NACA Papers
This page hosts a collection of NACA papers that are partial source material for Bruhn's "Analysis & Design of Flight Vehicle Structures" and other useful NACA Papers. We have received requests for many of these references over the years so we have collected them here.
At the end of this list there are some other NACA papers collected mainly concerning wing and flap loads.
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NACA-ARR Dec 1942 Kuhn.pdfView Download
Strength and Stiffness of Shear Webs with Round Lightening Holes having 45deg Flanges
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Jan 3, 2013, 4:21 AM
Richard Abbott
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naca-arr-l6a05a.pdfView Download
Critical combinations of longitudinal and transverse direct stress for an infinitely long flat plate with edges elastically restrained against rotation
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v. 4
Jan 6, 2010, 1:24 PM
Richard Abbott
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naca-report-479.pdfView Download
Stability of thin-walled tubes under torsion
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v. 4
Jan 6, 2010, 1:24 PM
Richard Abbott
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naca-report-636.pdfView Download
Approximate stress analysis of multistringer beams with shear deformation of the flanges
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v. 3
Jan 6, 2010, 1:08 PM
Richard Abbott
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naca-report-737.pdfView Download
Bending of rectangular plates with large deflections
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v. 4
Jan 6, 2010, 1:24 PM
Richard Abbott
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naca-report-739.pdfView Download
Shear lag in box beams methods of analysis and experimental investigations
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v. 4
Jan 6, 2010, 1:24 PM
Richard Abbott
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naca-report-740.pdfView Download
Square plate with clamped edges under normal pressure producing large deflections
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v. 4
Jan 6, 2010, 1:24 PM
Richard Abbott
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naca-report-748.pdfView Download
Normal-pressure tests of rectangular plates
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v. 4
Jan 6, 2010, 1:24 PM
Richard Abbott
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naca-report-874.pdfView Download
A simplified method of elastic-stability analysis for thin cylindrical shells
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v. 4
Jan 6, 2010, 1:24 PM
Richard Abbott
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naca-report-898.pdfView Download
A unified theory of plastic buckling of columns and plates
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v. 3
Jan 6, 2010, 1:08 PM
Richard Abbott
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naca-report-934.pdfView Download
Recommendations for numerical solution of reinforced-panel and fuselage-ring problems
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v. 4
Jan 6, 2010, 1:24 PM
Richard Abbott
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naca-tm-604.pdfView Download
Flat sheet metal girders with very thin metal web. Part I : general theories and assumptions
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v. 4
Jan 6, 2010, 1:24 PM
Richard Abbott
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naca-tm-605.pdfView Download
Flat sheet metal girders with very thin metal web. Part II : sheet metal girders with spars resistant to bending - oblique uprights - stiffness
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v. 4
Jan 6, 2010, 1:24 PM
Richard Abbott
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naca-tm-606.pdfView Download
Flat sheet metal girders with very thin metal web. Part III : sheet metal girders with spars resistant to bending - the stress in uprights - diagonal tension fields
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v. 4
Jan 6, 2010, 1:24 PM
Richard Abbott
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naca-tm-774.pdfView Download
Tension fields in originally curved, thin sheets during shearing stresses
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Jan 6, 2010, 1:24 PM
Richard Abbott
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naca-tn-1197.pdfView Download
Some investigations of the general instability of stiffened metal cylinders VIII : stiffened metal cylinders subjected to pure torsion
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Jan 6, 2010, 1:24 PM
Richard Abbott
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naca-tn-1343.pdfView Download
Critical stress of thin-walled cylinders in axial compression
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v. 4
Jan 6, 2010, 1:24 PM
Richard Abbott
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naca-tn-1344.pdfView Download
Critical stress of thin-walled cylinders in torsion
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v. 4
Jan 6, 2010, 1:24 PM
Richard Abbott
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naca-tn-1345.pdfView Download
Critical combinations of torsion and direct axial stress for thin-walled cylinders
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May 4, 2009, 10:15 AM
Richard Abbott
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naca-tn-1347.pdfView Download
Critical combinations of shear and longitudinal direct stress for long plates with transverse curvature
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v. 4
