MS 243
Alexander Lippisch

Papers, 1897-1993, n.d.

Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140

Descriptive summary   |  Administrative information  |  Biographical/Historical note
Collection description  |  Organization  |  Description of series/container list
 

Series 1, Biographical Documents
Series 2, Aviation History
Series 3, Soaring Sailplanes and Gliders
Series 4, Delta-Winged Aircraft
Series 5, Aerodynamics
Series 6, Smoke Tunnels
Series 7, Aerodynes

Series 8, General Ground Effect
Series 9, Ground Effect - Aeroskimmers
Series 10, Ground Effect - Aerofoil Boats
Series 11, Aerodynamics and Smoke Tunnels
Series 12, Hydrofoil Boat
Series 13, Miscellaneous Files
Series 14, Films

 

Description of series

Series 11 Aerodynamics and Smoke Tunnels 1951-1959, n.d.
extent: 8 boxes
description: A majority of this series is photographs. It is grouped with dated material (1951-59) preceding the undated material.

See also Series 5, Aerodynamics and Series 6, Smoke Tunnels.

Container list

Box Folder Title Dates
64 1 Photographs: Smoke Flow from Jets Discharging Along Flat and Straight Walls (1 of 2) 1951-52
64 2 Photographs: Smoke Flow from Jets Discharging Along Flat and Straight Walls (2 of 2) 1951-52
64 3 Photographs: 2-D and 3-D Smoke Tunnel Equipment, Full-Scale Test Stand Model for Aerodyne, Miscellaneous Test Setups 1951-56
64 4 Photographs: 2-D and 3-D Smoke Tunnel Equipment 1951-56
64 5 Photographs: Smoke Flow Discharging from Leading Edge and Wing Tip of Square-Tipped Wing 1952
64 6 Negatives: Smoke Flow Discharging from Leading Edge and Wing Tip of Square-Tipped Wing 1952
65 1 Photographs: 612 Model Airfoil and Smoke Discharging from Leading Edge of Rounded-Tip Wing 1952
65 2 Negatives: 612 Model Airfoil and Smoke Discharging from Leading Edge of Rounded-Tip Wing 1952
65 3 Photographs: Smoke Flow in 2-D Nozzle Development Tunnel, Smoke Flow Discharging from Leading Edge and Tip of Airfoils (1 of 2) 1952
65 4 Photographs: Smoke Flow in 2-D Nozzle Development Tunnel, Smoke Flow Discharging from Leading Edge and Tip of Airfoils (2 of 2) 1952
65 5 Photographs: Smoke Jet Flows Discharging in Front of, Around, and Under Various Airfoils (1 of 2) 1952-55
65 6 Photographs: Smoke Jet Flows Discharging in Front of, Around, and Under Various Airfoils (2 of 2) 1952-55
65 7 Photographs: 2-D Smoke Flow Discharging from Jets, Jet Pumps, Cellular Rotors, Free Jet Flow Table Tests 1952-56
66 1 Negatives: Smoke Flow Discharging from Jets, Jet Pumps, Cellular Rotors, Free Jet Flow Table Tests 1952-56
66 2 Photographs: 2-D and 3-D Smoke Flow Tests Made with 612 Model Airfoils, Aerodyne Models, Flat Plates, Nozzles, and Shrouded Propellers (1 of 2) 1953-55
66 3 Photographs: 2-D and 3-D Smoke Flow Tests Made with 612 Model Airfoils, Aerodyne Models, Flat Plates, Nozzles, and Shrouded Propellers (2 of 2) 1953-55
66 4 Photographs: 2-D Smoke Flow Fields, Flow Patterns in 2-D Educational Smoke Tunnel (1 of 2) 1953-56
66 5 Photographs: 2-D Smoke Flow Fields, Flow Patterns in 2-D Educational Smoke Tunnel (2 of 2) 1953-56
66 6 Photographs: Smoke Tunnel Equipment, Shrouded Propellers, and Smoke Flow Tests 1953-56
66 7 Negatives: Smoke Tunnel Equipment, Shrouded Propellers, and Smoke Flow Tests 1953-56
67 1 Photographs: Experimental Flow Processes Made in 2-D Smoke Tunnel (1 of 2) 1953-58
67 2 Photographs: Experimental Flow Processes Made in 2-D Smoke Tunnel (2 of 2) 1953-58
67 3 Negatives: Experimental Flow Processes Made in 2-D Smoke Tunnel 1953-58
67 4 Photographs: Smoke Flow Over Flapped Airfoil, Un-numbered, Annotated Photos of Aerodyne Models, Smoke Flow Patterns 1953
