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Filed under: Design and construction -- Hydraulic models

Hydraulic model investigation (Waterways Experiment Station, 1991), by Winston Glenn Davis, Robert A. Davidson, U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, and United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. St. Louis District (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Housing -- Design and construction

Technical information on building materials for use in the design of low-cost housing. (Washington, D.C., 1936), by United States. Bureau of Standards (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Academic libraries -- Design and construction

A design for a university library (1910), by Robert Guy Van Doren (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

Filed under: Accelerometers -- Design and construction

An impulse accelerometer (Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, 1964), by William E. Nelson, G. Wayne Brown, and Lawrence Radiation Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
The design and construction of a recording accelerometer (1909), by Robert Beam Rodgers (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

Filed under: Actuators -- Design and construction

A fast-acting electrical servo for the actuation of full-span, Fowler-type wing flaps in DLC applications : a detail design study / by Frederick O. Smetana, Rafael J. Montoya, and Ronald K. Carden. (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1972), by Frederick O. Smetana, Ronald K. Carden, Rafael J. Montoya, Langley Research Center, and North Carolina State University (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Adaptive control systems -- Design and construction

Digital adaptive flight controller development (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1974), by Howard Kaufman, Langley Research Center, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Systems Engineering Division (page images at HathiTrust)
F-8C adaptive flight control extensions (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1977), by Günter Stein, Gary L. Hartmann, Honeywell Inc, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
On the design of a high-gain saturating control system for use as an adaptive autopilot (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1960), by John D. McLean, Stanley F. Schmidt, and Ames Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Aerodynamic noise -- Simulation methods -- Equipment and supplies -- Design and construction

Design and development of the spinning mode synthesizer (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1973), by John M. Seiner, Gerhard Reethof, Langley Research Center, and Pennsylvania State University (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Aerodynamics -- Equipment and supplies -- Design and construction

A smoke generator system for aerodynamic flight research (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Management, Scientific and Technical Information Division ;, 1989), by David M. Richwine, Gene V. Tracy, Robert E. Curry, and Dryden Flight Research Facility (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Aerofoils -- Design and construction

An assessment of airfoil design by numerical optimization (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1974), by R. M. Hicks, Garret N. Vanderplaats, Earll M. Murman, and Ames Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
Application of numerical optimization to the design of low-speed airfoils (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1975), by R. M. Hicks, Garret N. Vanderplaats, and Ames Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
Transonic airfoil design using cartesian coordinates (U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1976), by Leland A. Carlson, Texas A. and M. Research Foundation, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
A modified Theodorsen [epsilon]-function airfoil design procedure (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1974), by Raymond L. Barger and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
Low-speed aerodynamic characteristics of an airfoil optimized for maximum lift coefficient (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1972), by Gene J. Bingham, Allen Wen-shin Chen, and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
Effect of variable thermal properties on one-dimensional heat transfer in radiating fins (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1963), by Norbert O. Stockman, John L. Kramer, Lewis Research Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
On the use of thick-airfoil theory to design airfoil families in which thickness and lift are varied independently (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1974), by Raymond L. Barger and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
A streamline curvature method for design of supercritical and subcritical airfoils (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1974), by Raymond L. Barger, Cuyler W. Brooks, and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
Analytic airfoil analysis : design program (Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : Flight Dynamics Directorate , Wright Laboratory, Air Force Materiel Command, United States Air Force, 1994., 1994), by D. Stookesberry, W. Romer, J. Johnson, Y. Ikeda, A. Cain, A. Verhoff, Ohio) Wright Laboratory (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, and McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company-St. Louis (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Aeronautical instruments -- Design and construction

