Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 12 Issue 7
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An International JournalTable of contents
AERO‐ENGINE DEVELOPMENT
THE principal feature of this month's issue is an extremely able paper covering a variety of aspects of the design and installation of aero‐engines by two members of the staff of…
High‐Output Aero Engines: An Account of Recent Activities in the Development of Liquid‐Cooled Engines
E.W. Hives, F. Ll. SmithAT the outset we ought to say that we could probably have done more justice to a paper on the “High Output cf Aero‐Engines.”
The Handley Page Wind‐Tunnel: A Private Tunnel of the Closed‐Jet Type with a Single Return Duct
F.R.C. HounsfieldTHE first Handley Page wind tunnel was erected in 1916 and up to 1936 had produced a considerable quantity of data, a great deal of which was of a fundamental character, but…
Solid Organic Materials: A Survey of the Characteristics of a New Class of Materials for Use in Engineering
N.A. de BruyneCELLULOSE is a polar material held together by the strong secondary forces emanating from its OH groups. It can be swollen, dissolved or cemented together (according to…
Rotary‐Wing Aircraft: The Seventh Article of a Series Summarizing the Current State of Knowledge
J.A.J. BennettTHE calculation of the natural frequencies of oscillation of an articulated rotary‐wing system presents considerable difficulty owing to the large number of variables which…
Research Reports and Memoranda
An explanation is given of the physical factors which govern the influence of the speed of sound on the drag, of an aeroplane, and on its performance. Observing the processes at…
Standardized Engine Units: A German Experiment to Aid Maintenance
PohlmannRAPIDLY interchangeable engine units for modern, large aircraft originated in the close co‐operation between the industry and air transport. Such an interchangeable engine unit…
Superfinishing: A New Process for Finishing Bearing Surfaces
E.L. HemingwayIT would be interesting, if space permitted, to trace the improvements in machining methods and their relationship to the fits and clearances used in moving mechanical parts since…
Modern Wooden Construction: A Series of Articles on Wooden Aeroplane Production
A.R. WeylAs the most common aeronautical timber is SITKA or silver spruce, its main deficiencies will be of special interest. The essential properties and defects appearing in converted…
Tools for the Workshop
INFORMATION has recently been released concerning two new power tools, developed in the United States, for the manipulation of sheet metal. Both these machines are particularly…
Recent German Patents
A differential effect of the angular displacements of control surfaces is often required in the case of aileron controls, viz., a movement whereby for a given angle of rotation…
U.S. Patent Specifications
In an annular cowling system for aircraft power plants, the aircraft including a wall and an engine mounting structure extending forwardly thereof to the forward end of which an…
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Prof Phil Webb