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• Velocity

• Investigation of a clamshell roll-out ejection concept / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration : [For sale by the Office of Technical Services, Dept. of Commerce], [1971]), by Lawrence F. Hatakeyama, Goddard Space Flight Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Two-dimensional potential flows : = Ebene potentialströmungen / (Washington, D.C. : National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1949), by Manfred Schäfer, W. Tollmien, Technische Hochschule Dresden, and United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (page images at HathiTrust)
• In-flight use of traversing boundary-layer probes / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; Springfield, VA : For sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, 1971), by Edwin J. Saltzman, Flight Research Center (U.S.), and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Detailed flow-field measurements over a 75 ̊swept delta wing / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Management, Scientific and Technical Information Division ; Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service, 1990), by Scott O. Kjelgaard, William L. Sellers, and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Critical speeds of a rotor in rigidly mounted, externally pressurized, air-lubricated bearings / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; [Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service], 1971), by Robert E. Cunningham, Edward J. Gunter, United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Lewis Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Experimental investigation of an axisymmetric free jet with an initially uniform velocity profile (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; [Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service], 1972), by Thomas L. Labus, Eugene P. Symons, United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Lewis Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• On the predetermination of the speed of the trotting horse / (St. Louis, Mo. : Academy of Science of St. Louis, 1903), by Francis E. Nipher (page images at HathiTrust)
• A micrometeoroid velocity detector / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration : [For sale by the Office of Technical Services, Dept. of Commerce], [1963]), by Frank Neuman and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Generation of GATE ship speed data by variational technique /, by Jerry Sullivan, issuing body United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, issuing body United States. Department of Commerce, and issuing body Center for Experiment Design and Data Analysis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Spatial bias correction for sporadic meteors photographed in New Mexico / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration : [For sale by the Office of Technical Services, Dept. of Commerce], [1970]), by Lynn U. Albers, George Diedrich, Lewis Research Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dynamic measurement of total temperature, pressure, and velocity in the Langley 0.3-meter transonic cryogenic tunnel / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Branch ; Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service, 1986), by Charles B. Johnson, P. Calvin Stainback, and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Flow improvements in the circuit of the Langley 4- by 7-meter tunnel / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Branch ; [Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service], 1983), by Zachary T. Applin and United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Branch (page images at HathiTrust)
• Induced velocity field of a jet in a crossflow / (Washington : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Office ; Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Information Office, 1978), by Richard L. Fearn, Robert P. Weston, and United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• A nonlinear estimator for reconstructing the angular velocity of a spacecraft without rate gyros / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Management, Scientific and Technical Information Program, 1991), by Michael E. Polites, W. D. Lightsey, and George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Comparisons of turbulent-boundary-layer measurements at Mach number 19.5 with theory and an assessment of probe errors [electronic resource] / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; Springfield, VA : For sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, 1971), by Ivan E. Beckwith, Frank L. Clark, William D. Harvey, Langley Research Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Velocity measurements in the Langley 1-foot (0.305-meter) hypersonic arc tunnel / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; Springfield, Va. : For sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, [1966]), by Roy James Duckett, Daniel I. Sebacher, and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Low-speed investigation of cable tension and aerodynamic characteristics of a parawing and spacecraft combination / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration : [For sale by the Office of Technical Services, Dept. of Commerce], [1963]), by William C. Sleeman and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Static longitudinal aerodynamic characteristics of close-coupled wing-canard configurations at Mach numbers from 1.60 to 2.86. (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration : [For sale by the Office of Technical Services, Dept. of Commerce], [1971]), by Samuel M. Dollyhigh, Langley Research Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Some characteristics of turbulent boundary layers in rapidly accelerated flows / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; Springfield, Va. : For sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, 1971), by Paul F. Brinich, Harvey E. Neumann, Lewis Research Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Site accessibility and characteristic velocity requirements for direct-descent lunar landings. (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration : [For sale by the Office of Technical Services, Dept. of Commerce], [1970]), by Vernon J. Weyers, Lewis Research Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Survey of literature on flow characteristics of a single turbulent jet impinging on a flat plate. (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration : [For sale by the Office of Technical Services, Dept. of Commerce], [1970]), by James W. Gauntner, Peter Hrycak, John N. B. Livingood, Lewis