Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 33 Issue 4

Danger—Slush!

THE innumerable hazards which threaten the safety of an aircraft during normal operations can in general be resolved under three headings: mechanical failure—such as…

Steels and Aircraft Engineering: The Fourth of a Series of Articles Describing the Materials Used in Aircraft Construction

A.J. Kennedy, A.R. Sollars

THE previous articles in this series, concerning the titanium, magnesium and aluminium alloys, followed a very similar form, in that in each case consideration of the aircraft…

Pressure Forces on Variable Conical Nozzles: A Theoretical Study of Pressure and Turning Moment Distribution on Turbojet Engine Reheat Systems

W.A. Woods

REHEAT systems for turbo‐jet engines employ variable area convergent nozzles, and modern developments have produced nozzles made up of a series of flaps or fingers, as shown in…

The Analysis of Fuselages of Arbitrary Cross‐section and Taper: A DSIR Sponsored Research Programme on the Development and Application of the Matrix Force Method and the Digital Computer

J.H. Argyris, S. Kelsey

The general theory of the cut‐out and modification analysis is reviewed and extended for a structure involving primary, secondary and tertiary redundancies. Some important points…

Glass Panels for Aircraft: Details of the Triplex Aircraft Glass Department

FOLLOWING extensive alterations to the aircraft‐glass department at the Kings Norton, Birmingham Factory of Triplex Safety Glass Company Limited, we were recently invited to…

The Library Shelf

J.C.D.E.C.H., F.B., D.B.S., C.G.K.

These two volumes cover the normal requirements of a university course in skeletal structures designed principally for Civil Engineering undergraduates. The first contains a wide…

Research Reports and Memoranda

Under this heading are published regularly abstracts of all Reports and Memoranda of the Aeronautical Research Council, Reports and Technical Translations of the United States…

Tools for the Workshop

Ballizing is a fast, low‐cost process for sizing and finishing holes in metal. It consists of pressing a suitably oversize precision ball through the unfinished hole, and requires…

Research and Test Apparatus

A special dual‐chamber shock tunnel is being used by U.S. General Electric, New York, U.S.A., for research into space travel.

Aviation Electronics

A line of airborne cooling units, modified for use in ground support equipment, is now being marketed by the Lcar‐Romec Division of Lear Inc., International Headquarters, 19 rue…

Auxiliary Equipment

For high pressure gas a new solenoid valve having an extremely low leakage has been developed which allows venting of the down‐stream system when the valve is closed. It is being…