Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 30 Issue 5
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An International JournalTable of contents
Military Developments
ON this page last month we had occasion to comment on a paper delivered before the Royal Aeronautical Society by MR B. S. SHENSTONE, dealing with requirements for civil air…
Tensor Analysis of Finite Rotations: Applications to Aircraft Manoeuvres, Variable Sweep Wings, Retractable Undercarriages
E.H. BatemanThe orientation of a rigid body is described by a position‐tensor, composed of three unit vector axes fixed in the body; rotation is effected by tensor transformations in which a…
Experimental Data on Turbulent Wall Jets: A Correlation of Existing Data
A. SigallaIN a recent article on the protection of refractories in steel‐making furnaces, Chesters et al. discussed the application to furnace design of jets blown over surfaces. The theory…
The Contra‐Flow Gas‐to‐Gas Heat Exchanger: An Analysis Built up from Fundamental Considerations
J.S. TurtonTHE heat transfer from a fluid to a solid surface may be expressed by the non‐dimensional heat transfer coefficient or Stanton number:
Some Developments and Applications of Brittle Lacquers: A Survey of Published Work and Some Original Contributions
J.R. LingeThe calibration of brittle lacquer is an important part of the technique. The photograph, FIG. 10, gives some idea of the essentials of a cam operated cantilever beam bending rig…
The Library Shelf
This book is an extension of the author's previous book Dynamique générate des Vibrations published in Paris in 1943, where Professor Rocard presented the general principles of…
Physical Society Exhibition: Brief Notes on a few of the Exhibits shown at the Exhibition held on March 24–27, 1958
Portsdown, Hants Two materials for absorbing microwave radiations were shown. Glass fibre cloth impregnated with colloidal graphite is found suitable for experimental medium power…
Fourth International Instrument Show: Particulars of a Selection of the Exhibits shown at Caxton Hall, March 24–29, 1958
The International Instrument Show is now held annually and timed to coincide with the Physical Society Exhibition. It provides an opportunity to see foreign instruments and…
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…
Tools for the Workshop
The Kerry Group of machine tool manufacturers have established a division for the development and manufacture of ultrasonic equipment. This division, Kerry's Ultrasonics Ltd., has…
New Materials
Industrial Tapes Ltd., Speedfix House, 142–146 Old Street, London, E.C.1, have extended their range of Speedfix self‐adhesive tapes by introducing tapes suitable for stopping off…
Month in the Patent Office
A mass balance for an aircraft control surface pivotally connected to an element of an aircraft comprises an arm integral with said surface extending into said element and…
U.S. Patent Specifications
The combination in a gas turbine engine including a turbine‐driven compressor, a combustion section having an inlet communicating with said compressor, and means for starting said…
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- Prof Phil Webb