Research Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Longitudinal and lateral spectra of turbulence in the atmospheric boundary layer. (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration : [For sale by the Office of Technical Services, Dept. of Commerce], [1970]), by George H. Fichtl, George E. McVehil, Inc Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Effects of specific speed on experimental performance of a radial-inflow turbine / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service, 1972), by Milton G. Kofskey, William J. Nusbaum, Lewis Research Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Launch window analysis in a new perspective with examples of departures from earth to Mars / (Washington, DC : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1972), by Joseph R. Thibodeau, Victor R. Bond, Manned Spacecraft Center (U.S.), and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• The effect of object motion in Fraunhofer holography with application to velocity measurements / (Washington, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; [for sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, Springfield, Va.], 1969), by William P. Dotson, Manned Spacecraft Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Shock-tube flow analysis with a dimensionless velocity number / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; [Springfield, Va. : For sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, 1969]), by N. Muniswamy Reddy, United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Ames Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Revised upper-air wind data for Wallops Island based on serially completed data for the years 1956 to 1964 / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1968), by James A. Cochrane, William L. Weaver, Robert M. Henry, Langley Research Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Experimental profiles of velocity components and radial pressure distributions in a vortex contained in a short cylindrical chamber / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration : [For sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, Springfield, Virginia 22151], 1965), by Joseph M. Savino, Edward G. Keshock, Lewis Research Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Continuous measurement of shock velocity using a microwave technique / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1966), by M. G. Dunn and R. J. Blum (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Investigation of the velocity dependence of collision frequency through Druyvesteyn conductivity /, by P. K. Kaw, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, and Princeton University. Plasma Physics Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
• KELVIN rare gas time-of-flight program /, by Matthew Vernon, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, and United States. Department of Energy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pilot plant studies of atmospheric and pressure leaching of uranium ores in alkaline solutions : topical report WIN-73 /, by R. G. Beverly, W. A. Millsap, G. Winslow, National Lead Company, and U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Acid and carbonate leaching of North Jackpile ore : topical report WIN-3 /, by J. Q. Jones, H. I. Viklund, G. Trueman, E. S. Porter, J. T. Lynch, J. B. Larson, National Lead Company, and U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vehicle speed and rural automotive crash injury. Part I: estimated traveling speed and fatalities. (1969), by R. A. Wolf, John W. Garrett, Jaakko K. Kihlberg, Raymond R. McHenry, R. P. Mayor, and A. Stern (page images at HathiTrust)
• Feasibility study of trailer techniques for tire traction. Volume 1. Summary. Final report. (1973), by A. F. Ramsey, S. R. Sacia, and J. D. Eagleburger (page images at HathiTrust)
• Research safety vehicle. Phase I. Volume II. Program definition foundation. Final report. (1975), by D. Struble and G. Bradley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Speed advisory information for reduced visibility conditions. Interim report. (1975), by F. D. Lane and J. L. Pfau (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pavement friction test tire correlation. Final report. (1975), by R. R. Hegmon, S. Weiner, and L. J. Runt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Development of a test methodology for evaluating crash compatibility and aggressiveness. Test report 2: 1975 Ford Torino-to-NHTSA test device. (1979), by R. Yee, R. Cropper, and S. Davis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Development of a test methodology for evaluating crash compatibility and aggressiveness. Test report 4: 1975 Plymouth Fury-to-NHTSA test device. (1979), by R. Yee, R. Cropper, and S. Davis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Truck speeds along downgrades in California. (1988), by G. K. J. Tom and K. L. Elcock (page images at HathiTrust)
• Analysis of VASCAR. Final report. (1991), by J. Gavin Howe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Evaluation of design consistency methods for two-lane rural highways. Executive summary. (2000), by Kay Fitzpatrick, Ingrid B. Anderson, Karin M. Bauer, Jon M. Collins, Lily Elefteriadou, Paul Green, Douglas W. Harwood, N. Irizarry, Rodger J. Koppa, Raymond A. Krammes, J. McFadden, Kelly D. Parma, K. Passetti, Brian Poggioli, Omer Tsimhoni, and Mark Douglas Wooldridge (page images at HathiTrust)
• Design factors that affect driver speed on suburban arterials. (2000), by Kay Fitzpatrick, Paul J. Carlson, Mark Douglas Wooldridge, and Marcus Brewer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Speed prediction for two-lane rural highways. (2000), by Kay Fitzpatrick, Lily Elefteriadou, Douglas W. Harwood, Jon M. Collins, J. McFadden, Ingrid B. Anderson, Raymond A. Krammes, N. Irizarry, Kelly D. Parma, Karin M. Bauer, and K. Passetti (page images at HathiTrust)
• Comparative measurements of total temperature in a supersonic turbulent boundary layer using a conical equilibrium and combined temperature-pressure probe. /, by R. L. P. Voisinet, H. U. Meier, Roland E. Lee, and Md.) Naval Ordnance Laboratory (White Oak (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Study of the effect of pressure gradient on the eddy viscosity and mixing length for incompressible equilibrium turbulent boundary layers /, by W. J. Glowacki, S. W. Chi, and Md.) Naval Ordnance Laboratory (White Oak (page images at HathiTrust)
• Feasibility study of trailer techniques for tire traction. Volume 2. Technical. Final report. (1973), by A. F. Ramsey, S. R. Sacia, and J. D. Eagleburger (page images at HathiTrust)
• Interaction between fixed and vehicular illumination systems. Final report. (1972), by Vincent P. Gallagher and M. S. Janoff (page images at HathiTrust)
