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• Effect of inducer inlet and diffuser throat areas on performance of a low pressure ratio sweptback centrifugal compressor (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1975), by Hugh A. Klassen and Lewis Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Experimental performance of a 16.10-centimeter-tip-diameter sweptback centrifugal compressor designed for a 6:1 pressure ratio (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1977), by Hugh A. Klassen, Lawrence F. Schumann, Jerry R. Wood, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Performance of a tandem-rotor/tandem-stator conical-flow compressor designed for a pressure ratio of 3 (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Branch ;, 1982), by Jerry R. Wood, Lawrence F. Schumann, Albert Kimsey Owen, and United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Branch (page images at HathiTrust)
• Performance of a low-pressure-ratio centrifugal compressor with four diffuser designs (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1973), by Hugh A. Klassen and Lewis Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Design and tests of a six-stage axial-flow compressor having a tip speed of 550 feet per second and a flat operating characteristic at constant speed (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1958), by Willard R. Westphal, John W. Maynard, Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, and United States National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rotating stall investigation of the 0.72 hub-tip ratio single-stage compressor (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1954), by Robert W. Graham, Vasily D. Prian, Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory, and United States. National Adviosry Committee for Aeronautics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NACA Wartime Reports. Series E. (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1944), by J. Austin King, Owen W. Regan, Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory, and United States National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (page images at HathiTrust)

• A computer program for variable-geometry single-stage axial compressor test data analysis (UD0400) (Aero Propulsion Laboratory, Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories, Air Force Systems Command, 1981), by C. Herbert Law and Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories. Aero Propulsion Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)

• Optimization of compressor vane and bleed settings (Aero Propulsion Laboratory, Wright Aeronautical Laboratories, Air Force Systems Command, 1981), by J. E. Garberoglio, W. L. Bourdreaux, J. O. Song, and Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Group. Government Products Division (page images at HathiTrust)

• NACA Wartime Reports. Series E. (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1945), by Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory and United States National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (page images at HathiTrust)

• A comparison of sound power levels from portable air compressors based upon test methodologies adopted by U.S. EPA and the CEC. (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Noise Abatement and Control ;, 1980), by Commission of the European Communities. Environment and Consumer Protection Service and United States Office of Noise Abatement and Control (page images at HathiTrust)

• Inspection and test of air and other gas compressors. (Headquarters, Dept. of the Army, 1991), by United States. Department of the Army (page images at HathiTrust)

• Design and performance of a high-pressure-ratio, highly loaded axial-flow transonic compressor space (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1974), by George W. Lewis, Edward R. Tysl, Lonnie Reid, and Lewis Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Frequency response of an axial-flow compressor exposed to inlet pressure perturbations (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1974), by Edward J. Milner, Francis J. Paulovich, Leon M. Wenzel, and Lewis Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Performance of a transonic compressor rotor with an aspect ratio of 6.5 (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1974), by Lonnie Reid, Edward R. Tysl, and Lewis Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)

• Performance of a 1.15-pressure-ratio axial-flow fan stage with a blade tip solidity of 0.5 (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1974), by Walter Martin Osborn, Ronald J. Steinke, and Lewis Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)

• Investigation of an impulse axial-flow compressor rotor over a range of blade angles (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1950), by Wallace M. Schulze, Willard R. Westphal, John R. Erwin, Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, and United States. National Adviosry Committee for Aeronautics (page images at HathiTrust)
• Design, over-all performance and stall characteristics (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1954), by George W. Lewis, G. K. Serovy, Francis C. Schwenk, Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory, and United States. National Adviosry Committee for Aeronautics (page images at HathiTrust)

• NACA Wartime Reports. Series E. (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1942), by Herman H. Ellerbrock, Arthur W. Goldstein, Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory, and United States National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (page images at HathiTrust)

• Static sea-level performance of an axial-flow-compressor turbojet engine with an air-cooled turbine (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1955), by Reeves P. Cochran, Robert P. Dengler, Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory, United States. National Adviosry Committee for Aeronautics, and United States National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (page images at HathiTrust)
• Evaluation of a compressor bleed system for rim cooling the turbine wheel of a turbojet engine (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1954), by C. R. Morse, R. H. Kemp, and United States National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (page images at HathiTrust)

