Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 32 Issue 4
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An International JournalTable of contents
Defence Dilemma
THE Report on Defence 1960 and the Air Estimates 1960–61 have brought to light no major changes in the Government's defence policy. At the same time they paint the picture of a…
Fatigue Fracture: Some Results Derived from the Microscopic Examination of Crack Surfaces
P.J.E. Forsyth, D.A. RyderIN 1950 Zapffe and Worden used the metal‐lurgical microscope for the examination of fatigue fracture surfaces, a technique which they called fractography. They suggested, as a…
Aluminium and Aircraft Engineering: The Third of a Series of Articles Describing the Materials Used in Aircraft Construction
A.J. Kennedy, A.R. SollarsALUMINIUM alloys have been important structural materials in aircraft from very early days, and there is no doubt that the course of aeronautical development would have been very…
The Effect of a Damping Compound on Jet‐Efflux Excited Vibrations: An Article in Two Parts Presenting Theory and Results of Experimental Investigation
D.J. MeadThe modes of fuselage vibration that could be excited by jet‐efflux pressure fields are first discussed, and consideration is given to (he initial acoustic and structural damping…
S.A.E. Annual Meeting: Summaries of a Selection of the Papers Presented in Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A., on January 11–15, 1960
The effect of moncyclic versus polycyclic aromatic components in JP‐5 fuels, on total flame radiant energy was investigated. Variations in aromatic type and content within the…
Air‐Cooled Brake: The Reduction of Aircraft ‘Turn‐Round’ Times by Use of the Dunlop Fan
A FACTOR that is becoming of increasing importance in the economic operation of airline services, and has long been recognized as a necessity in the military field, is the…
The Library Shelf
A.D.Y., B.W.M.The term ‘hypersonic flow’ was first used by Tsien in 1946 to denote a (low for which the main stream Mach number was large compared with unity, and he demonstrated that such…
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
De Havilland Propellers Ltd., Hatfield, Herts have produced a miniature rate gyro for use where compactness, low weight, and reliability are of prime importance. Designed to…
New Materials
Brent Chemicals Products Ltd, Ardrossan, Ayrshire, have announced the addition of a new aircraft surface cleaner to their range of metal working chemicals for use in the aircraft…
Research and Test Apparatus
The Type 1400E sound level meter, claimed to be the first commercial fully transistorized unit of this type in the world, has been designed by Dawe Instruments Ltd., 99 Uxbridge…
Tools for the Workshop
A new method of measuring the unbalance of helicopter blades under dynamic conditions has been developed by Wayne Kerr, Chessington, Surrey. No attachment to the blades is…
Month in the Patent Office
The rear portion 15a of an engine nacelle 15 supports the double visor members 16 of a thrust reverser, which are pivoted on pins 43 extending outwardly from the nacelle. In their…
U.S. Patent Specifications
A wingless aircraft has an elongated fuselage with a nose and an aft end. The fuselage encompasses an air duct, and this air duct has a main portion extending rearwardly from a…
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- Prof Phil Webb