Human factors for flight deck certification personnel (U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Research and Development Service ;, 1993), by M. Stephen Huntley, Kim M. Cardosi, and United States. Federal Aviation Administration. Research and Development Service (page images at HathiTrust)
Radium hazard in a military aircraft instrument shop : final report (San Francisco, California : U.S. Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory, 1951., 1951), by R. K. Skow, Willa Wadleigh, O. J. Sobol, U.S. Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory, and U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
Training evaluation of an instrument panel homogeneous with respect to the principle of the moving part (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Aero Medical Laboratory, Wright Air Development Center, Air Research and Development Command, U.S. Air Force, 1957., 1957), by Robert C. Houston, M. R. Green, United States. Air Force. Air Research and Development Command, Wright Air Development Center, Aerospace Medical Laboratory (U.S.), and University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus). Aviation Psychology Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
Psychological variables in the design of flight simulators for training (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Aero Medical Laboratory, Wright Air Development Center, Air Research and Development Command, U.S. Air Force, 1959., 1959), by F. A. Muckler, United States. Air Force. Air Research and Development Command, Wright Air Development Center, Aerospace Medical Laboratory (U.S.), and University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus). Aviation Psychology Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
Instrumentation package for inflight physiological studies (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : Wright Air Development Division, Air Research and Development Command, United States Air Force, 1960., 1960), by M. N. Goldberg, W. V. Blockley, R. A. Mills, Aerospace Medical Laboratory, North American Aviation, United States. Wright Air Development Division, and United States. Air Force. Air Research and Development Command (page images at HathiTrust)
Influence of friction in making settings on a linear scale (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : United States, Air Force, Air Materiel Command, 1949., 1949), by William Leroy Jenkins, David Rigler, Louis O. Maas, Lehigh University, and United States. Air Force. Air Matériel Command (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Aeronautical laboratories -- United States -- Design and construction

Full committee hearing on H.R. 5627, H.R. 7328, H.R. 7541, H.R. 1433, S.J. Res. 34, H.R. 2326, and H.R. 5632 ([U.S. G.P.O.], 1954), by United States House Committee on Armed Services (page images at HathiTrust)
Subcommittee hearing on H.R. 7328, to promote the national defense by authorizing the construction of aeronautical research facilities by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics necessary to the effective prosecution of aeronautical research, H.R. 5627, to amend Public Law 472, 81st Congress, approved April 11, 1950, entitled "An act to promote the national defense and to contribute to more effective aeronautical research by authorizing professional personnel of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics to attend accredited graduate schools for research and study", and H.R. 7541, to promote the national defense by including a representative of the Department of Defense as a member of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics ([U.S. G.P.O.], 1954), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee No. 1 (page images at HathiTrust)
Full committee hearing on H.R. 662, H.R. 1199, H.R. 1200, H.R. 1201, H.R. 1203, H.R. 2736, H.R. 2737, H.R. 1179, H.R. 2735, H.R. 1181, H.R. 1215, H.R. 1216, S. 927, H.R. 3911 ([U.S. G.P.O.], 1951), by United States House Committee on Armed Services (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Aerospace planes -- Design and construction

Fiber optics in aerospace vehicle hazard detection (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : Directorate of Aeromechanics, Aeronautical Systems Division, Air Force Systems Command, December 1962., 1962), by Alan C. Traub (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Aerospace telemetry -- Equipment and supplies -- Design and construction

Transistorized VHF transmitter design for spacecraft applications (National Aeronautics and Space Administration :, 1964), by Charles R. Somerlock and Goddard Space Flight Center (page images at HathiTrust)
Airborne transistorized telemeter system model SST-1 (National Aeronautics and Space Administration :, 1965), by Raymond J. Stattel, J. E. Pownell, and Goddard Space Flight Center (page images at HathiTrust)
Medium-resolution infrared radiometer-pulse-code modulation telemetry system (National Aeronautics and Space Administration :, 1964), by Paul M. Feinberg and Goddard Space Flight Center (page images at HathiTrust)
A medium-data-rate digital telemetry system (National Aeronautics and Space Administration :, 1964), by Marjorie Rhodes Townsend, John G. Lesko, Paul M. Feinberg, and Goddard Space Flight Center (page images at HathiTrust)
Some basic considerations of telemetry system design (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1960), by H. J. Peake and Goddard Space Flight Center (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Agricultural machinery -- Design and construction

Rudimentary Treatise on Agricultural Engineering (3 volumes; London: J. Weale, 1852-1853), by G. H. Andrews
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Filed under: Air bases -- Design and construction

Army airfield-heliport operational and maintenance facilities. (Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, 1960), by United States Army Corps of Engineers (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Air conditioning -- Design and construction

Davis Energy Group PV indirect-direct evaporative cooling : final project report ([Sacramento, Calif.] : California Energy Commission, [2007], 2007), by Dick Bourne, Davis Energy Group, and California Energy Commission. Energy Research and Development Division (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Air heaters -- Design and construction

