Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 11 Issue 9
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China's Large Wind Tunnel: Details of the Design and Construction of the 15ft. tunnel at Tsing Hua
F.L. WattendorfTHE Tsing Hua 15‐ft. wind tunnel, with interchangeable 18‐ft. section for full scale engine and airscrew tests, was recently erected in Central China. It was planned as the…
Surface Finish and Drag: British and American Investigations into the Effect of Discontinuities
WE are fortunate in being able to publish two papers in this issue, dealing with the effects of surface roughness from the British and American points of view respectively. We…
Surface Finish and Performance: The Antipathetic Problems of Aerodynamic Refinement and Practical Construction
A.D. YoungIN order to appreciate how surface finish affects drag one must be familiar with the main characteristics of boundary layer flow. These have been described in great detail…
Surface Roughness and Wing Drag: An American Opinion upon a Problem Becoming of Ever‐Increasing Importance
Manley J. HoodDURING the past eight or ten years the speeds of most types of aeroplanes have been practically doubled. Part of this impressive advance has resulted from the use of increased…
Monocoque Stability in Compression: The Case of Buckling in Long Waves in an Unsupported Length of Panel
J. Lockwood TaylorIN R. & M. 1679 and AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING, December, 1935, the author gave certain expressions for the stable loads which a stiffened‐skin panel, flat or curved, was capable of…
British Official Accident — Report: Result of the Investigation into the Loss of the “Challenger” at Mozambique
AN accident occurred in Mozambique Harbour, East Africa, on May 1, 1939, involving the Empire Flying Boat G‐ADVD “Challenger,” belonging to Imperial Airways Ltd. Two members of…
Some Books Recently Received
The first edition of Prof. Bairstow's treatise appeared in 1920, and was largely based on experimental and theoretical researches carried on at the National Physical Laboratory…
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 German Long‐Range Flying‐Boat: Some Particulars of the Latest Dornier Seaplane to be put into Service on the South Atlantic Route
THE Dornier Do 20 is a logical development from the Wal and Super‐Wal flying‐boats by way of the Do 18. Although the present type is better streamlined than the earlier machine…
Standardized Control Rods: The Junkers Method of Reducing the Number of Parts
MASS production methods in the construction of modern aircraft demand far‐reaching standardization of such component parts as can be used in various types of aeroplane. Such…
Reducing Fire Risks In Aircraft
A. MathisenTHE problem of preventing and extinguishing fires upon aircraft has for many years received the attention of Government Departments and aviators and. as the Aeronautical Research…
Presses and Production
IT is somewhat ironical that the recent expansion of the aircraft industry in the U.S.A. and its increasing adoption and adaptation of the mass production methods of their huge…
Air Ministry Contracts Placed in July
THE following list of contracts placed 1 y the Air Ministry during July has been extracted from the August issue of The Ministry of Labour Gazette:—
U.S. Patent Specifications
An aerofoil including an oval spar composed of continuous intersecting oppositely pitched geodetic bracing members extending unbrokenly in both directions for more than one…
Month in the Patent Office
In an aircraft having a slotted wing, the slot of which may be obstructed by a flap, differentially‐operable mechanism is provided whereby the shutter is positioned to…
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