• Off-design correlation for losses due to part-span dampers on transonic rotors. (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Branch ;, 1980), by William B. Roberts, Donald M. Sandercock, James E. Crouse, Lewis Research Center, and United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Branch (page images at HathiTrust)
• Overall and blade-element performance of a 1.20-pressure-ratio fan stage at design blade setting angle (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1974), by George W. Lewis, Edward R. Tysl, and Lewis Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Overall and blade element performance of a 1.20-pressure-ratio fan stage with rotor blades reset -5 ̊ (U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1976), by George W. Lewis, Royce D. Moore, Walter Martin Osborn, and Lewis Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Overall and blade element performance of a 1.20 pressure ratio fan stage with rotor blades reset -7 ̊ (U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1976), by George W. Lewis, George Kovich, and Lewis Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)

• Inspection and test of air and other gas compressors. (Headquarters, Dept. of the Army, 1991), by United States. Department of the Army (page images at HathiTrust)

• Calibration procedure for compressor bleed valve test stand, Lycoming, model LTCT421. (Headquarters, Dept. of the Army, 1984), by United States. Department of the Army (page images at HathiTrust)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• Compressed air handbook; a reference book on all phases of industrial air and gas compressors and compressed-air-powered portable tools and rock drills used by industry. (McGraw-Hill, 1954), by Compressed Air and Gas Institute (page images at HathiTrust)
• "Axial compressor theory and design"; a paper to be submitted to the Sixth International Congress for Applied Mechanics, at Paris, France. (Washington, 1946), by Frank J Gardiner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Compressed air and gas handbook; a reference book on all phases of industrial air and gas compressors, and compressed-air-powered portable tools and rock drills used in industry. (New York, 1961), by Compressed Air and Gas Institute (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tests to prove performance of high temperature water jet compressor (U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 1968), by Paul L. Geiringer, Lloyd T. Taylor, American Hydrotherm Corporation, and United States. Office of Saline Water (page images at HathiTrust)
• Description of a high pressure high accuracy Burnett compressibility apparatus (U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, 1967), by John E. Miller (page images at HathiTrust)
• Elastic pressure distortion of the volumes of a Burnett compressibility apparatus over the temperature range 0©® to 80©®C (U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, 1968), by Tedford C. Briggs, Robert E. Barieau, and United States Bureau of Mines (page images at HathiTrust)
• Centrifugal compressor for high-temperature helium : performance characteristics (U.S. Dept. of the Interior. Bureau of Mines, 1963), by Neil H. Coates, James P. McGee, S. G. Nordlinger, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, and United States Bureau of Mines (page images at HathiTrust)
• A method for treating PVT data from a Burnett compressibility apparatus (U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, 1967), by Robert E. Barieau and Beverly J. Dalton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Compressor and related explosions (United States Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, 1963), by Henry E. Perlee, Michael George Zabetakis, and United States Bureau of Mines (page images at HathiTrust)
• An aerodynamic-thermodynamic study of centrifugal compressors (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1962), by Gene T. Colwell, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Reactor Division (page images at HathiTrust)
• Unsteady stall of axial flow compressors (Buffalo, 1963), by Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory and William Gordon Brady (page images at HathiTrust)
• Analysis of internal flow of J85-13 multistage compressor (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1977), by Roy D. Hager and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Analysis of dynamic inlet distortion applied to a parallel compressor model (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1977), by Leon M. Wenzel, United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Ronald J Blaha (page images at HathiTrust)
• Experimental performance of a 13.65-centimeter-tip-diameter tandem-bladed sweptback centifugal compressor designed for a pressure ratio of 6 (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Office ;, 1977), by Hugh A. Klassen, Lawrence F. Schumann, Jerry R. Wood, and United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Analytical prediction of the performance and stability of a J85-13 compressor with distorted inlet flow (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1977), by Edward J. Milner and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Performance of a transonic fan stage designed for a low meridional velocity ratio (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Office ;, 1978), by Royce D. Moore, Walter Martin Osborn, George W. Lewis, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Office, and Lewis Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Performance of a J85-13 compressor with clean and distorted inlet flow (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1975), by Edward J. Milner, Leon M. Wenzel, and Lewis Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Design and fabrication of a high-performance Brayton cycle radial-flow gas generator (National Aeronautics and Space Administration :, 1967), by AiResearch Manufacturing Company of Arizona (page images at HathiTrust)