Development of the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn hypersonic facility : (an interim report on Contract AF 33(616)-17 for the period 15 January 1952 to 31 July 1955) (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : Wright Air Development Center, Air Research Development and Command, United States Air Force, 1955., 1955), by Antonio Ferri, Victor Zakkay, Martin H. Bloom, Paul A. Libby, United States. Air Force. Air Research and Development Command, Wright Air Development Center, and Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Air raid shelters -- Design and construction

Deep gallery shelters (G.P.O., 1917), by United States War Department and Army War College (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Air sampling apparatus -- Design and construction

Improved mercury vapor detector (1957), by Thomas S. Ely, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, and United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Research and Monitoring (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Air traffic control -- Design and construction

Human factors in the design and evaluation of air traffic control systems (Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Aviation Research ;, 1995), by Elizabeth D. Murphy, Kim M. Cardosi, CTA Incorporated, John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.), and United States. Office of Aviation Research (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Aircraft -- Design and construction

Festigkeitslehre und Materialkunde für das Flugwesen. Teil 1 (C.J.E. Volckmann, 1917), by Hans Pietzsch (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

Filed under: Aircraft cabins -- Design and construction

Fire- and Smoke-Resistant Interior Materials for Commercial Transport Aircraft, by National Research Council National Materials Advisory Board (page images and partial HTML at NAP)
Passenger flow rates between compartments : straight-segmented stairways, spiral stairways, and passageways with restricted vision and changes of attitude (Dept. of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Aviation Medicine ;, 1978), by D. W. Pollard and United States. Office of Aviation Medicine (page images at HathiTrust)
Vertical drop test of a narrow-body fuselage section with overhead stowage bins and auxiliary fuel tank on board (FAA Technical Center ;, 1995), by Thomas V. Logue and Federal Aviation Administration Technical Center (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Aircraft carriers -- Design and construction

Gamma-ray penetration experiments for a light aircraft carrier using distant sources and sources simulating contamination of the hull (San Francisco, California : U.S. Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory, 1961., 1961), by S. Tomoeda, W. G. Miller, M. B. Hastings, and U.S. Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Aircraft gas-turbines -- Design and construction

Concepts for cost reduction on turbine engines for general aviation (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1971), by Robert L. Cummings, Harold Gold, and Lewis Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
Strategic virgin metal requirements for five aircraft gas turbine engines (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1949), by United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. Subcommittee on Heat Resisting Materials and United States. National Adviosry Committee for Aeronautics (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Airframes -- Design and construction

