Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 18 Issue 9

Strapline:

An International Journal
Subjects:

Table of contents

Speed Realities

A QUESTION that is very much sur le tapis at the moment, and seems likely to remain so for some time to come, is what the regulations governing the making and recognition of…

Glauert Loading of Wings with Discontinuities of Incidence

V.M. Falkner

THIS report gives a general solution of the problem of the calculation of the Glauert loading of wings with discontinuities of incidence. The three existing variations of the…

Strains and Stresses in Cellulose‐Nitrate Films: The Phenomenon of Curling of Dopes on Non‐Rigid Substrates such as Fabric

J.S. Gourlay

THE phenomenon of curling of systems comprising colloids such as cellulose nitrate, deposited on non‐rigid substrates such as paper or fabric, has been known for nearly a century…

Composite‐Engined Aircraft as a Basic Conception: An Outline of the Design Considerations that Led to the Conception of the Ryan Fireball

H.S. Gordon, R.B. Johnston

BY way of introduction we shall explain that we have used the rather unwieldy term “composite‐engined aeroplane” to define the type of aircraft with which we at Ryan are working…

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…

British Aeroplane Types: Gloster Meteor IV

On the occasion of the first post‐war Exhibition of the Society of British Aircraft Constructors, we are publishing a representative selection of Britain's most outstanding…

Stress Diffusion Problems

W.J. Goodey

THE case now to be considered is shown diagrammatically in FIG. 12, which also gives the additional notation required. The problem is to determine how a bending moment, applied at…

Design for Repair

R.D. Cullum

HOWEVER good the result, every designer expects, and receives, criticism—mostly adverse. But even the most adverse destructive criticism can be of some value to a designer whose…

Design and Production Technique: V. Principles Involved in Pressing

A.J. Schroeder

PRESSING technique comprises the methods of working in which material is formed between upper and lower dies.

Tools for the Workshop

Particulars of an ingenious device for correcting worn or bell‐mouthed lathe chuck jaws have recently been released by Speed Tools Ltd. of Vereker Buildings, Gresse Street…

U.S. Patent Specifications

An actuating unit for an aircraft remotely controlled element, comprising a motor including a drive shaft and a pair of field coils for rotating said shaft in opposite directions…

Cover of Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology

ISSN:

0002-2667

Online date, start – end:

1929

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Prof Phil Webb