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The goal of the Contrails project is to help preserve and disseminate the technical record of 20th century aerospace research, highlighting in particular the research endeavors of the Illinois Tech community.

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Format-Fortran Matrix Abstraction Technique. Volume V - Supplement I. Engineering User and Technical Report - Extended.

Author(s): Pickard, J.
Corporate Author: Douglas Aircraft Company
Laboratory: Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory
Date of Publication: 1970-08
Report Number: AFFDL TR 66-207 Volume V Supplement I
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Format-Fortran Matrix Abstraction Technique. Volume VI. Supplement I. Description of Digital Computer Program. Phase I. Extended.

Author(s): Morris, R.C.
Corporate Author: Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, California
Laboratory: Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory
Date of Publication: 1970-08
Report Number: AFFDL TR 66-207 Volume VI Supplement I
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Format-Fortran Matrix Abstraction Technique. Volume VII - Supplement I. Description of Digital Computer Program - Phase III - Extended.

Author(s): Frank, J. A.
Corporate Author: Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, California
Laboratory: Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory
Date of Publication: 1970-08
Report Number: AFFDL TR 66-207 Volume VII Supplement I
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Research on Exploratory Development of Nondestructive Methods for Crack Detection. Part III.

Author(s): Schroeer, Rudi M.
Corporate Author: Arvin Systems Inc Dayton OH
Laboratory: Air Force Materials Laboratory
Date of Publication: 1970-03
Report Number: AFML TR 67-167 Part 3
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Investigation of Advanced Filament Wound Aircraft Landing Gear Structures

Author(s): Yurenka, Steven
Corporate Author: McDonnell Douglas Corp Long Beach CA Douglas Aircraft Div
Laboratory: Air Force Materials Laboratory
Date of Publication: 1970-01
Report Number: AFML TR 69-229
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High Resolution Chemical Ionization Mass Spectroscopy

Author(s): Futrell, Jean H.
Corporate Author: Utah Univ Salt Lake City Dept Of Chemistry
Laboratory: Air Force Materials Laboratory
Date of Publication: 1970-05
Report Number: AFML TR 70-65
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Manufacturing Techniques for Application of Erosion Resistant Coatings to Turbine Engine Compressor Components

Author(s): Green, Harry M.
Corporate Author: General Electric Co Lynn MA Aircraft Engine Business Group
Date of Publication: 1970-05
Report Number: AFML TR 70-114
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Application of Photochromic Coatings for Nondestructive Inspection

Author(s): Allinikov, Sidney
Corporate Author: Air Force Materials Lab Wright-Patterson AFB Ohio
Date of Publication: 1970-12
Report Number: AFML TR 70-246
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Free-Wave Propagation in Periodically-Supported, Infinite Beams

Author(s): Mead, D. J.
Corporate Author: University of Southampton
Laboratory: Air Force Materials Laboratory
Date of Publication: 1970-01
Report Number: AFML TR 70-14
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Analytical Prediction of Defects Occurrence in Simple and Complex Forgings


Date of Publication: 1970-07
Report Number: AFML TR 70-90
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Development of a 900F Titanium Alloy


Date of Publication: 1970-07
Report Number: AFML TR 70-125
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Evaluation of Commercially Available Eddy Current Equipment


Date of Publication: 1970-05
Report Number: AFML TR 69-221
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Automatic Fare Collection

Author(s): Parsons Brinckerhoff-Tudor-Bechtel
Corporate Author: Parsons Brinckerhoff-Tudor-Bechtel
Date of Publication: 1970-01
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Investigations of Boxcar Vibrations

Author(s): Luebke, Robert W.
Corporate Author: Chesapeake and Ohio Railway/Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Laboratory: Office of High Speed Ground Transportation
Date of Publication: 1970-08
Report Number: FRA-RT-70-26
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Viet Cong Repression and its Implication for the Future

Author(s): Hosmer, Stephen T.
Corporate Author: RAND Corporation
Date of Publication: 1970-05
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Interrogating a Relational Data File: Remarks on the Admissibility of Input Queries

Author(s): Kuhns, J. L.
Corporate Author: RAND Corporation
Date of Publication: 1970-11
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Fuel-Optimal Retrothrusted Soft Landing Through an Atmosphere

Author(s): Juncosa, M. L.
Corporate Author: RAND Corporation
Date of Publication: 1970-12
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Modeling the Video Graphics System: Procedure and Model Description

Author(s): Bell, T. E.
Corporate Author: RAND Corporation
Date of Publication: 1970-12
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Maintaining Efficient Training Programs for Air Force Technical Specialties

Author(s): Carpenter, M. B.
Corporate Author: RAND Corporation
Date of Publication: 1970-09
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What if Utility Functions do not Exist?