• End wall flow characteristics and overall performance of an axial flow compressor stage (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Branch ;, 1983), by N. Sitaram, B. Lakshminarayana, Pennsylvania State University, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Branch, and Lewis Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• WISGSK, a computer code for the prediction of a multistage axial compressor performance with water ingestion (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1982), by T. Tsuchiya, S. N. B. Murthy, Purdue University. School of Mechanical Engineering, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Effect of simulated downstream flow blockage doors on the performance of an axial-flow fan rotor (National Aeronautics and Space Administration; [for sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, Springfield, Va.], 1970), by Walter Martin Osborn and Jack M. Wagner (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• NASA TN D-5761 (National Aeronautics and Space Administration :, 1970), by Laurence J. Heidelberg, Carl Weigel, Calvin L. Ball, Lewis Research Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Fortran program for calculating velocities in the meridional plane of a turbomachine. Centrifugal compressor (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1972), by Michael R. Vanco, Lewis Research Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Effect of casing treatment on overall and blade-element performance of a compressor rotor (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1971), by Royce D. Moore, Robert J. Blade, George Kovich, Ames Research Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Investigation of the effect of a guide-vane-rotor combination on inlet total-pressure distortions in a compressible fluid (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1959), by George C. Ashby and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Entropietafel für Luft und ihre Verwendung zur Berechnung der Kolben-und Turbo-Kompressoren. (Julius Springer, 1917), by P. Ostertag (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Analysis of limitations imposed on one-spool turbojet-engine designs by compressors and turbines at flight Mach numbers of 0, 2.0, and 2.8 (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1954), by Richard H. Cavicchi, Robert E. English, United States National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, and Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
• Investigation of effects of reynolds number on large double-entry centrifugal compressor (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1952), by Karl Kovach, Joseph R. Withee, United States National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, and Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
• Preliminary engine investigation (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1949), by Andre J. Meyer, Howard F. Calvert, United States National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, and Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
• Analysis of turbine performance and effect of tail-pipe design on engine performance (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1948), by Richard P. Krebs, Frederick C. Foshag, United States National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, and Flight Propulsion Research Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
• Calculations of the performance of a compression-ignition engine-compressor turbine combination. [Part] 2, Performance of complete combination (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1947), by Alexander Mendelson, United States National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, and Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dynamic investigation (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1949), by Andre J. Meyer, Howard F. Calvert, United States National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, and Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
• Operational characteristics (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1948), by Richard L. Golladay, Stanley L. Gendler, United States National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, and Flight Propulsion Research Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
• Analysis of compressor performance (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1948), by Robert O. Dietz, John K. Kuenzig, United States National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, and Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
• Analysis of combustion-chamber performance (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1948), by Reece V. Hensley, United States National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, and Flight Propulsion Research Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
• Investigation at supersonic speeds of the compressor stall and inlet buzz characteristics of a J34 - spike-inlet combination (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1958), by J. Cary Nettles, Robert C. Campbell, Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory, United States. National Adviosry Committee for Aeronautics, and United States National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (page images at HathiTrust)
• Analytical investigation of some three-dimensional flow problems in turbomachines (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1952), by Frank E. Marble, Irving Michelson, and United States National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NACA Wartime Reports. Series E. (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1945), by W. Perl, M. Tucker, Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory, and United States National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NACA Wartime Reports. Series E. (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1945), by J. C. Sanders, Alexander Mendelson, Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory, and United States National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (page images at HathiTrust)
• Latest developments in compressed air-motors for tramways ([New York] : [American Institute of Mining Engineers], [1890], 1890), by D. S. Jacobus and American Institute of Mining Engineers (page images at HathiTrust)
• A high-pressure gas-compression system (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1929), by J. R. Dilley and W. L. Edwards (page images at HathiTrust)
• Residential forced-air system cabinet leakage and blower performance : PIER final project report (California Energy Commission, 2011), by Woody Delp, Darryl Dickerhoff, Iain Walker, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and California Energy Commission. Public Interest Energy Research (page images at HathiTrust)
• Conceptual design study of a nuclear Brayton turboalternator-compressor (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1971), by General Electric Company and Lewis Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pumps, valves and compressors. (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, International Trade Administration, 1986), by United States. International Trade Administration (page images at HathiTrust)

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