67 5 Negatives: Smoke Flow Over Flapped Airfoil, Un-numbered, Annotated Photos of Aerodyne Models, Smoke Flow Patterns 1953
67 6 Visualization of 3-D Flow Patterns ca. 1953
67 7 Photographs: Smoke Flow Discharging from Free Jets, Jet Diffusers, Jet Augmentation, Smoke Flow Patterns 1955
68 1 Negatives: Smoke Flow Discharging from Free Jets, Jet Diffusers, Jet Augmentation, Smoke Flow Patterns 1955
68 2 Photographs: Smoke Flow Discharging from Leading Edge and Tip of Swept Wing 1956
68 3 Negatives: Smoke Flow Discharging from Leading Edge and Tip of Swept Wing 1956
68 4 Photographs: Aerophore Under Construction, 2-D Smoke Flow Patterns 1956-57
68 5 Negatives: Aerophore Under Construction, 2-D Smoke Flow Patterns 1956-57
68 6 Aeronautical Engineering Review: "Flow Visualization" 1958
68 7 "The Influence of Blowing on the Flow Around Flat Body Surfaces" 1959
68 8 Paper: "Planing Surfaces–The Hydrodynamic Characteristics of Planing Surfaces" 1959
68 9 Negatives: CARL 01-08 (Copy Negatives, ca. 1978) n.d.
68 10 Photographs: Smoke Flow Discharging from Two Jets Along Flat Wall, Under and Around Flat Plates, Diffusers, Blowers, for Nozzle Development Tunnel n.d.
69 1 Negatives: Smoke Flow Discharging from Two Jets Along Flat Wall, Under and Around Flat Plates, Diffusers, Blowers, for Nozzle Development Tunnel n.d.
69 2 Photographs: Smoke Tunnel Equipment, Smoke Flow Tests, Aerodyne Models n.d.
69 3 Negatives: Smoke Tunnel Equipment, Smoke Flow Tests, Aerodyne Models n.d.
69 4 Photographs: Experimental Flow Processes Made in 2-D Smoke Tunnel (D1a-d18a) n.d.
69 5 Negatives: Experimental Flow Processes Made in 2-D Smoke Tunnel (D1a-d18a) n.d.
69 6 Photographs: Experimental Flow Processes Made in 2-D Smoke Tunnel (CARL 121-140) n.d.
69 7 Negatives: Experimental Flow Processes Made in 2-D Smoke Tunnel (CARL 121-140) n.d.
69 8 Flow Diagrams - Extra Copies n.d.
69 9 Photographs: Experimental Flow Processes Made in 2-D Smoke Tunnel (CARL 159-170) n.d.
69 10 Negatives: Experimental Flow Processes Made in 2-D Smoke Tunnel (CARL 159-170) n.d.
70 1 Photographs: Experimental Flow Processes Made in 2-D Smoke Tunnel (CARL 171-211) n.d.
70 2 Negatives: Experimental Flow Processes Made in 2-D Smoke Tunnel (CARL 171-211) n.d.
70 3 Photographs: Smoke Flow Discharging from Leading Edge and Tip of Swept Wing, Test Stand Equipment, Aerophore Wind Tunnel Model n.d.
70 4 Negatives: Smoke Flow Discharging from Leading Edge and Tip of Swept Wing, Test Stand Equipment, Aerophore Wind Tunnel Model n.d.
70 5 Flow Visualization - Report 002711 n.d.
70 6 Photographs: Graphs and Charts of Wind Tunnel Measurements, Drawings of Wind Tunnel Models (DCG 47-79) n.d.
70 7 Negatives: Graphs and Charts of Wind Tunnel Measurements, Drawings of Wind Tunnel Models (DCG 47-79) n.d.
70 8 Photographs: Graphs and Charts of Wind Tunnel Measurements, Drawings of Wind Tunnel Models (DCG 116-149) n.d.
70 9 Negatives: Graphs and Charts of Wind Tunnel Measurements, Drawings of Wind Tunnel Models (DCG 116-149) n.d.
71 1 Photographs: 2-D Wind Tunnel and Airfoils n.d.
71 2 Photographs: Various Models, Airfoil Test Results, Smoke Flow n.d.
71 3 Negatives: Various Models, Airfoil Test Results, Smoke Flow n.d.
71 4 Photographs: Smoke Flow Discharging along Leading Edge and Around Tip of Model 612 Airfoil. Un-numbered Graphs and Drawings of Subsonic Diffusers n.d.
71 5 Photographs: Airfoil Test Results, Wind Tunnel (639-658) n.d.
71 6 Negatives: Airfoil Test Results, Wind Tunnel (639-658) n.d.
71 7 Photographs: Flow Visualization Table Setup n.d.
71 8 Negatives: Flow Visualization Table Setup n.d.