Author(s): Roberts, Fred S.
Corporate Author: RAND Corporation
Date of Publication: 1970-09
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Notes on Combinatorial Mathematics: An Estimate of Expected Critical Path Length in PERT Networks

Author(s): Lindsey, John H.
Corporate Author: RAND Corporation
Date of Publication: 1970-10
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The Warsaw Pact's Campaign for 'European Security'

Author(s): Johnson, A. Ross
Corporate Author: Rand Corporation
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Aerospace Price Indicies

Author(s): Campbell, H. G.
Corporate Author: Rand Corporation
Date of Publication: 1970-12
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Tidal Oscillation in the Thermosphere and Their Implications for Upper Atmosphere Density Models

Author(s): Batten, E. S.
Corporate Author: Rand Corporation
Date of Publication: 1970-10
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R&D in Soviet Aviation

Author(s): Alexander, Arthur J.
Corporate Author: Rand Corporation
Date of Publication: 1970-11
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Use of Scattering Techniques in Cloud Microphysics Research I. The Aureole Method

Author(s): Deirmendjian, D.
Corporate Author: Rand Corporation
Date of Publication: 1970-10
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Resolution Limits of Fraunhofer Holography

Author(s): Belz, Ronald A.
Corporate Author: ARO, Inc.
Date of Publication: 1970-05
Report Number: AEDC-TR-70-23
AD Number: AD0706403
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Research on Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication on High-Speed Rolling-Sliding Contacts

Author(s): Smith, Richard L.
Corporate Author: Mechanical Technology, Inc. Latham, New York
Laboratory: Air Force Aero Propulsion Laboratory
Date of Publication: 1970-12
Report Number: AFAPL TR 71-54
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Phase Equilibria Investigation of Binary, Ternary, and Higher Order Systems. Part X. The Crystal Structures of Hf3N2 and Hf4N3.

Author(s): Rudy, Erwin
Corporate Author: Aerojet-General Corporation
Date of Publication: 1970-05
Report Number: AFML TR 69-117 Part 10
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A Wind Tunnel Investigation of Jets Exhausting into a Crossflow: Volume IV: Additional Data for the Three-Jet Configuration

Author(s): Fricke, L. B.
Corporate Author: Northrop Corporation, Aircraft Division
Laboratory: Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory
Date of Publication: 1970-12
Report Number: AFFDL TR 70-154 Volume 4
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A Discrete, Stochastic, Optimal Control Model of the Human Operator in a Closed-Loop Tracking Task

Author(s): Paskin, Harvey M.
Corporate Author: Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory
Laboratory: Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory
Date of Publication: 1970-11
Report Number: AFFDL TR 70-129
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A Wind Tunnel Investigation of Jets Exhausting into a Crossflow

Author(s): Fricke, L. B.
Corporate Author: Northrop Corporation
Laboratory: Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory
Date of Publication: 1970-12
Report Number: AFFDL TR 70-154 Volume 3
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An In-Flight Invesitgation to Develop Control System Design Criteria for Fighter Airplanes

Author(s): Neal, T. Peter
Corporate Author: Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, Inc.
Laboratory: Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory
Date of Publication: 1970-12
Report Number: AFFDL TR 70-74 Volume 1
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A Wind Tunnel Investigation of Jets Exhausting into a Crossflow

Author(s): Fricke, L. B.
Corporate Author: Northrop Corporation, Aircraft Division
Laboratory: Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory
Date of Publication: 1970-12
Report Number: AFFDL TR 70-154 Volume 1
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A Wind Tunnel Investigation of Jets Exhausting into a Crossflow

