Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 33 Issue 1
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Australian Appraisal
THE Annual Report, 1958–59, of the Aeronautical Research Laboratories of the Australian Department of Supply indicates the diverse nature of its activities. Since the beginning of…
Vibration of Missiles: Matric Formulation of the Problem Involving Free and Harmonically Forced Flexural Vibrations
H.L. CoxThe free and harmonically forced flexural vibrations of missiles accelerating along initial trajectories are considered. A general matric formulation is given for the problem…
Predicting Temperature Rises, Due to Aerodynamic Heating: An Analogue Method Utilizing Trajectory Data to Calculate Temperature Distribution Throughout a Missile Radome
D. ReadshawIn this paper it is described how trajectory data is used to calculate the distribution of temperature throughout the radome of a missile. The problem divides itself into two…
Temperature Control by Means of the Peltier Effect: Increased Reliability and Stability for Electronic Components Which Are Thermostatically Controlled
E.L. Armi, C.G. KirkpatrickA major potential application of the Peltier effect is the thermostating of electronic equipment, modules and individual components. Limitations of size and weight rule out…
S.A.E. National Aeronautic Meeting—2: Summaries of a Selection of the Papers Presented at the Meeting Held in Los Angeles, October 10–14, 1960
During the design of the Atlas I.C.B.M. it was considered necessary to conduct full‐scale combined structural loading and aerodynamic heating tests for the purpose of proving the…
Calculation of Supersonic Aerodynamic Influence Matrices: A Numerical Method for Wings of Arbitrary Planform Suitable for Solution on the Digital Computer
T.H. HallstaffThis paper describes a routine for calculating supersonic aerodynamic influence matrices, which is suitable for the digital computer. The method is first applied to a wing with…
Towed Target Systems for Guided Weapon Training: Details of the Del Mar Radar/Optical Target System Which is to be Marketed by Fairey Engineering Ltd.
A RECENTLY announced agreement between Fairey Engineering Ltd. and the Del Mar Engineering Laboratories, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., will result in the distribution of…
Supersonic Transport Aircraft: Brief Summaries of the Papers Presented at the Royal Aeronautical Society All‐Day Discussion on December 8, 1960
Arguments in favour of selecting a cruising speed of about M=2.0 for a long‐range supersonic transport aircraft have been given by Morgan, and Kuchemann has shown that the slender…
‘Head‐Up’ Flight Information Display and Visual Flight Simulator: Details of the System Developed at the R.A.E., Farnborough
TWO of the most exacting requirements made upon the pilot who is flying his aircraft on instruments are: (i) ability to make a sudden change of visual focus from a set of dials…
Hawker P.1 127: First Vertical Take‐Off Fighter
THE Hawker P.1 127 vertical take‐off and landing strike aircraft began its preliminary hovering trials on October 21, and was stated successfully to have completed these trials on…
The Library Shelf
A.D.B., M.F.M., C.G.K.In their introduction to this book the authors suggest that the rocket is destined to play an extremely important role in the future of mankind and it is, therefore, something…
Research Reports and Memoranda
Under this heading are published regularly abstracts of all Reports and Memoranda of the Aeronautical Research Council, Reports and Technical Translations of the United States…
Aviation Electronics
The Decca radar tape recorder is a new system for recording and playing back radar data with a very high degree of fidelity. It employs a video tape recorder developed by the…
New Materials
Vickers Armstrong (Aircraft) Ltd., Weybridgc, Surrey, having used various sizes of heavy‐density Rubazote pads, 1/2 in. thick, with success for wing load testing on the Vanguard…
Tools for the Workshop
Easily operated by unskilled labour, the Jaggi Type MF 57 thread whirling machine is designed for use in small production runs. Precision internal and external left‐ and…
Research and Test Apparatus
The Boeing Aero‐Space Research Division, Seattle, 24, Washington, U.S.A., has recently developed an extremely accurate resonant cavity X‐band dielectrometer for measuring the…
Auxiliary Equipment
The Firth Cleveland frequency meter Type FM1015, manufactured by Firth Cleveland Instruments Ltd., Treforest, Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales, a member of the Firth Cleveland Group…
British Patent Abridgements
A jet propulsion engine comprises a downstream element separate from but normally forming a continuation of the housing defining a jet pipe, so that the upstream end of the…
U.S. Patent Specifications
An aircraft of generally circular configuration in plan and constructed for vertical, horizontal and hovering flight, comprises; a saucer‐shaped fuselage having a cabin spaced…
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- Prof Phil Webb