Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 31 Issue 4

Supersonic Airliner Problems

AT the time of writing the main topic of discussion in aviation circles is whether or not we in Britain should build a supersonic airliner. The Committee appointed two years ago…

Electrical Analogue to a Celled Tube Subjected to Flexure and Torsion: A Method of Solution Without Formulating the Structural Equations

Melvin Zaid, Frederick L. Ryder

A new analogue approach is presented for the solution to the multi‐celled, multi‐stringer tube subjected to flexural and torsional loads. This approach is based upon the condition…

The Analysis of Fuselages of Arbitrary Cross‐section and Taper

J.H. Argyris, S. Kelsey

A DSIR Sponsored Research Programme on the Development and Application of the Matrix Force Method and the Digital Computer. The present issue gives a summary of the basic theory…

Complex Stress Creep Relaxation of Metallic Alloys at Elevated Temperatures: An Investigation Covering an Aluminium and a Magnesium Alloy

A.E. Johnson, J. Henderson, V.D. Mathur

As stated in general terms in a previous paragraph, in the ease of this material the following complex stress relaxation tests were made: two pure torsion tests from initial…

The Fundamentals of High‐Strength Glass: The Work of the Fundamental Research Laboratories of the Triplex Group of Companies

CURIOUSLY little is known about the structure of glass, and many of the properties which can be obtained by heat treatment have been developed on an empirical basis. To study…

Simple Models for Aeroelastic Demonstrations

E.A. Boyd, D.J. Johns

Many colleges wish to demonstrate aeroelastic phenomena and require only qualitative answers. For this purpose the more easily constructed the model the better.

The Library Shelf

E.L.J., D.B.S., A.D.B.

The author in his preface states that the text should serve as a stepping stone between introductory dynamics and the more advanced fields of engineering analysis and that 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…

Month in the Patent Office

An aircraft propulsion system comprises two heat sources, one being a combustion apparatus and the other a nuclear reactor. The aircraft shown in FIG. 1 has two propulsion units…

U.S. Patent Specifications

In a body adapted to travel through a fluid medium, the combination comprising: a control surface; hinge means for hinging said control surface to said body for controlling the…