Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 27 Issue 1

Strapline:

An International Journal
Subjects:

Table of contents

The Pursuit of Maximum Lift

WITHOUT perhaps bringing out any very new points Mr NONWEILER'S survey of the available data on the maximum lift of symmetrical wings does serve to emphasize certain features…

Maximum Lift Data for Symmetrical Wings: A Resumé of Maximum Lift Data for Symmetrical Wings, including various High‐Lift Aids

T. Nonweiler

We shall attempt here to summarize the existing data on the values of the low‐speed CLmax. of wings, in the absence of a fuselage, and without including information on stalling…

An Analysis of Thrust Estimation: A Definition of Thrust and a Study of the Effects of Various types of Intake

W.R. Cushing

WITH the coming of high speed flight it becomes increasingly necessary to define clearly what is meant by the thrust of a propulsive unit, or if an arbitrary definition is made, a…

Hub Moments and Forces of a High Offset Rotor: Derivation of the Hub Pitching and Rolling Moments of a High Offset Rotor With Twisted and Tapered Blades

P.R. Payne

In Ref. (1) the dynamics of a rotor with high offset flapping hinges were considered, for twisted and tapered blades with ?3 coupling between flapping and feathering. In the…

The Calculation of Reheat and Expansion Efficiency: The Calculation of Reheat in Gases Expanding in Converging Passages by Temperature or Pressure Measurement only

Denis J. Ryley

For any convergent nozzle passing a compressible fluid and discharging against a pressure below the expanding power of the nozzle, there is a unique pressure and temperature…

Symposium on Powder Metallurgy: A Report on the Conference Held in London on December 1—2, 1954

A.G. Thomson

A SYMPOSIUM on Powder Metallurgy, organized by the Iron and Steel Institute in association with the Institute of Metals, took place in the Hoare Memorial Hall. Church House…

The Library Shelf

D.W.H., C.H.S., J.T.

The first edition of this book was published in 1947, and dealt almost exclusively with the design and operation of low‐speed wind tunnels. In the present edition much of the…

The Automatic Grinding of Turbine Blades: Details of a New Machine for Grinding the Convex Profiles of Turbine Blading to Form

THE Newall Engineering Co. Ltd., of Peterborough, has developed a machine for the automatic grinding of the convex surfaces of turbine blades. The machine has been developed to a…

Tools for the Workshop

This new welding tool is intended for butt‐welding wires, particularly aluminium and copper, from 0·036 inches to 0·064 inches in diameter. It is a recent addition to the range of…

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

A landing skid consists of a box‐frame secured inside an air‐tube 8, the lower portion 9 of which is formed with a tread surface 10, and the ends 5 of which are attached to…

U.S. Patent Specifications

A multi‐stage axial‐flow compressor having an inner duct wall and an outer duct wall defining an annular compressor duct between them, and an inlet row of stator blades each of…

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