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Mechanical Engineering at the National Research Council of Canada : 1929-1951
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- English
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- 1st ed
- Waterloo, ON : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1984
- ©1984
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- 1 online resource (305 pages)
- ISBNs
- 9780889206830, 9780889201644, 9780889201644
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- ocn945865200
- Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Preface -- Part I. Before the War -- Chapter 1. Before the Laboratories -- Chapter 2. Directors Appointed -- Chapter 3. The Associate Committee on Aeronautical Research -- Chapter 4. Professional Appointments -- Chapter 5. The John Street Laboratories -- Chapter 6. Aviation in Canada in the 1930s -- Chapter 7. The Work of the Laboratories, 1929-39 -- (a) The Aerodynamics Laboratory -- (b) The Hydrodynamics Laboratory -- (c) Structures -- (d) The Engine Laboratory -- (e) General Mechanical Engineering -- (f) The Instrument Laboratory -- (g) The Workshops -- (h) The Fire-hazard Laboratory -- (i) The Aeronautical Museum -- Chapter 8. Life in the Laboratories Before the War -- Chapter 9. Expansion of the Laboratories -- Part II. Wartime -- Chapter 10. Introduction to Part II -- Chapter 11. Aerodynamics -- (a) Theoretical Work -- (b) Balancing of Aircraft Controls -- (c) Spinning of Aircraft -- (d) Study of Ground Looping -- (e) The "Pterodactyl -- (f) Aircraft Skis -- (g) Wind-tunnel Tests of Service Aircraft -- (h) Investigation of New Aircraft Designs for Canadian Industry -- (i) Wind-tunnel Tests of Instruments for Aircraft and Meteorological Instruments -- (j) Bombs -- (k) Other Wind-tunnel Investigations -- (l) Flight Research -- (m) Miscellaneous -- Chapter 12. Hydrodynamics and Hydraulics -- (a) Towing Tests of Ship Models -- (b) Stability and Steering Tests -- (c) Tests of Towed Targets and Similar Devices -- (d) Towing Tests of Tracked Vehicles -- (e) Miscellaneous Tests -- (f) The Hydraulic Laboratory -- Chapter 13. The Engine Laboratory -- (a) Aircraft Engines and Components -- (b) Army Engines and Vehicles -- (c) Fuel and Fuel Consumption -- (d) Cold-weather Investigations -- (e) Lubrication -- (f) Research on Divisional Problems -- (g) The Hydrofoil Smoke-laying Craft
- (h) Miscellaneous Problems -- Chapter 14. The Gasoline and Oil Laboratory -- (a) Hydraulic Fluids -- (b) Lubricating Greases -- (c) Lubricating Oils -- (d) Fuels -- (e) Tests of Plastic Materials -- (f) Troubles with Petroleum Products -- (g) Tests Against Purchase Specifications -- Chapter 15. The Instrument Section -- (a) Aircraft Instruments -- (b) Materials and Components -- (c) Special Instruments and Controls -- (d) Consulting Service -- Chapter 16. The Structures Laboratory -- (a) The Wooden Aircraft Project -- (b) Strength of Structures -- (c) Vibration in Structures -- (d) Buckling of Curved Panels under Stress -- (e) The Tailless Aircraft Project -- (f) Artificial Limbs -- (g) Protection for Troop Carrier -- (h) Miscellaneous Work -- Chapter 17. Removal of Ice from Aircraft -- (a) Removal of Ice from Propellers -- (b) De-icing of Windscreens -- (c) De-icing of Carburetor Induction Systems -- (d) Removal of Ice from Wings -- (e) Frost on Standing Aircraft -- (f) Instruments for Flight Research -- Chapter 18. Mechanical Engineering and Armament -- (a) Sight Cams for Coast-defence Guns -- (b) Fire-control Instruments -- (c) Projectiles and Fuses -- (d) The "Weasel -- (e) Stabilizing the "Hedgehog -- (f) Miscellaneous Problems -- Chapter 19. Development of Jet Propulsion -- Chapter 20. The Fire-hazard Laboratory -- Chapter 21. Shops and Services During the War -- Chapter 22. The Division in Wartime -- Chapter 23. Transition to Peace -- Part III. After the War -- Chapter 24. Introduction to Part III -- Chapter 25. Aerodynamics -- (a) Tests on Models of Aircraft -- (b) Scale Effects in Spinning -- (c) Improvements in Technique -- (d) Heat Transfer from Spheres -- (e) Supersonics -- (f) Miscellaneous Work -- Chapter 26. Flight Research -- (a) The Wing-flow Technique -- (b) Flying for Other Departments -- (c) Full-scale Tests of the F-86 Aircraft
- (d) Flight Tests of "Orenda" Engine in CF-100 -- (e) Repeating Parachute -- Chapter 27. The Engine Laboratory -- (a) Low-temperature Tests on Gas Turbines -- (b) Other Work Relating to Gas Turbines -- (c) Detonation in Gasoline Engines -- (d) Small Engines for Fishing Boats -- (e) Combustion Chamber for Gas-turbine Locomotive -- (f) Studies of Atomization -- Chapter 28. Gas Dynamics -- (a) D. G. Samaras: Theoretical Work -- (b) The "Supersonics" Activities -- (c) Gas-turbine Research -- (d) Locomotives -- (e) Fuel Droplets in an Air Stream -- Chapter 29. Fuels and Lubricants -- (a) Cold-weather Problems with Fuels and Lubricants -- (b) Investigations on Fuels -- (c) Fuels for Jet Engines and Gas Turbines -- (d) Sludging in Piston Aircraft Engines -- (e) Improvement of Laboratory Methods -- (f) Tests of Petroleum Products -- Chapter 30. Hydrodynamics -- (a) The Hydraulics Laboratory -- (b) The Model-testing Basin -- (c) The Water Tunnel -- Chapter 31. The Structures Laboratory -- (a) Moulded Plywood -- (b) Artificial Limbs -- (c) Static Tests on Aircraft -- (d) Curved Panels -- (e) Vibration of Aircraft -- (f) Fatigue Tests -- (g) Aeroelasticity -- (h) Miscellaneous Work -- Chapter 32. The Engineering Section -- (a) The Associate Committee on Soil and Snow Mechanics -- (b) Research on Aircraft Skis -- (c) The Kometik -- (d) Designing for Other Sections -- (e) Work for Industry -- Chapter 33. The Low-temperature Section -- (a) The Low-temperature Laboratory -- (b) The Icing Tunnel -- (c) Study of Supercooled Water -- Chapter 34. The Instrument Laboratory -- (a) Instruments for De-icing Research -- (b) Instruments for Flight Research, Other than De-icing -- (c) Other Instruments -- (d) Calibration for Industry and the Services -- Chapter 35. The Fire-hazard Testing Laboratory -- Chapter 36. Inter-sectional Investigations -- (a) The Tailless Glider
- (b) Balancing of Aircraft Controls -- (c) Stresses in Aircraft Skis on Landing -- (d) Removal of Ice from Aircraft -- (e) Weather Modification -- Part IV -- Chapter 37. Conclusion: Achievements and Shortcomings -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z