Jan 6, 2010, 1:24 PM
Richard Abbott
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naca-tn-1361.pdfView Download
Deformation analysis of wing structures
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v. 4
Jan 6, 2010, 1:24 PM
Richard Abbott
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naca-tn-1425.pdfView Download
Nonlinear large-deflection boundary-value problems of rectangular plates
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v. 3
Jan 6, 2010, 1:24 PM
Richard Abbott
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naca-tn-1462.pdfView Download
Bending of rectangular plates with large deflections
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v. 4
Jan 6, 2010, 1:24 PM
Richard Abbott
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naca-tn-1482.pdfView Download
A method of calculating the compressive strength of Z-stiffened panels that develop local instability
460k
v. 4
Jan 6, 2010, 1:24 PM
Richard Abbott
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naca-tn-1525.pdfView Download
Stress and distortion measurements in a 45 degree swept box beam subjected to bending and to torsion
1007k
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Jan 6, 2010, 1:08 PM
Richard Abbott
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naca-tn-1705.pdfView Download
Experimental investigation of the effects of plastic flow in a tension panel with a circular hole
979k
v. 4
Jan 6, 2010, 1:24 PM
Richard Abbott
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naca-tn-1817.pdfView Download
Plastic buckling of simply supported compressed plates
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v. 4
Jan 6, 2010, 1:24 PM
Richard Abbott
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naca-tn-1928.pdfView Download
Critical combinations of shear and direct axial stress for curved rectangular panels
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v. 4
Jan 6, 2010, 1:24 PM
Richard Abbott
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naca-tn-2021.pdfView Download
Buckling of thin-walled cylinder under axial compression and internal pressure
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v. 4
Jan 6, 2010, 1:24 PM
Richard Abbott
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naca-tn-2232.pdfView Download
Stress and distortion analysis of a swept box beam having bulkheads perpendicular to the spars
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v. 4
Jan 6, 2010, 1:24 PM
Richard Abbott
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naca-tn-2612.pdfView Download
Stress problems in pressurized cabins
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v. 4
Jan 6, 2010, 1:24 PM
Richard Abbott
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naca-tn-2661.pdfView Download
A summary of diagonal tension Part I : methods of analysis
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Jan 6, 2010, 1:24 PM
Richard Abbott
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naca-tn-2662.pdfView Download
A summary of diagonal tension Part II : experimental evidence
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v. 3
Jan 6, 2010, 1:08 PM
Richard Abbott
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naca-tn-3462.pdfView Download
Tensile properties of 7075-T6 and 2024-T3 aluminum-alloy sheet heated at uniform temperature rates under constant load
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v. 3
Jan 6, 2010, 1:24 PM
Richard Abbott
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naca-tn-3781.pdfView Download
Handbook of structural stability part I : buckling of flat plates
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v. 4
Jan 6, 2010, 1:24 PM
Richard Abbott
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naca-tn-3782.pdfView Download
Handbook of structural stability part II : buckling of composite elements
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v. 3
Jan 6, 2010, 1:24 PM
Richard Abbott
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naca-tn-3783.pdfView Download
Handbook of structural stability part III: buckling of curved plates and shells
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v. 4
Jan 6, 2010, 1:24 PM
Richard Abbott
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naca-tn-3784.pdfView Download
Handbook of structural stability part IV : failure of plates and composite elements
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v. 4
Jan 6, 2010, 1:24 PM
Richard Abbott
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naca-tn-3785.pdfView Download
Handbook of structural stability part V : compressive strength of flat stiffened panels
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Jan 6, 2010, 1:24 PM
Richard Abbott
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naca-tn-3786.pdfView Download
Handbook of structural stability part VI : strength of stiffened curved plates and shells
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v. 4
Jan 6, 2010, 1:24 PM
Richard Abbott
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naca-tn-684.pdfView Download
Experimental study of deformation and of effective width in axially loaded sheet-stringer panels
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v. 4
Jan 6, 2010, 1:24 PM
Richard Abbott
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naca-tn-739.pdfView Download
A recurrence formula for shear-lag problems
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v. 4
Jan 6, 2010, 1:24 PM
Richard Abbott
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naca-tn-868.pdfView Download
The influence of impact velocity on the tensile characteristics of some aircraft metals and alloys