Experimental and analytical study of an inlet forebody for an airframe-integrated scramjet concept (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1975), by Earl H. Andrews, S. Z. Pinckney, Anthony M. Agnone, and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
Study of flutter related computational procedures for minimum weight structural sizing of advanced aircraft (U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1976), by Robert F. O'Connell, N. A. Radovcich, H. J. Hassig, Lockheed-California Company, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
A study of NACA and NASA published information of pertinence in the design of light aircraft. Volume III, Propulsion subsystems, performance, stability and control, propellers, and flight safety (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1970), by Clifford J. Moore, Dennis M. Phillips, Langley Research Center, and North Carolina State University. Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (page images at HathiTrust)
Elevated-temperature tests under static and aerodynamic conditions on honeycomb-core sandwich panels (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1959), by Joseph M. Groen, Aldie E. Johnson, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
Elevated-temperature tests under static and aerodynamic conditions on corrugated-stiffened panels (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1959), by Joseph M. Groen, Richard Rosecrans, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
Beryllium for structural applications : a review of the unclassified liturature (Defense Metals Information Center, Battelle Memorial Institute, 1958), by Webster Hodge and Defense Metals Information Center (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
A Review of certain ferrous castings applications in aircraft and missiles (Columbus, Ohio : Defense Metals Information Center, Battelle Memorial Institute, 1959., 1959), by John Varga and Defense Metals Information Center (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
Impact damage characterization and damage tolerance of composite sandwich airframe structures / [John S. Tomblin ... et al.] (Office of Aviation Research, U.S. Federal Aviation Administration ;, 2001), by John S. Tomblin, Wichita State University. Department of Aerospace Engineering, William J. Hughes Technical Center (U.S.), and United States. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation Research (page images at HathiTrust)
Out-of-plane analysis for composite structures. Volume I (Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division, 1994), by Philip C. Paul, Northrop Corporation. Aircraft Division, Naval Air Warfare Center (U.S.). Aircraft Division, and McDonnell Aircraft Corporation (page images at HathiTrust)
Integrated airframe - nozzle performance for designing twin-engine fighters. Volume I (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory, Air Force Systems Command, 1973., 1973), by Edsel R. Glasgow, D. K. Hill, R. D. Grennan, R. A. Fox, Leonard D. Miller, Don M. Santman, Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory (U.S.), and Lockheed-California Company (page images at HathiTrust)
Close tolerance steel forging development (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : Basic Industry Division, Manufacturing Technology Laboratory, Aeronautical Systems Division, Air Force Systems Command, 1962., 1962), by C. E. Proffitt, H. C. Thomas, Boeing Company. Wichita Division, and United States. Air Force. Systems Command. Aeronautical Systems Division (page images at HathiTrust)
Integrated airframe - nozzle performance for designing twin-engine fighters. Volume VI, Revised operating manual for twin nozzle/afterbody drag and nozzle internal performance computer deck (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory, Air Force Systems Command, 1973., 1973), by Edsel R. Glasgow, D. A. Tappeiner, R. Posthumus, R. D. Grennan, R. A. Fox, Leonard D. Miller, Don M. Santman, Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory (U.S.), and Lockheed-California Company (page images at HathiTrust)
Program for the development of extruded beryllium shapes (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : Basic Industry Division, Manufacturing Technology Laboratory, Aeronautical Systems Division, Air Force Systems Command, 1962., 1962), by L. M. Christensen, R. R. Wells, Northrop Corporation, and United States. Air Force. Systems Command. Aeronautical Systems Division (page images at HathiTrust)
Establishment of the approach to, and development of, interim design criteria for sonic fatigue (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : Aeronautical Systems Division, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, 1962., 1962), by G. E. Fitch, P. A. Clawson, P. Wang, P. M. Belcher, A. G. Tipton, L. M. Brennan, T. R. Dutko, United States. Air Force. Systems Command. Aeronautical Systems Division, and North American Aviation (page images at HathiTrust)
Integrated airframe - nozzle performance for designing twin-engine fighters. Volume V, Operating manual for supersonic axisymmetric nozzle boattail drag computer deck (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory, Air Force Systems Command, 1973., 1973), by Edsel R. Glasgow, T. J. Jones, T. E. Charbonneau, Leonard D. Miller, Don M. Santman, Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory (U.S.), and Lockheed-California Company (page images at HathiTrust)
Integrated airframe - nozzle performance for designing twin-engine fighters. Volume IV, Operating manual for subsonic axisymmetric nozzle boattail drag computer deck (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory, Air Force Systems Command, 1973., 1973), by Edsel R. Glasgow, T. J. Jones, T. E. Charbonneau, Leonard D. Miller, Don M. Santman, Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory (U.S.), and Lockheed-California Company (page images at HathiTrust)
Manufacturing technology for Advanced Metal Removal Initiatives (AMRI). Volume II, High-speed machining: airframe materials (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : Materials Laboratory, Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, 1985., 1985), by D. G. Flom, Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories, and General Electric Company. Research and Development Center (page images at HathiTrust)
Aeroelasticity in stability and control (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : Wright Air Development Center, Air Research and Development Command, United States Air Force, 1957., 1957), by United States. Department of the Air Force. Wright Air Development Center, Wright Air Development Center, and United States. Air Force. Air Research and Development Command (page images at HathiTrust)
The minimum weight design of structures operating in an aerospace environment (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : Flight Dynamics Laboratory, Aeronautical Systems Division, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, 1962., 1962), by H. Switzky, United States. Air Force. Systems Command. Aeronautical Systems Division, and Republic Aviation Corporation (page images at HathiTrust)
Integrated airframe - nozzle performance for designing twin-engine fighters. Volume II, Wind tunnel data identification and presentation (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory, Air Force Systems Command, 1973., 1973), by Edsel R. Glasgow, T. J. Jones, D. A. Tappeiner, T. E. Charbonneau, D. K. Hill, R. D. Grennan, R. A. Fox, D. A. Fox, Leonard D. Miller, Don M. Santman, Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory (U.S.), and Lockheed-California Company (page images at HathiTrust)
Heterogeneous construction for missile fuselages (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : Wright Air Development Center, Air Research and Development Command, United States Air Force, 1958., 1958), by Adam T. Zahorski, United States. Air Force. Air Research and Development Command, Wright Air Development Center, and Inc Zahorski Engineering (page images at HathiTrust)

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