• Truck noise I-A: noise evaluation tests of military truck tires. Final report. (1974), by William A. Leasure, Denzil E. Mathews, and W. J. Rinkinen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Advanced air bag restraints for standard size car drivers. Volume II - final program report. Final report. (1974), by Donald Friedman and K. Friedman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Identification of countermeasures for the youth crash problem related to alcohol. Final report. (1975), by David F. Preusser, John F. Oates, and M. S. Orban (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vehicle directional control during braking-in-a-turn. Volume I - summary report. Final report. (1975), by R. S. Rice and J. A. Davis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vehicle directional control during braking-in-a-turn. Volume II - technical report. Final report. (1975), by R. S. Rice and J. A. Davis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Automobile tire noise: results of a pilot study and review of the open literature. Final report. (1975), by William A. Leasure, Denzil E. Mathews, and Marilyn A. Cadoff (page images at HathiTrust)
• The signficance of pavement texture. Final report. (1975), by Glenn G. Balmer (page images at HathiTrust)
• An assessment of the crashworthiness of existing urban rail vehicles. Volume III: train-collision model users manual. Final report. (1975), by David J. Segal (page images at HathiTrust)
• Performance analyses of intercity ground passenger transportation systems. Final report. (1976), by John S. Hitz (page images at HathiTrust)
• Multidisciplinary accident investigation - school bus locomotive-caboose collision, Lafayette, Oregon, September 8, 1976. MDAI team report. (1977), by Eugene E. Flamboe and J. Ouelett (page images at HathiTrust)
• Summary statistics of the national railroad-highway crossing inventory for public at-grade crossings. Final report. (1978), by John S. Hitz (page images at HathiTrust)
• Special speed monitoring survey: trucks and buses. (1979) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Development of a test methodology for evaluating crash compatibility and aggressiveness. Test report 1: 1975 Honda Civic CVCC-to-NHTSA test device. (1979), by R. Yee and S. Davis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Development of a test methodology for evaluating crash compatibility and aggressiveness. Test report 3: 1975 Volvo 244DL-to-NHTSA test device. (1979), by R. Yee, R. Cropper, and S. Davis (page images at HathiTrust)
• The effect of raised pavement markers on traffic performance. Final report. (1982), by W. L. Mullowney (page images at HathiTrust)
• Summary of luminaire support capability testing. Final report. (1988), by Allen G. Hansen and Charles R. Hott (page images at HathiTrust)
• Evaluation of sensors for monitoring truck speeds. (1993), by D. R. Middleton (page images at HathiTrust)
• A study of selected warning devices for reducing truck speeds. (1994), by D. R. Middleton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Older driver perception-reaction time for intersection sight distance and object detection. Final report. Volume II: appendixes. (1995), by Neil Lerner, Richard W. Huey, Hugh W. McGee, and A. Sullivan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Interrupted flow reference energy mean emission levels for the FHWA traffic noise model. (1997), by William Bowlby, R. L. Wayson, S. Chiguluri, M. Martin, and Lloyd A. Herman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Assessment of risks for high-speed rail grade crossings on the empire corridor. (2000), by M. Mironer, M. Coltman, and R. McCown (page images at HathiTrust)
• Single-unit truck and bus ABS braking-in-a-curve performance testing. (1999), by Richard L. Hoover, J. Gavin Howe, and Mark A. Flick (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fatal motor vehicle crashes on Indian reservations: 1975-2002. (2004), by K. Poindexter (page images at HathiTrust)
• Multiplicative systems in several variables. (Oak Ridge, Tenn. : U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Technical Information Branch, 1948), by C. J. Everett, Stanislaw M. Ulam, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, and U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Behavior of stack gases in still air : progress report for the period June 1943 to March 15, 1944 / (Oak Ridge, Tenn., U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Technical Information Division, 1950), by L. P. Bornwasser, Sam E. Beall, A. F. Rupp, M. C. Leverett, Clinton Laboratories, and U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Interpretations of the velocity distributions of slowed fission fragments / (Oak Ridge, Tenn., U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Technical Information Service, [1953]), by H. W. Schmitt, R. B. Leachman, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, and U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Velocity tables, (Los Angeles, 1960), by Los Angeles County (Calif.). Air Pollution Control District (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dynamics of wheeled vehicles : report 3, a statistical analysis of terrain-vehicle-speed systems / (Vicksburg, Miss. : Waterways Experiment Station, 1971), by N. R. Murphy and Waterways Experiment Station (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dynamics of wheeled vehicles : report 2, implementation of Wiener-Bose Theory and application to ride dynamics / (Vicksburg, Miss. : Waterways Experiment Station, 1971), by A. S. Lessem and Waterways Experiment Station (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dynamics of wheeled vehicles : report 4, a statistical analysis of obstacle-vehicle-speed systems / (Vicksburg, Miss. : Waterways Experiment Station, 1972), by G. G. Switzer and Waterways Experiment Station (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Study of the national standards for directional and other official signs. Overview of their adequacy. Final report. (1975), by John V. Fechter, V. J. Pezoldt, J. J. Persensky, and J. R. Lepkowski (page images at HathiTrust)
• Feasibility of an automatic truck warning system. Final report. (1993), by H. McGee, Sarath C. Joshua, Warren Edward Hughes, R. Strickland, Zevi Bareket, and P. Fancher (page images at HathiTrust)
• Investigation of turbulent jet impingement in a confined crossflow /, by George D. Catalano, Ohio) Wright Laboratory (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, and La.). Department of Mechanical Engineering Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge (page images at HathiTrust)

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