 

Description of series

Series 12 Hydrofoil Boat 1928-1964, n.d.
extent: 8 boxes
description: This series includes one oversized box of photographs of various boat designs (no negatives) and one oversized box of boat production drawing aperture cards. Two oversized boxes of input and computed data computer print-outs from Collins Marine Laboratory are also contained in the series. The series also holds dated (1928, 1938, 1946-64) and undated material relating to the hydrofoil boat.

Container list

Box Folder Title Dates
87 1 Scantling Rules 1928-ca. 1950s
87 2 Huckins Yacht Corporation: Fairfoam Flyer, Miscellaneous Materials and Photographs 1946-52
87 3 Huckins Yacht Corporation: Fairfoam Flyer, Instruction Book - Hull 0C52-228 1949
87 4 Photograph Index ca. 1950-59
87 5 Reference Material for Watercraft (1 of 3) ca. 1950-59
87 6 Reference Material for Watercraft (2 of 3) ca. 1950-59
87 7 Reference Material for Watercraft (3 of 3) ca. 1950-59
87 8 Data Evaluation for Tests: Series 1-7, 10-11, 13-15 Includes Tachometer Calibration Curves 1957
87 9 Complete Work on Velocity Survey Series #25, #26 1957
88 1 Data Evaluation for Tests: Series 45-49 1957
88 2 Huckins Yacht Corporation 1957-61
88 3 Experimental Results on 10° Deadrise V-Bottom 1959
88 4 Proposal of Research Work on the Design of Planing Craft 1959
88 5 Boat Statistics and Evaluation - Report 002667 1959
88 6 Photographs: Hydrodyne (1 of 3) ca. 1959
88 7 Photographs: Hydrodyne (2 of 3) ca. 1959
88 8 Photographs: Hydrodyne (3 of 3) ca. 1959
89 1 Photographs: Tow Tank Tests, 1/8 Scale Hydrodyne Models, and Graphs of Experimental Data on Hydrofoils 1959
89 2 Negatives: Tow Tank Tests, 1/8 Scale Hydrodyne Models, and Graphs of Experimental Data on Hydrofoils 1959
89 3 The Hydrodynamic Characteristics of Planing Surfaces - Report 002063 1960
89 4 The Paradox of Negative Drag of Planing Surfaces - Report 002062 1960
89 5 X-102 Model Experimental Data Notebook No. 2 1960
89 6 Tow Tank 1960
89 7 Photographs of Lab Equipment and Write-ups ca. 1960
89 8 X-502 Model Experimental Data Notebook No. 13 1960
89 9 X-105 Model Experimental Data Notebook No. 4 (1 of 2) 1961
89 10 X-105 Model Experimental Data Notebook No. 4 (2 of 2) 1961
90 1 Photographs: Wave Cancellation Tests with One Board Forward and One Flat Board Aft 1962
90 2 Photographs: Variable Dihedral Gem Model with Flags for Flow Visualization ca. 1962
90 3 X-107 Model Experimental Data Notebook No. 6 1962
90 4 X-108 Model Experimental Data Notebook No. 7 1962
90 5 X-109 Model Experimental Data Notebook No. 8 1962
90 6 X-110 Model Experimental Data Notebook No. 9 1962
90 7 X-112 Model (Aerobat) Experimental Data Notebook No. 2 1963
90 8 Photographs: Hydrofoil Boat ca. 1963
90 9 Photographs: 2-D Smoke Tunnel Tests of End Plates 1964
90 10 Notes on Experimentation on Three and Six Inch Beam Models n.d.
90 11 Miscellaneous Hydrodynamics n.d.
90 12 X-500 Model Experimental Data Notebook No. 12 n.d.
90 13 Polaroid Photographs of Hydrofoil Boat n.d.
90 14 Photographs: Double 70°-4° Swept Back at +2 and 2° Deviation from Design Angle n.d.
91 Oversized: Photographs of Various Boats and the Construction Process ca. 1960s
92 Oversized: Boat Production Engineering Drawing Aperature Cards (Computer Punch Cards with Aperature Window for Technical Drawing or Text) ca. 1960s
93 Oversized: Collins Marine Lab - Input and Computed Data Computer Print-Outs (1 of 2) 1959-60
94 Oversized: Collins Marine Lab - Input and Computed Data Computer Print-Outs (2 of 2) 1959-60

