Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 22 Issue 7
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An International JournalTable of contents
All's Well
THERE is in our opinion no justification for the wave of pessimism about the immediate prospects of the British Aircraft Industry that undoubtedly swept over the country a few…
A Rapid Method of Estimating the Severity of Icing: Calculations That Give a Definite Evaluation of the Most Severe Conditions and Approximate Figures for General Rate of Catch
S.S. SchaetzelA method of three dimensional plotting is adopted, where the ROC at any station on the wing is plotted vertically on a base representing the maximum icing conditions (FIG. 5)…
The Calculation of the Volume of Rocket Combustion Chambers: Formulae Giving Generally Valid Theoretical and Practical Relationships Between Volume and Other Characteristics
Ing. Joseph Himpan, ParisIn contrast with previously known methods of calculating the volume of rocket combustion chambers which are concerned with a ‘characteristic length’ to be determined…
Design Considerations for a Proposed Lift‐Coefficient Indicator: Some Arguments for Superseding the Airspeed‐Indicator by a New Instrument, with Details of Its Possible Characteristics
E.N. BrailsfordThe uses to which a lift‐coefficient indicator could be put are presented, and it is suggested that a good case could be made for displacing the airspeed‐indicator on the pilot's…
Fifty Years of Aero‐Engine and Fuel Development: A Classic Study of the Advantages of Co‐operation and Effects of Government Aid in Progressive Evolution, with Frank Expositions of the Factors that Caused Delays
When the gas turbine took the aeronautical stronghold by storm it brought with it an opportunity, never wholly available to the piston engine designer, to apply thermodynamic…
The Analysis of Structures Consisting of Curved Members of Variable Section: Some Comments by a Reader on a recent Paper, with a Reply from the Author
B.D. JONES, B. SARAVANOSTHIS was the subject of an article by Mr B. Saravanos, A.F.R.Ae.S., in AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING, January 1950, pp. 24 and 25. The writer has worked out equations which differ from the…
Production Engineering, Administration and Management: A Series of Articles Providing a Complete Survey of the Economics of Production for Aeronautical Engineers
J.V. ConnollySome of the physical and intellectual requirements for management have been outlined, and in table ii, para 3.20, some generally agreed qualities are listed. Items 1 to 3 are…
A Large French General‐Purpose Amphibian: Some Details of the S.N.C.A. Du Nord Noroît Which is in Production for French Naval Aviation
THE Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Nord includes among its component members the old Potez‐CAMS concern, so that the works at Sartrouville on the Seine have…
The Slingsby Prefect Intermediate Sailplane: A Replacement for the Grunau on Up‐to‐Date Lines with High‐performance Characteristics
J.C. ReussnerIN the post‐war programme of Slingsby sail‐planes provision was made for the design of a 45 ft. span intermediate sailplane to be used for advanced training and as a general…
Asymmetrical Bending of Tapered Disks: The Solution of a Problem in Disk Bending Occurring in Connexion with Gas Turbines
C.F. GradwellTHE problem considered is that of a tapered bored disk, built‐in at the inner edge and twisted about a diameter, the outer edge remaining plane and circular. The outer edge may be…
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…
U.S. Patent Specifications
These details and drawings 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…
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- Prof Phil Webb