Author(s): Fricke, L. B.
Corporate Author: Northrop Corporation
Laboratory: Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory
Date of Publication: 1970-12
Report Number: AFFDL TR 70-154 Volume 2
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Studies on the Behavior of Nickel-Base Superalloys at High Temperatures

Author(s): Kvernes, Ingard
Corporate Author: Central Institute for Industrial Research
Laboratory: Materials Laboratory
Date of Publication: 1970-07
Report Number: AFML TR 70-103
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Analysis of Data Density and Storage Requirements for High Resolution Radar Simulation System Design

Author(s): Fligor, Patrick D.
Corporate Author: Technology Incoporated
Laboratory: Air Force Human Resources Laboratory
Date of Publication: 1970-06
Report Number: AFHRL-TR-70-12
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Corrosion Cracking of Metallic Materials

Author(s): Fontana, Mars G.
Corporate Author: Ohio State Univ Columbus Dept Of Metallurgical Engineering
Laboratory: Air Force Materials Laboratory
Date of Publication: 1970-01
Report Number: AFML TR 70-2
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System Description and Performance Data for the USAF/CAL Variable Stability T-33 Airplane

Author(s): Hall, G. Warren
Corporate Author: Cornell Aeronautical Lab Inc Buffalo N Y
Laboratory: Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory
Date of Publication: 1970-08
Report Number: AFFDL TR 70-71
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In-Flight Investigation of Lateral-Directional Dynamics for the Landing Approach

Author(s): Hall, G. Warren
Corporate Author: Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory Inc., Buffalo, New York
Laboratory: Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory
Date of Publication: 1970-10
Report Number: AFFDL TR 70-145
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Design, Fabrication, and Flight Testing of Self-Organizing Flight Control System

Author(s): Barron, Roger L.
Corporate Author: Adaptronics, Inc. McLean, Virginia
Laboratory: Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory
Date of Publication: 1970-06
Report Number: AFFDL TR 70-77
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Hypersonic Surface Pressure and Heat Transfer on Slender Bodies in Variable Composition and Nonequilibrium Atmospheres

Author(s): Harney, D. J.
Corporate Author: Ohio Stat University Aeronautical and Astronautical Research Laboratory
Laboratory: Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory
Date of Publication: 1970-04
Report Number: AFFDL TR 70-31
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Three-Dimensional Nozzle Design for Maximum Thrust. Volume I. Theoretical Development and Results

Author(s): Snyder, Lynn E,
Corporate Author: Purdue University Jet Propulsion Center
Laboratory: Air Force Aero Propulsion Laboratory
Date of Publication: 1970-10-28
Report Number: AFAPL TR 70-79 Volume 1
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Basic Kinematics and Dynamics of the Humane Centrifuge and Other Aerospace Simulators, Including a Simple Explanation of Coriolis and Gyroscopic Effects

Author(s): Schueller, Otto
Corporate Author: Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory
Laboratory: Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory
Date of Publication: 1970-05
Report Number: AMRL TR 69-126
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A Stability and Control Prediction Method for Helicopters and Stoppable Rotor Aircraft. Volume I. Engineer's Manual

Author(s): Livingston, Charles L.
Corporate Author: Bell Helicopter Company
Laboratory: Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory
Date of Publication: 1970-02
Report Number: AFFDL TR 69-123 Volume 1
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A Flight Investigation of Lateral-Directional Handling Qualities for V/STOL Aircraft in Low Speed Maneuvering Flight

Author(s): Doetsch, K-H.
Corporate Author: National Aeronautical Establishment, Canada
Laboratory: Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory
Date of Publication: 1970-03
Report Number: AFFDL TR 69-41
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Phase Equilibria Investigation of Binary, Ternary, and Higher Order Systems, Part IX - Calculation of Thermodynamic Quantities from Phase Diagrams

Author(s): Rudy, E.
Corporate Author: Aerojet-General Corporation
Laboratory: Air Force Materials Laboratory
Date of Publication: 1970-08
Report Number: AFML TR 69-117 Part 9
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