Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 18 Issue 8

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An International Journal
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Table of contents

An Eclectic Issue

THIS issue may be said to have an unusually wide appeal in that it has an article of interest to almost everyone in the Industry. The subjects dealt with range from aerodynamics…

Notes on the Westinghouse Yankee Jet Engine: Some Particulars of One of the First Successful American Axial Compressor Engines

THIS short article is a further contribution to the scries which is being published in AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING to give a general picture of jet engine design as it is today.

The Cold Starting of Aero‐Engines: An Analysis of the Problems Associated with the Starting and Initial Running of Piston Engines in Cold Weather

Flight‐Lieutenant C.G. Pickering

THIS article deals with the cold starting and associated problems of reciprocating engines as distinct from jet engines. The associated problems are those which limit the…

Shock Waves in Compressible Flow: An Outline of the Phenomena Occurring in the Trans‐Sonic Speed Range

D.M. Davies

THE earlier classical treatises on aerodynamics concerned themselves with the properties of incompressible fluids. The theory developed on this basis gave an excellent theoretical…

Simplified Statics: A Note on Graphical and Kinematic Methods of Solution

R. Hadekel

THIS article has been suggested by an actual problem in undercarriage work, and this problem is used as an illustration.

A Buckling Problem: A Beam Resting on a Continuous Elastic Foundation with Concentrated Elastic End Supports

J. Ratzersdorfer

IF a beam is laterally resting on a continuous elastic foundation then it is usually assumed in the technical literature that the intensity of lateral pressure p(u) is…

Graphical Method of Determining the Deflexion of Laterally Loaded Struts

N.A. Townsend

THE solution of the differential equations for the varied cases of laterally loaded struts present arithmetical difficulties particularly as the number of the integration…

Stress Diffusion Problems

W.J. Goodey

THE case to be investigated is shown diagrammatically in fig. 8 (a). In practice, it represents the top or bottom panels of a two‐spar skin‐covered wing, where the front and rear…

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 United States National…

Reports on German Science and Industry

This report gives details, with photographs, of a night fighter version of the familiar Mel10. The sub‐type is interesting because of its radar equipment and the heavy armament;…

The Inspection of Damaged Airframes: An Outline of Some of the Means Available for the Assessment of Repairs

T.J. O'Halloran

ONE of the most difficult jobs in airframe repair is that of the inspector whose duty it is to detect and assess damage to the airframe structure, and this article is an attempt…

Tools for the Workshop

FIG. 1 shows one of C.V.A. portable hydraulic tables which can be used for the convenient handling of weighty parts. The table consists of a simple, robust, cast quadrapedistal…

Production Control in Southern California

BECAUSE of an almost complete absence in our library at Shrivenham of material other than elementary textbooks, I hesitated to accept the invitation to give this paper when it…

U.S. Patent Specifications

In an aircraft control system, a balanced four‐way valve comprising a casing, a piston valve arranged to reciprocate within said valve casing, a source of hydraulic fluid under…

Cover of Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology

ISSN:

0002-2667

Online date, start – end:

1929

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Prof Phil Webb