Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 18 Issue 1
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An International JournalTable of contents
Retrogression
TWO months ago we made certain comments on the British Government's plans for civil aviation as outlined in a speech in the House OF Lords by the Minister of Civil Aviation, Lord…
Pressure Air Cooling Technique: A Survey of Present Knowledge with a Programme for Future Research
G.E. Lind WalkerTHERE is already in existence a vast amount of detailed data appertaining to cooling systems, but there appears to be a serious lack of general works on the whole subject. This…
‘Carpets’ and ‘Lattices’: A Novel Method of Three‐Dimensional Plotting of Experimental Results on a Two‐Dimensional Medium
A.H. YatesA NOVEL method of plotting a function of two independent variables has recently come into use in aeronautics and a description of it may be of interest to workers in this and…
The Junkers Jumo 004 Jet Engine: The Main Fuel and Starting System, Weight and Material Analyses and Performance Results
A DIAGRAMMATIC layout of the main fuel system can be seen in fig. 14. Fuel from the tank is fed through a low pressure filter to the main fuel pump. This pushes the fuel through…
The Teaching of Structural Analysis and Related Subjects: An Authoritative American Opinion of a Subject that is of Current Interest in Great Britain
F.R. ShanleyTHE following notes are based on the author's experience in the aircraft industry over a period of more than fifteen years, most of which was spent in close contact with the…
British Aircraft Gas Turbine Engine Progress: A General Review of the Development of Jet Propulsion Engines in Great Britain
H. Roxbee CoxThe first gas turbine patent was granted in England to John Barber in 1791, and since then there have been numerous gas turbine inventions. These have been adequately described…
Research Reports and Memoranda
This report gives a theoretical method for calculating the natural frequencies and modes of vibration of an aircraft in which wing movement predominates, particularly for cases in…
Production and Maintenance section: Wartime Repair of Bombers
C. BakerAS the war becomes history and hostilities recede into the more distant past, much of the detail of events of the last six years is forgotten. Epics of great battles become…
Tools for the Workshop
A Monthly Selection of Recent Equipment and New Methods. A production gain of fifteen per cent with no additional personnel and marked reduction in arm and hand fatigue of the…
The Turner Upstroke Press: A 50‐ton Self‐Contained Press Designed for the Moulding of Plastics
The Turner 50‐ton upstroke press is a self‐contained hydraulic press designed specifically for compression moulding of plastics.
U.S. Patent Specifications
Flight control mechanism for an airplane, comprising a pivotally supported control surface with a hinged boost tab thereon, means for swinging the control surface for airplane…
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