Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 23 Issue 5
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An International JournalTable of contents
Food for Thought
AMONG a list of ‘preprints’, available to those interested, in a recent issue of the S.A.E. JOURNAL we noticed the title of one which seemed likely to be of interest to our…
The Design and Development of the Twin‐Centaurus Power‐Plant for the Bristol Brabazon
The adaptation of eight ‘Centaurus’ engines, grouped in pairs, to drive airscrews presenting only four disks to the air stream in the Bristol ‘Brabazon’ is described, including…
The Quadrilateral ‘Shear’ Panel: The Peculiar Stressing Problems Arising in the Structure of the Non‐Rectangular Swept Wing
S.J. GarveyAmong the problems introduced by swept wings is that of the non‐rectangular panel in equilibrium under loading applied tangentially along its edges. The present article examines…
An Application of the Escalator Process: Solution Thereby of Quasi‐Hermitian Frequency Equations Encountered in Specific Practical Problems
J. MorrisThe escalator process is shown to be easily applicable to certain frequency equations of Hermitian character which have been encountered in such problems as the whirling of contra…
Failure of Cylindrical Tubes Under External Pressure: The Various Types of Failure Considered and Suitable Formulae for Each Case Developed
R.C.C. RingroseUNDER external pressure cylinders fail in the following ways:
Flight Characteristics at High Mach Numbers
DEVELOPMENT test flying of a prototype aeroplane is playing an ever‐increasing role of importance in the ultimate design of high performance military aircraft. When a prototype…
The Estimation of Wing Weight: A Method of Predicting Structural Weight by Relating the Design to an Ideal Wing
J. SolveyThis paper suggests a means of estimating wing weight using formulae based on the theoretical ideal wing. The predicted wing weight is attained by multiplying the weight of the…
Research Reports and Memoranda
Under this heading are published regularly abstracts of all Reports and Memoranda of the Aeronautical Research Council, Reports and Technical Memoranda of the United States…
The Library Shelf
Engineering metrology, or dimensional Measurement in engineering as it may otherwise be termed, is a subject which has become of increasing importance to production engineers…
Instructional Courses: Particulars of Special Courses to be Given by Various Bodies during the Year
A 5‐day course on Synthetic Resin Adhesives is being arranged at Cambridge from Sunday, September 23, to Saturday, September 29, 1951. Two alternative series of lectures will be…
Tools for the Workshop
When the Euco Ground Thread Micrometer Spacing Collars were introduced a few years ago, the only sizes produced were for 1 in. and 1¼ in. arbors and the minimum width 13/16 in, A…
Trade Announcements
A monthly feature giving news of recent Government and professional appointments, industrial developments and business changes, etc.
Month in the Patent Office
These abstracts of British Patent Specifications are taken, by permission, from the officially prepared abridgments classified in Groups. Sets of Group abridgments can be obtained…
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…
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0002-2667Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Prof Phil Webb