Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 19 Issue 9

Strapline:

An International Journal
Subjects:

Table of contents

A Question of Time

WITH a monthly periodical such as AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING, which has to cover a subject with ever‐increasing ramifications spreading over a wider range than, perhaps, any other…

The Estimation of Aerofoil Lifting Characteristics: The Derivation and Application of Methods Developed in the R.A.E.

F/O P.L. Bisgood

THE lift coefficient of an aerofoil fitted with a hinged control flap and a tab can be expressed in the form:

Control in Flight Under Asymmetric Power: The Aerodynamics of the Problem of Regaining and Maintaining Control after Engine Failure

A.H. Yates

THE problem of designing an aircraft so that the pilot is able easily to regain and maintain control following the sudden failure of an engine has been for some years a serious…

A Survey of Plastic Materials for Students: A Guide to their Manufacture, Characteristics, Properties and Uses

G. Fitzgerald‐Lee

ALL ‘plastics’ are generally divided into two groups: the ‘thermoplastics’, which are formed by heating, can be re‐heated after forming, and re‐formed almost ad lib, such as…

An Electrical Study of Boundary Lubrication: Further Rolls‐Royce Investigations Tending to Confirm Deductions from Previous Tests

V.H. Brix

IN a previous article discussing ‘Boundary Lubrication’ we described this type of lubrication as of the greatest significance because it is the most frequently encountered…

The Library Shelf

The author of this book is a well‐known American psychologist who has utilized physiological techniques in much of his work. A basic interest in biology was originally…

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…

Freight Loading Facilities on Transport Aircraft: A Review of the Various Methods that have been Developed

M.F. Allward

ONE of the many features that need careful consideration during the initial design stages of a modern cargo carrying aircraft is the adequate provision of suitable loading…

Tools for the Workshop

Eddy current losses and dielectric losses that are normally headaches to the radio engineer are being used on an increasing scale as methods of industrial heating. The former is…

Air Registration Board Notices

The following amendments and additions to British Civil Airworthiness Requirements have been received from the Air Registration Board:

U.S. Patent Specifications

These abstracts of patents granted in the United States are taken, by permission of the Department of Commerce, from the ‘Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office’…

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