Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 26 Issue 5
Strapline:
An International JournalTable of contents
Largely Educational
THE opinion was forced upon us many years ago that the production engineer provides an almost insoluble problem from the information point of view, and we do not think it…
Laboratory Simulation of Kinetic Heating: A Further Paper from those Presented at the Bristol Conference on Thermal Stress Organized by the Stress Analysis Group of the Institute of Physics
W.H. HortonThis paper reviews and compares the methods of kinetic heat simulation which may be used simultaneously with normal loading in structural tests of aircraft or components. Basic…
The Elementary Theory of Aero‐Elasticity: A Series of Articles Written from the Standpoint of a Structural Engineer for Students and Junior Members of Aircraft Design Teams
E.G. BroadbentWE concluded Part II of this series with the remark that a different outlook is needed for problems of control surface flutter than for those of wing flutter. There are two…
Stability and Strength of an Undercarriage Radius Rod: A Study of the Structural Design Criteria of an Articulated Radius Rod with an Internally Locked Jack
P. PersonAn undercarriage radius rod arrangement frequently employed comprises articulated members having a retraction jack locked internally in the down position to stabilize the system…
Ceramics for High‐Temperature Applications: A Survey of Materials used as Coatings for, or in Combination with, Metals
Alexander PechmanTHE advent of the modern jet‐type power plant for aviation has greatly accelerated the development of new high‐temperature ceramic materials. These power plants are essentially…
The Library Shelf
J.R.P., C.F.B.Despite—or perhaps because of—the tremendous effort which has been concentrated during and since the War on the development of the multistage axial flow compressor there has…
Tests on Magnesium‐Zirconium Alloy Castings: An Account of Experience at Dowty Fuel Systems Ltd. with ZRE 1 Castings
THE demands made on equipment for the modern aircraft have been commented on increasingly of recent years, and as with all that goes into aircraft, there is the perennial…
Research and Development for the United States Air Force
THE importance of military research and development gained early recognition during the Second World War with the impact of such developments as radar, the atom bomb, the…
Production Information: A Report on the Conference Organized by the Association of Special Libraries and Information Bureaux with the Institution of Production Engineers and held at the College of Aeronautics, Cranfield, April 2–5,1954
IT has often been remarked in this journal that, of all the branches of the engineering profession, production engineers are the least articulate. The recent conference at…
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…
Month in the Patent Office
To furnish a control force an aerofoil is formed with a duct connecting an outlet opening at the surface with a forwardly‐directed intake opening at or in advance of the leading…
U.S. Patent Specifications
A starter system for an aircraft gas‐turbine engine comprising a starter motor and a gear mechanism connected between the starter motor and the engine whereby during starting the…
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0002-2667Online date, start – end:
1929Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Prof Phil Webb