NACA for Structures
A selection has been made of NACA documents related to the ESDU Structures Series. We are providing these to our users as a useful reference source.
These NACA documents have not been validated by ESDU but contribute to a comprehensive collection of design information and can be used along side ESDU methods for comparison and analysis to solve design problems. They also provide a possible resource in areas not currently covered by ESDU.
This Collection contains:
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NACA-ARR-3K04
Charts for calculation of the critical stress for local instability of columns with I-, Z-, channel and rectangular-tube section -
NACA-ARR-4B03
Compressive strength of flat panels with Z-section stiffeners -
NACA-ARR-4E31
Torsion tests of stiffened circular cylinders -
NACA-ARR-L4A05
An empirical formula for the critical shear stress of curved sheets -
NACA-ARR-L4E27
The effect of internal pressure on the buckling stress of thin-walled circular cylinders under torsion -
NACA-ARR-L5B10
Effect of normal pressure on the critical compressive and shear stress of curved sheet -
NACA-ARR-L6A05
Charts for critical combinations of longitudinal and transverse direct stress for flat rectangular plates -
NACA-RB-L4D29
Some strength tests of stiffened curved sheets loaded in shear -
NACA-TM-851
Twisting failure of centrally loaded open-section columns in the elastic range -
NACA-TM-0999
Stress analysis of circular frames -
NACA-TN-427
Strength tests on thin-walled duralumin cylinders in torsion -
NACA-TN-752
An investigation of sheet-stiffener panels subjected to compression loads with particular reference to torsionally weak stiffeners -
NACA-TN-846
Bending of Rectangular Plates with Large Deflections -
NACA-TN-847
Square plate with clamped edges under normal pressure producing large deflections -
NACA-TN-902
Description of stress-strain curves by three parameters -
NACA-TN-929
Analysis of circular shell-supported frames -
NACA-TN-951
Tests on thin-walled celluloid cylinders to determine the interaction curves under combined bending, torsion, and compression or tension loads -
NACA-TN-1051
Preliminary investigation of the loads carried by individual bolts in bolted joints -
NACA-TN-1222
Buckling stresses of simply supported rectangular flat plates in shear -
NACA-TN-1310
Charts for stress analysis of reinforced circular cylinders under lateral loads -
NACA-TN-1341
A simplified method of elastic-stability analysis for thin cylindrical shells I : Donnell's equation -
NACA-TN-1348
Critical shear stress of curved rectangular panels -
NACA-TN-1526
A general small-deflection theory for flat sandwich plates -
NACA-TN-1553
Compressive strength of 24S-T aluminum-alloy flat panels with longitudinal formed hat-section stiffeners having four ratios of stiffener thickness to skin thickness -
NACA-TN-1559
Buckling stresses of clamped rectangular flat plates in shear -
NACA-TN-1817
Plastic buckling of simply supported compressed plates -
NACA-TN-1851
Critical shear stress of infinitely long, simply supported plate with transverse stiffeners -
NACA-TN-2289
Elastic constants for corrugated-core sandwich plates -
NACA-TN-2392
Charts giving critical compressive stress of continuous flat sheet divided into parallelogram-shaped panels -
NACA-TN-2442
A photoelastic investigation of stress concentrations due to small fillets and grooves in tension -
NACA-TN-2661
A summary of diagonal tension Part I : methods of analysis -
NACA-TN-2662
A summary of diagonal tension Part II : experimental evidence -
NACA-TN-3726
Compressive and torsional buckling of thin-wall cylinders in yield region -
NACA-TN-3735
Bending tests of ring-stiffened circular cylinders -
NACA-TN-3781
Handbook of structural stability part I : buckling of flat plates -
NACA-TN-3782
Handbook of structural stability part II : buckling of composite elements -
NACA-TN-3784
Handbook of structural stability part IV : failure of plates and composite elements -
NACA-TN-3785
Handbook of structural stability part V : compressive strength of flat stiffened panels -
NACA-TR-733
Critical Compressive Stress for Flat Rectangular Plates Supported Along All Edges and Elastically Restrained Against Rotation along the Unloaded Edges -
NACA-TR-734
Critical Compressive Stress for Outstanding Flanges -
NACA-TR-827
Charts for the minimum-weight design of 24s-t aluminum-alloy flat compression panels with longitudinal z-section stiffeners -
NACA-TR-898
A unified theory of plastic buckling of columns and plates -
NACA-TR-1027
Buckling of thin-walled cylinder under axial compression and internal pressure