progress during the first year of work on our original proposal entitled 'A Scalable Distributed...  Read More >>

Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) has developed a new technique that can enhance cryogenic fracture toughness...  Read More >>

Silicon was produced by alternate pulse feeding of the reactants SiF4 gas and liquid sodium. The average temperature...  Read More >>

The morphology of electrodeposited zinc was studied with special attention to the ion concentration profile. The...  Read More >>

The limits of the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum are discussed, together with an explanation of...  Read More >>

Preliminary work towards the development of an automated method of measuring the shape of ice forming on an airfoil...  Read More >>

This report covers research submersibles and related subsea technologies in Finland, France, Russia, Ukraine and...  Read More >>

The contents are as follows: The Organizational History of the International Halley Watch; Operations of the International...  Read More >>

A hover test of a 0.658-scale V-22 rotor and wing was conducted in the 40 x 80 foot wind tunnel at Ames Research...  Read More >>

A theory for obtaining approximate solutions to nonlinear problems whose exact solutions require the use of large...  Read More >>