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v. 4
Jan 6, 2010, 1:24 PM
Richard Abbott
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naca-tn-902.pdfView Download
Description of stress-strain curves by three parameters
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v. 4
Jan 6, 2010, 1:24 PM
Richard Abbott
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naca-tn-934.pdfView Download
Numerical procedures for the calculation of the stresses in Monocoques I : diffusion of tensile stringer loads in reinforced panels
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Jan 6, 2010, 1:24 PM
Richard Abbott
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naca-wr-l-204.pdfView Download
Charts for calculation of the critical compressive stress for local instability of idealized web- and T-stiffened panels
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Jan 6, 2010, 1:24 PM
Richard Abbott
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naca-wr-l-258.pdfView Download
Effect of normal pressure on the critical compressive stress of curved sheet
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v. 3
Jan 6, 2010, 1:24 PM
Richard Abbott
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naca-wr-l-368.pdfView Download
Stresses around rectangular cut-outs in skin-stringer panels under axial loads II
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v. 4
Jan 6, 2010, 1:24 PM
Richard Abbott
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naca-wr-l-398.pdfView Download
Tables of stiffness and carry-over factor for flat rectangular plates under compression
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Jan 6, 2010, 1:24 PM
Richard Abbott
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naca-wr-l-429.pdfView Download
Charts for calculation of the critical stress for local instability of columns with I-, Z-, channel and rectangular-tube section
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v. 4
Jan 6, 2010, 1:24 PM
Richard Abbott
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naca-wr-l-57.pdfView Download
Effect of normal pressure on the critical compressive and shear stress of curved sheet
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Jan 6, 2010, 1:24 PM
Richard Abbott
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naca-wr-l-67.pdfView Download
The effect of internal pressure on the buckling stress of thin-walled circular cylinders under torsion
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v. 5
Jan 6, 2010, 1:24 PM
Richard Abbott
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NACA-TM-856.pdfView Download
The Lift Distribution of Wings with End Plates
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v. 3
Jan 6, 2010, 1:25 PM
Richard Abbott
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NACATM948.pdfView Download
A Simple Approximation Method for obtaining The Spanwise Lift Distribution (Schrenk)
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Jan 6, 2010, 1:25 PM
Richard Abbott
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NACATN2282.pdfView Download
An Improved Approximate Method for Calculating Lift Distributions due to Twist
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v. 3
Jan 6, 2010, 1:25 PM
Richard Abbott
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NACA-TN-606.pdfView Download
Empirical Corrections to the Span Load Distribution at the Tip
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v. 3
Jan 6, 2010, 1:25 PM
Richard Abbott
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NACATR572.pdfView Download
Determination of the Characteristics of Tapered Wings
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v. 3
Jan 6, 2010, 1:25 PM
Richard Abbott
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NACA-TR-585.pdfView Download
Span Load Distribution for Tapered Wings with Partial Span Flaps
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v. 3
Jan 6, 2010, 1:25 PM
Richard Abbott
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NACAACRL5F28.pdfView Download
Wind-Tunnel Investigation of a NACA 66-Series 16% thick low drag Tapered wing with fowler and split flaps
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Jan 6, 2010, 1:43 PM
Richard Abbott
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NACA-Report-664.pdfView Download
Wind-Tunnel Investigation of an NACA 23012 Airfoil with Various Arrangements of Slotted Flaps.
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Jan 6, 2010, 1:43 PM
Richard Abbott
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NACATN459.pdfView Download
Wind Tunnel Tests on Model Wing with Fowler Flap and specially designed Leading Edge Slot
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v. 2
Jan 6, 2010, 1:43 PM
Richard Abbott
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NACA-TN-578.pdfView Download
Full Scale Wind Tunnel and Flight Tests of a Fairchild 22 Airplane equipped with a Fowler Flap
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Jan 6, 2010, 1:43 PM
Richard Abbott
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NACA-TR-534.pdfView Download
Aerodynamic characteristics of a wing with fowler flaps including flap loads, down wash and calculated effect on take off.
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v. 2
Jan 6, 2010, 1:43 PM
Richard Abbott
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NACA-TR-742.pdfView Download
Wind-Tunnel Investigation of a NACA 23012 Airfoil with 30% chord Venetian-Blind Flaps
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v. 2
Jan 6, 2010, 1:43 PM
Richard Abbott
2. NACA Papers for Wing Load Calculation