Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 11 Issue 1
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Aspects of Production: Some of the Wider Questions that have to be Considered
NOTHING at the Paris Aero Show contradicted the impression that had been gaining ground for some time that aeroplane design is almost at stagnation point. Practically no new…
The 1938 Paris Aero Salon: A Technical Review of the More Outstanding Aeroplanes, Engines and Accessories
ALTHOUGH this year's show was not as brilliant or as representative as it might have been, there was still a great deal of interest and much worth noting.
Selecting an Airscrew: A Simple Method Utilizing the “Flight Coefficient”, Cv
A.G. von BaumhauerWHEN designing an airscrew one has to choose from a family, tested in the wind tunnel, the right diameter and blade angle.
Engineering Aspects of Buckling: The Buckling of Simple Columns and Flat Plates Simply Explained for the Engineer
F.R. ShanleyMOST of the structural analysis problems that have resulted from the use of “thin‐walled” construction seem to fall into two general classes: Stress distribution and buckling…
Air Transport as a Public Utility: Some Reflections on the Recent Government Decision Regarding Imperial Airways and British Airways
J.M. SpaightTHE decision to con ne Imperial Airways and British Airways in a kind of public utility corporation is a curious instance of the adoption by a Government of a proposal made by the…
Research Reports and Memoranda
Under this heading are published regularly abstracts of all Reports and Memoranda of the Aeronautical Research Committee, Reports and Technical Notes of the U.S. National Advisory…
A Polish Engineer On Production
Zygmunt CymaPROBLEMS which confront Aviation today have changed so radically and to such a degree in the last few months that, in comparison with methods employed until recently, aeroplane…
A New Grinding Machine
An automatic sizing internal grinder is too well known to production engineers to need any introduction.
Notes on Welding Practice—III
J.G. Waterworth, A.R. MowbrayTHE materials commonly employed in the fabrication of aircraft structures are confined for the main part to steels of low carbon content (i.e., mild steel, manganese steels of a…
Research for Production: The Recently Opened Fairey Research Department
IT has long been conceded that production and research should go hand in hand in the Aircraft Industry, but the precept has often differed lamentably from practice. However, most…
Cutting Small Sheet‐Metal Blanks
J.G. WillisIN the recent lecture on U.S. Methods of Aircraft Production given by Mr. T. P. Wright before the Royal Aeronautical Society the methods shown for cutting duralumin plates will be…
Air Ministry Official Notices
Cases have been reported where the elevator bias cable of B.A. Swallow II aeroplanes has caught on the rudder pedal securing pin when the bias level is in the rearmost position…
Air Ministry Contracts Placed in November
THE following list of contracts placed by the Air Ministry during November is extracted from the December issue of The Ministry of Labour Gazette:—
U.S. Patent Specifications
A wheel comprising a casting comprising a hub and a rim, a tyre‐retaining flange on the rim having an annular shoulder, a grease cup fitted in the end of the hub, a fairing…
Month in the Patent Office
A variable pitch screw propeller, wherein the blade root is screwed into a threaded sleeve, the latter at its base, has secured thereto a flanged annular member, the sleeve…
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0002-2667Online date, start – end:
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- Prof Phil Webb