Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 30 Issue 2
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An International JournalTable of contents
Here and There
THE now established annual event of the Institution of Production Engineers Conference on aircraft production at South‐ampton was this year devoted to the comparison of British…
Some Effects of Kinetic Heating on the Stiffness of Thin Wings‐II: Analysis of Flexural and Torsional Stiffnesses for Large Deformations of Thin Solid Wings
S.L. Kochanski, J.H. ArgyrisThe paper continues the analysis of Part I and investigates the effects of large spanwise curvature and rate of twist on the distortion of the cross‐section when thermal stresses…
Sixth Production Conference at Southampton: Summaries of the Papers and a Report on the Discussion at the Conference held at Southampton University, January 2–3, 1958
At a time of transition when technical advances have to proceed in large steps, and missiles are taking over some of the military roles, considerations of cost are becoming even…
Pneumatic Jet Nozzle Control: Modulation of the Throat Area of a Turbojet Propelling Nozzle by Controlling Pressure Ratio across the Turbine Stages
J.M. StephensonTHE principal reason for fitting a variable throat area nozzle to a turbojet engine, instead of a simple, fixed pipe, is to permit afterburning (fig. 1), whereby the temperature…
Automatic Spotwelding of Double‐Curvature Panels: Developments at Ryan for Handling Large Panels
WHAT are claimed to be some of America's most significant spotwelding developments are being perfected by the Ryan Aeronautical Company of San Diego, California, in the production…
S.A.E. National Aeronautic Meeting: Summaries of the Papers Presented to the Meeting Held at Los Angeles, September 30–October 5, 1957
The problem of hydrogen embrittlement has been approached in a less theoretical manner than in some previous investigations. Factors were considered which could be utilized to…
The Library Shelf
A.D.Y.Transonic flow has been defined as flow in which regions of subsonic and supersonic flow occur each of significant extent, so that across the common boundaries of these regions…
Wind‐Tunnel Interference Due to Model Supports
R.C. PankhurstIN Aircraft Engineering for October 1956 (p. 362) Lockwood Taylor discussed the wind‐tunnel interference arising from model supports and their guards, and gave a theoretical…
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…
Auxiliary Equipment
A very small 400‐cycles axial‐flow fan of high performance has been produced by Woods of Colchester Ltd, for airborne applications, chiefly for cooling electronic apparatus…
Research and Test Apparatus
Bristol Aircraft's first turbine‐powered helicopter ground rig, in the twin engine tandem rotor configuration, has now begun preliminary running tests at the Company's helicopter…
Month in the Patent Office
Means for securing together the halves 1, 2, no, 1, of an aeroplane wing constructed, e.g. as in Specification 767,674, comprises a bolt or stud 28 with a threaded shank 4 and a…
U.S. Patent Specifications
In a jet engine having an elongate tailpipe; an open end in said tailpipe for permitting combusted gases to flow axially of said tailpipe and exhaust to the atmosphere; a pair of…
German Patent Abridgements
The horizontal stream 9 of exhaust gases coming from the gas turbine, which flows out of the lateral openings 3 and 4 for torque compensation, is used for driving an additional…
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- Prof Phil Webb