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In January of 1935, definite steps were taken in a two part program to modernize the ten-foot wind tunnel of the Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology. Part one of the program was the design and construction of a new wind tunnel rigging system based on concepts originally laid down by Dr. A. L. Klein, Associate Professor at the same institution. Part two of the program, to be carried on intensively immediately after completion of part one, will be the development of an entirely new force measuring system to replace the present modified steelyard type balances.

With the "velocity distribution" method of the kinetic theory of gas the mean number of collisions per second between the particles is found. From this the absorption coefficient for the radiation is obtained. For the intensity of the emitted radiation the equation of transfer is solved in a three dimensional medium. In the solution the emissivity is eliminated by means of a modified form of Kirchhoff's law of radiation where the index of refraction is generalized to include absorption as well. For the path of the rays the equation of the iconal of geometrical optics is considered in a refracting and absorbing medium. The solution does not exhibit the phenomenon of total reflection, present in purely refracting media.

A simplified theoretical treatment has been developed for the burning of single drops of monopropellants. Evaporation constants and the ratios of flame to droplet radii have been calculated for the following monopropellants burning in an inert atmosphere: hydrogen peroxide, nitromethane, hydrazine, ethylene oxide, ozone and nitrous oxide. Compared with the results of similar calculations for fuels burning in air, much smaller flame radii were obtained, while the evaporation constants were found to fall in the same range as before.

This is an experimental and theoretical study of deep water gravity-like waves which are induced in a liquid metal by a changing magnetic field. The dominant feature of such waves is the emission of Alfven waves from the free surface. A linearized theory is derived and compared with experiments.

Both small and large amplitude propagating stalls have been observed experimentally and their characteristics distinguished. The characteristics of the small amplitude propagating stall are such that the phenomenon can be described well by linearized theory. The characteristics of the large amplitude stall (which is the propagating stall phenomenon generally found in compressors) are such that the linearized theory is not adequate to describe the stall.