Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 22 Issue 9

Pleasing the Customer

THIS month we publish a paper on a subject which is completely novel so far as AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING is concerned. Indeed, we do not remember having ever read an investigation into…

Passenger Seats for Aircraft: A Survey of the Considerations to be Borne in Mind in Designing Furniture for Maximum Safety and Comfort

C.H. Cumberland, G.S. Bowey

THE passenger seat in civil aircraft is an important piece of equipment. It is important, firstly because it is the one part of the aircraft with which the passenger is in…

Stress Analysis with Brittle Lacquer: A Method for the Experimental Evaluation of Loads Developed in Components of Complex Shape

B. Salmon

First type isostatic lines: tangents at every point to the maximum principal deformation and stress, in algebraic values.1.0 WHEN an engineer sets out to calculate the shape and…

Recent Developments of the Mechanism of the Hydraulic Variable‐Pitch Aircraft Propeller

After briefly outlining the main features of the variable‐pitch propeller, this paper proceeds to describe the development of the piston‐engined hydraulically operated propeller…

Production Engineering, Administration and Management: A Series of Articles Providing a Complete Survey of the Economics of Production for Aeronautical Engineers

J.V. Connolly

6.01. The borderline between an art and a science can be a narrow one. In an over‐simplified description it might be defined in terms of the content which is susceptible to…

‘Pattern’ Cutting Curves for Inflatable Dinghies: An Analytical Method for Developing the Gores for the Buoyancy Chamber and the ‘Floor’ Contour of Pneumatic Dinghies

J. Morris

THE buoyancy chamber of a pneumatic dinghy is roughly of ‘rubber inner tube’ form arranged around the wale or upper perimeter of the craft and when inflated the bow and stern ends…

Research Reports and Memoranda

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

Trade Announcements

A monthly feature giving news of recent Government and professional appointments, industrial developments and business changes, etc.

U.S. Patent Specifications

These details and drawings of patents granted in the United States are taken, by permission of the Department of Commerce, from the ‘Official Gazette of the United States Patent…