Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 5 Issue 1
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The Use and Abuse of Metals: Welded Structures and Light Alloys for Engines
ON several occasions we have referred to the advances made in the science of metallurgy in recent years. The developments that have taken place in metals for all purposes during…
The Estimation of Performance: An Account of a Practical Method by General Curves which has been Proved Accurate
Richard M. ClarksonTHE performance of an aeroplane is largely determined by certain general characteristics—such, for instance, as its power and surface loadings, etc.—from a knowledge of which an…
Special Light Alloys for Aircraft: The Manufacture and Uses of the Hiduminium R.R. Series of Aluminium Alloys
W.C. DevereuxTHE specialities of my Company are the manufacture and application of those aluminium alloys which gain their high strength by suitable forms of heat treatment. Our main business…
Maintenance of Metal Airframes: Points to be Watched for by Inspectors and Ground Engineers During Production and After Repair
S. Gordon YoungIN the previous chapters consideration has been given generally to aircraft of composite construction in which the main structural members are of timber. In this article it is…
The Theory of Air Flow: Outlining for Engineers the Fundamental Principles of Non‐Rectilinear Flow
N.A.V. PiercyIT is a common experience, and by no means confined to engineers, to fail to understand the general theory of non‐rectilinear flow of air. An investigation culminates, of course…
New Focke‐Wulf Productions: A Convertible Land and Sea General‐Purpose Machine and a Meteorological Aeroplane
THE Focke‐Wulf Flugzeugbau A.G. have recently brought out a new type, the L.102, suitable for advanced training, acrobatics, photography, touring, and sports flying, and capable…
Laying Out Tanks: Practical Notes on Drawing Office Practice for the Junior Draughtsman
R. HaleyAS petrol and oil tanks necessitating some very irregular shapes have to be carried in various parts of an aeroplane, it is necessary to apply either Simpson's Rules or use a…
Research Reports and Memoranda
If an electric current i flows in a metal in the direction of the temperature‐gradient dT―dx' or in the inverse direction, then besides Joule's heat an evolution or an absorption…
Month in the Patent Office: A Selection of the More Important Aircraft and Engine Specifications Published Recently
In means lor over‐riding an automatic altitude control, the connection between the blower outlet and the pressure‐responsive device is provided with a leak or pressure‐relieving…
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- Prof Phil Webb