Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 22 Issue 1
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An International JournalTable of contents
Groundwork
WE publish in this issue another of the articles which have appeared from time to time in AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING on the organization of the maintenance and repair of aeroplanes, the…
The Fire Danger in Aircraft: An Examination of Methods of Prevention, Detection and Extinction, with References to the Various Regulations
R.H. Selby‐HeleSO much good work has been done by the Airworthiness Authorities who, as a group, are the principal signatories to ICAO, that in certain transport category aircraft of recent…
Aircraft Wing Weight Estimation: A Brief Summary of the Accuracy of Some Methods of Prediction and a Suggested ‘First Approximation’ of Greater Accuracy
J.F. CarreyetteSeveral empirical and semi‐empirical formulae exist for predicting wing weights, and it is the purpose of this note to summarize the results of a study of accuracy associated with…
The Evolution of Royal Air Force Servicing Schedules: An Account by the Technical Editor of the Work of the Air Ministry Servicing Development Unit at Wattisham
THIS article is an attempt to explain the way in which the actual servicing schedules now used by the Royal Air Force are evolved and also to give an outline of the organization…
A Note on the Principle of Uniqueness: A Principle that can be Used to Simplify the Stress Analysis where some Members of a Structure are Unloaded
H. RobertsTHE stress analysis of perfect frameworks, in either two or three dimensions, is possible by a large number of standard methods. The case of structures which under a prescribed…
A High‐Power Two‐Cycle Sleeve‐Valve Engine for Aircraft: A Description of the Development of the Two‐Cycle Petrol‐Injection Research Units Built and Tested in the Laboratory of Messrs Ricardo & Co. Ltd.
G.F. Hiett, J.V.B. RobsonOVER a period extending from just prior to the outbreak of war until a year or so after D‐day, a continuous programme of single‐cylinder research was carried out by Messrs Ricardo…
The Analysis of Structures Consisting of Curved Members of Variable Section: The Modifications Involved in the Application of the Hardy‐Cross Moment Distribution Method as used for Straight Uniform‐Section Members
B. SaravanosTHE analysis by the Hardy‐Cross moment distribution method of structures consisting of curved members of variable section involves modifications to certain processes of the method…
Research Reports and Memoranda
Under this heading are published regularly abstracts of all Reports and Memoranda of the Aeronautical Research Council, Reports and Technical Memoranda of the United States…
The Library Shelf
These Proceedings have now been published in an Introduction and four volumes, corresponding to the four Sections of the Congress. Printing was found impracticable because of the…
British Standard Specifications
The various British Standards for aluminium and aluminium alloy ingots and castings have now been combined into a single schedule, which has just been published as B.S. 1490…
U.S. Patent Specifications
2,486,378. Construction of Fuselages. Felix Amiot, Neuilly‐sur‐Seine, France, vested in the Attorney General of the United States. Application August 5, 1939. Serial No. 288,683…
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0002-2667Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Prof Phil Webb