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Thursday, March 12, 1959
The Battalion College Station (Brazon County). Texas
Tau Beta Pi to Hold Slide Rule Contest
A slide rule contest will be
given by Tau Beta Pi in the Elec
trical Engineering Building from
5 to 6 p.m. March 20, according
to Bobby Richardson, chairman of
the Tau Beta Pi Help Session
Committee.
The contest will be limited to
freshmen who have attended the
sessions, Richardson said. Basic
applications of the slide rule that
were taught in the course will
be covered on the quiz.
Awards, as outlined by Richard
son, will be given to the top three
places consisting of $25, $10 and
$5. Plans are also-being made to
present a slide rule as a prize.
Material for the contest will be
submitted by membei's of Tau
Beta Pi.
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A&M Wind Tunnel Testing Complete,
Now Ready for Modern Aviation Tests
Recent calibration and trial runs I meht, reseai’ch and educational en-
have readied A&M’s huge subsonic leavers in the interest of modern
vind tunnel for service on develop • tviation.
Now Operating
Above is A&M’s new subsonic wind tunnel located at
Easterwood Field. The tunnel will be used by engineers to
solve problems in aeronautical designing.
Vet’s Advisor Says
Veterans’ Laws Open Many
Public Educational Benefits
Many students are not aware of
educational benefits available to
them fi'om the Vetei'an’s Adminis
tration unde i > Public Laws 634 and
394, according to Veteran’s Ad
visor Robert O. Murray Jr.
Both laws provide monthly pay
ments similar to those made to
Koi-ean veterans, Murray stated.
Children of parents who died
while in the service or whose death
was due to service-connected in
juries may be eligible to apply for
assistance under Public Law
All bra^chas of the armqd
are covered by this law and thqre
is no set x-equirement for time or
length of service. Twenty-three
students are enrolled under the
law this spring, Murray stated.
Veterans with at least 10 per
The tunnel was established by
the A&M System with Temco Air
craft Corp. coopei’ating through
financial gifts. It is adminstered
by the Texas Engineering Experi
ment Station with Alfi’ed E. Cronk
serving as supervisor and Fred
erick C. Hall as manager.
Located at Easterwood Field,
the tunnel is a closed-circuit, sin
gle-return type. Overall dimen-
siens along the centerline are 158
by 40 feet and the cross section
varies from 7 by 10 feet in tht
test section to a 30-foot diametei
in the settling chamber.
The construction section is con
structed of reinforced concrete
which transforms from a circular
to a rectangular cross section
Turning vanes are located in each
of the four coimers. Cooling is ac
complished by flowing water ovei
the steel shell of the tunnel.
The test section is 12 feet long
and is equipped with flourescent
lighting. Plate glass windows are
installed in both walls and in the
door at the top of the test sec
tion. Illumination is sufficent for
photography of test installations.
The 8 by 10-foot door at the top
of the test section allows models
to be easily installed by means of
an overhead hoist. The test sec-
’ tion is level with the main floor
of the building, thus allowing easy
access. Models are hoisted fi’om
the ground; floor to a model dolly
on the main floor and from there
to the hoist which lowers them into
the test section.
The wind tunnel is powered by
a 1000 kilowatt synchronous motor
which drives a 12 Vz foot diameter
Curtiss electric propeller. Dynamic
pressures from 0 to 100 can be
produced giving a maximum veloc-
.ty of approximately 200 miles per
hour.
The motor is completely enclosed
; n a symmetrical fairing 36 feet
in length. Extending from motor
fairing to the tunnel wall are five
equally spaced anti-twist vanes of
a symmetrical airfoil section with
a 10-foot chord. Two of these
vanes enclose the motor support
truts and provide a means of
ducting cooling air to the motox\
The control console is located
iust outside the test section where
the operator has a full view of the
model.. All control is exercised
fx-onx a single compact panel. Dy
namic pressure is controlled by
varying the pitch of the propellei'.
Along with availability of the
wind tunnel, a fully equipped ma
chine shop is at hand for use for
minor model modification and re
pairs. However, complete model
building is not accommodated at
this shop.
cent disability may apply for as
sistance under Public Law 89
Students receive payment for txx
ition and books, and, in additio;
monthly payments continue fo
two months after completion o
training. Nine students are pret
ently enolled under this progran
he said.
In addition to those enrolled un
der these laws, 812 ai’e enrolle:
under Public Law 550, the “Ko
rcan GI Bill”, and appi’oximateb
200 under the Ha^l.Wjt)»d- Act, a
Mgx^jif'Afftl^ ‘‘State of •T^Xaf :
which provides for payments ol
tuition fees in state-supported in
stitutions.
The office of Vetei'an’s Affairs
is located in the basement of the
YMCA.
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wind tunnel in a research
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