Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 18 Issue 10
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Boosting with Oxygen
AS with so many other wartime developments it has long been a secret de Polichinelle that certain British aeroplanes were equipped with systems for increasing the performance at…
Oxygen Injection as a Means of Increasing Aero‐Engine Performance: An Account of the Experiments Already Made with This System
E.P. HawthorneON aircraft operating in the rarefied atmosphere at high altitude, the idea of supplementing the air consumed by the engine with extra oxygen would seem to be a logical and…
Letters to the Editor
DEAR SIR, I should like to add one or two points to the series of articles by Mr. Bielkowicz entitled “Evolution of Energy in Jet and Rocket Propulsion”. With reference to Tables…
Helicopter Power Requirements
C. Peyton AutryDURING the past five years of accelerated development of the helicopter, the following principal problems have become apparent. The order of their importance is as yet a matter of…
Stress Diffusion Problems
W.J. GoodeyWE now come to the case shown in fig. 14. This is intended to represent a simplification of a two‐spar wing, having an outer portion skin‐covered and an inner open portion, the…
Hydraulic Systems in German Aeroplanes: I—The Messerschmitt Me 262 and Me 410
M. HodgsonREPORT numbered XXXI‐41 prepared by the Combined Intelligence Objectives Sub‐Committee contains information on the hydraulic systems of three German aircraft, the Dornier 335 and…
Adiabatic Expansion of a Gas Stream Containing Solid Particles: Development of the Theory and its Application to the Theory of Rocket Propulsion
W.R. Maxwell, W. Dickinson, E.F. CaldinAN equation of state is derived for a system consisting of a perfect gas containing solid particles in suspension. It is assumed that temperature‐equilibrium is maintained…
Engine Fires in Aeroplanes: An Account of Fire Precautions in R.A.F. Reciprocating‐Engined Aircraft
M. NealABOUT two years before the war, requirements were laid down for automatically operated engine fire‐extinguishers to be fitted to all military aircraft. These were to consist of a…
Research Reports and Memoranda
Under this heading are published regularly abstracts of all Reports and Memoranda of the Aeronautical Research Committee, Reports and Technical Notes of the United States National…
Gleanings from the S.B.A.C. Display: A Selection of Items from the Static Exhibition at the Society of British Aircraft Constructors' Display held at Radlett Airfield on the 12th and 13th of September
LIMITATIONS of space prevent the publishing of a complete description of the exhibits at the S.B.A.C. Display, but the following is a representative choice of items that were on…
Design and Production Technique: V. Principles Involved in Pressing
A.J. SchroederWhen shaping any press parts, attention must be paid as follows to the manufacturing cost of dies and their durability as well as to the flow of material and the deburring of…
United States Patent Specifications
In an airplane propeller construction, a propeller blade comprising a propeller body having the general shape and contour of the desired propeller aerofoil, a layer of metallic…
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0002-2667Online date, start – end:
1929Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Prof Phil Webb