 

Description of series

Series 13 Miscellaneous Files 1924-1979, n.d.
extent: 6 boxes
description: This series is comprised of research files including instrumentation documentation and papers and articles written by other authors (most in German). Three files of correspondence, reports and photographs requested by H. V. Borst for documentation of Dr. Lippisch's work, and various progress and status reports comprise a significant portion of the series. The series also features results and data from various tests, production schedules and research programs, and inventories and indexes. Miscellaneous papers authored by Dr. Lippisch, photographs of Dr. Lippisch and the CARL insignia complete the series.

Container list

Box Folder Title Dates
95 1 Instrumentation Documentation (1 of 5) ca. 1960s
95 2 Instrumentation Documentation (2 of 5) ca. 1960s
95 3 Instrumentation Documentation (3 of 5) ca. 1960s
95 4 Instrumentation Documentation (4 of 5) ca. 1960s
95 5 Instrumentation Documentation (5 of 5) ca. 1960s
96 1 "Motors for Driving Small Model Propellers" (in German) 1924
96 2 "Removing Boundary Layer by Suction" (German Report) 1926
96 3 "Berechnung Turbulenter Ausbreitungsvorgange" - Walter Tollmien 1926
96 4 "Jet Engines" (German Report) 1936
96 5 "Versuchsbericht Uber Versuche mit einem Gerat zum Antrieb einer Grenzschicht-Beeinflussungaanlage" 1941
96 6 "Group Aerodynamics" Jet Pumps (in German) 1941
96 7 "Komp-Messungen an e. Rechteckflugel" 1942
96 8 Lorin Ramjet Performance Graphs - Focke Wulf (in German) 1942
96 9 "Windkanaluntersuchungen am Modell eines Strahltriebwerks" 1944
96 10 "Controle de la couche" 1950
96 11 "L'Hypersustentation d'une aille" 1950
96 12 "Metingen Aan Enige Bij Scheepsschroeven Gebruikelijke Profielen In Vlakke Stroming Met En Zonder Cavitatie" 1951
96 13 "Zur Berechnung des Umschlages laminar/turbulent" 1952
96 14 "Ein Korper mit dynamischem Auftrieb" 1952
96 15 The Wright Brothers ca. 1953
96 16 "On the Possibilities of Connecting the Production of Lift with that of Propulsion" - "Lift Propulsor" 1953
96 17 "Flying Saucers" - Miscellaneous Information 1953-55
96 18 "Stromungsuntersuchungen an Schaufelgittern" 1954
96 19 "Jahrestagung der WGL" 1955
96 20 "Experimentelle Untersuchungen an geraden und gekrummten Diffusoren" 1959
96 21 "Wolkenfreie Turbulenz und Richardson-Kriterium" 1963
96 22 "Charackteristikenverfahren zur Naherungsweisen Berechnung der Unsymmetrischen Uberschallstromung um Ringformige Korper" n.d.
96 23 "Kleine Mitteilungen" n.d.
96 24 "Anbau v. TL-Triebwerken an den Tragflugel" n.d.
96 25 Focke-Wulf: "Ausbreitung heisser Gasstrahlen in bewegter Luft/Pabst" n.d.
97 1 U.S. Navy - USSTAF Microfilm No. V38-677 n.d.
97 2 "Energieumsetzung in Querschnittserweiterungen '30" n.d.
97 3 Laminar Flow - Flat Plate (German Report) n.d.
97 4 "La Portance Et La Trainee Induite Minimum D'Une Aile Au Voisinage Du Sol" n.d.
97 5 "Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule No. 5" n.d.
97 6 Correspondence: Arthur A. Collins 1959-60
97 7 Correspondence: Captain W. C. Fortune 1955
97 8 Correspondence: A. Satin (Office of Naval Research) 1954
