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The Rigid Airship in Relation to Full-Scale Experiment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 September 2016

R. A. Frazer
R. A. Frazer*
Affiliation:
National Physical Laboratory
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Extract

‘The Aerodynamical Characteristics of the Airship as Deduced from Experiments on Models’ was the subject selected by Dr. R. Jones for his R.38 Memorial Prize Paper. The essay surveys the present-day state of knowledge in airship research from the standpoint of the wind-tunnel.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 29 , Issue 177 , September 1925 , pp. 404 - 458
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1925

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References

Page 404 note * [1]. The numbers given in the footnotes refer to Appendix III.

Page 407 note * [2], [3].

Page 407 note * † [6].

Page 407 note ‡ Further details of the relevant flights are given in Appendix I.

Page 408 note † [2].

Page 408 note ‡ [3].

Page 408 note * [4].

Page 409 note * Actually, on R.26.

Page 409 note † Deceleration tests appear to have been omitted inadvertently from the formal programme. In view of (2), item (6) seems redundant, and it is possible that the latter should read “Experiments on deceleration, etc.”.

Page 409 note ‡ [6].

Page 409 note § [7].

Page 410 note * [8].

Page 410 note † [11].

Page 410 note ‡ [12].

Page 410 note ‖ [13].

Page 410 note ‖ [14].

Page 411 note * [15].

Page 413 note * [16].

Page 413 note † [17].

Page 417 note * i.e., one half of the head of water due to the term p 1 sin qt.

Page 418 note * [18].

Page 419 note * [8].

Page 419 note † [15].

Page 424 note * [16].

Page 425 note * [1], [19].

Page 425 note † Tables 5 and 6 have been extracted from the original report, R. & M. No. 808.

Page 426 note * [20].

Page 430 note * [21].

Page 433 note * Respectively, [3], [7], [9], [6], [15].

Page 435 note * [22].

Page 439 note * [1. page 125].

Page 441 note * [23].

Page 443 note * [18].

Page 443 note † [24].

Page 443 note ‡ References as on page 433.

Page 443 note § [25].

Page 445 note * For a discussion of these results see [I, p. 100].

Page 445 note † [5].

Page 445 note ‡ [24].

Page 445 note § [12].

Page 445 note ‖ [22].

Page 448 note * [14].

Page 453 note * For detailed information as to the use and design of various types of manometer see [23].

Page 454 note * [I. P. 134].