Simple key locks turbine rotor blades
Symmetrical, cruciform key has end tabs which bend up to lock tubine rotor blades against axial displacement. The key locks without introducing aerodynamic resistance or upsetting rotor balance.
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Symmetrical, cruciform key has end tabs which bend up to lock tubine rotor blades against axial displacement. The key locks without introducing aerodynamic resistance or upsetting rotor balance.
Metal Y-tube simultaneously directs argon streams over weld areas on both sides of tubes being joined along a line on their outer periphery. The device is advanced along the junction in step with the welding operation.
Two porting rings, one within the other, control gas or liquid flow by using seal buttons as the sliding valve closers. Multiporting within the ring allows close control of the flow by the slight rotation of the outer porting ring.
Summation average and reject circuit based on diode clamping allows detection of individual functional deviations in a multiple signal system without shutting down the entire system.
Set of cards with scale divisions and a scale finder permits accurate reading of the coordinates of points on linear or logarithmic graphs plotted on rectangular grids. The set contains 34 different scales for linear plotting and 28 single cycle scales for log plots.
Rapid, nondestructive test for identifying metals measures the characteristic potential difference produced by galvanic reaction between a reference electrode and the test metal. A drop of water is used as an electrolyte.
Resistance bridge device incorporates a potentiometer, switches, and a null detector to calibrate high potential dividers under high voltage operation conditions. Calibration can be performed with this device in less than 1 minute at an accuracy of 0.001 percent.
Critical current density of neodymium-titanium alloy samples is analyzed from magnetization curves to determine the ac properties of hard semiconductive materials. A complete family of magnetization curves is obtained, each curve representing performance at a different temperature.
Pressure sensor monitors small gas leaks in piping and pressure vessels. A combination of a paper ribbon and adhesive plastic tape is used to cover the area to be monitored and the pressure sensor is placed over a hole in the tape and paper.
Motor drive system remotely operates heavy steel radiation shielding doors. The drive consists of a standard motor reducer unit which is mounted on the door. This reducer drives a sprocket which is linked by chain to a fixed sprocket of the same size on the door jamb.
Partial differential equations for linear behavior of elastically isotropic circular cylindrical shell under edge and surface loading - structural dynamics
Electric analogy of tissue gas saturation under simulated decompression conditions
Spacecraft guidance technique for establishing lunar parking orbits using thrust vector control in relation to lunar horizon
Atmosphere reentry guidance scheme for return from manned Mars mission
Approximations for force-deflection properties of aircraft tires
High sensitivity mass spectrometer using magnetic field tested for resolution capabilities
Volt-ampere chacteristics of noble metal electrode reactions in oxidation-reduction experiments
Hypersonic flutter tests on rectangular flat-plate models and double-wedge airfoils in helium flow