97 9 Documents 002680, 002681, 002685, 002708 1954-57
97 10 Documents 002710, 002711, 002712, 002713, 002715 1954-59
97 11 Documents 002716, 002717 1958
97 12 Documents 002718, 002720 1954-59
98 1 Status Report for Lift Inducing Propulsion Systems 1954
98 2 Status Report - September 1954 1954
98 3 Status Report Covering 1 January 1956 to 31 May 1956 1956
98 4 Progress Report: 1 June to 27 July 1956 1956
98 5 Progress Report: 1 August to 30 November 1956 1956
98 6 Progress Report: 1 December to 31 December 1956 1956
98 7 IDR - 419 - 18 1957
98 8 Progress Report: 1 April to 30 June 1957 1957
98 9 Progress Report: 1 August to 4 September 1957 1957
98 10 Progress Report: 1 September to 30 September 1957 1957
98 11 Interim Development Reports on Lift-Thrust Data Analysis and Research on Wingless Aircraft 1958-59
98 12 Lift-Thrust Data Analysis for a Wingless Aircraft Model (Mark V) 1960
98 13 Report - Forces Induced on a Curved Wall by a Jet Emerging Horizontally at One End of the Wall n.d.
98 14 Test 1 - 2 Free Jets 1952
98 15 Test 4 - 1 Run 2 1952
98 16 Test 5 - 1 1952
98 17 Test 7 - 2 Two Jets Intermixing Along a Wall ca. 1952
98 18 Test 8 - 2 Thrust Augmentation ca. 1952
98 19 Test 9 - 2 ca. 1952-53
98 20 Test 10 - 1 Thrust of Two Jets 1953
98 21 Test 1 - 1 Run 2 1955
98 22 Research Programs n.d.
98 23 Production Schedule ca. 1956-60
99 1 Inventory of Items in Engineering Storage ca. 1960-63
99 2 Inventory of Items Sent to Newport B. and Test Equipment 1964
99 3 Lippisch-Borst File (Index) 1976-79
99 4 Collins Radio - Indexes of Lippisch Material ca. 1951-76
99 5 Integrated Jet Wing (Including Patents) 1951-52
99 6 "The Conversion of Free Stream Propeller Tests into the Performance Characteristics of Shrouded Propellers at Static Conditions" 1953
99 7 "Discussion of David Hazen Paper" 1955-58
99 8 "Some Basic Derivations About the Action of a Shrouded Propeller" 1956
99 9 "Application of Ducted Fans" (Philadelphia) 1958
99 10 Development Planning Note - USAF ca. 1958
99 11 "Flow Visualization" n.d.
99 12 Photographs: Dr. Lippisch n.d.
99 13 Negatives: Dr. Lippisch n.d.
99 14 Photographs: Graphs and Design of CARL Insignia n.d.
99 15 Negatives: Graphs and Design of CARL Insignia n.d.
99 16 Color Transparencies n.d.
100 1 Notes and Calculations by Collins Aeronautical Research ca. 1951-54
100 2 Testing Data and Calculations ca. 1953
100 3 Beech 18 S Flight Measurements (Dr. Raspel/Israel) ca. 1955
100 4 Test on Full Scale Propeller Measurements 1957
100 5 Propeller ca. 1958
100 6 Production Test Procedure - Part 1 KY-532A and KY-533A ca. 1965
100 7 Data Calculations n.d.
100 8 Jet with Mixing Chamber and Diffuser n.d.
100 9 Design Charts n.d.
100 10 Calculation Look-up Charts n.d.
100 11 Trailer Power Supply Drawing List n.d.
100 12 Sulphur Hexaflouride - Characteristics and Physical Data 1947, 1952
61 3 Conceptual and technical drawings (including delta wing, aerodyne, cockpits): contact prints (these are images of original oversized drawings housed in this collection) 1950-1955 circa

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