Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 33 Issue 3
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Defence with Mobility
LAST month saw the presentation to Parliament of the annual Report on Defence, and the Army, Navy and Air Estimates for 1961–62. The defence statement reiterates the Government's…
Double Block Shear Test for Foil Honeycomb Cores: Re‐examination of This Method as Means of Measuring the Shear Modulus
H.P. O'SullivanBECAUSE of the apparently low moduli obtained from it, the double block shear test has recently been the subject of some criticism. The purpose of this paper is to re‐examine the…
Turboprops for Light Aircraft: Details of the Engines Developed by Rover Gas Turbines Ltd.
THE Rover Co. Ltd. was associated with Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle during the early stages of the production of the original Whittle‐type turbojet engines in 1941–42. Two of…
Synthetic Lubricants for Gas Turbines: An Abridged Version of a Paper Recently Presented at the Institute of Petroleum
J.S. Elliott, E.D. EdwardsSINCE the Second World War, no lubrication problem has offered a greater challenge to chemists than that posed by the aircraft gas turbine engine. Mineral oils, which for many…
Pilot Escape Capsule: Details of the Chance Vought Integrated Capsule System at Present Under Development
FOR many years it has been appreciated that the ejector scat does not provide a complete answer to the problem of escape from aircraft flying at supersonic speeds. Many ingenious…
The Analysis of Fuselages of Arbitrary Cross‐section and Taper: A DSIR Sponsored Research Programme on the Development and Application of the Matrix Force Method and the Digital Computer
J.H. Argyris, S. KelseyA series of examples illustrates the application and results of the method previously given for improving the conditioning of the primary redundancies. The transformation matrix…
S.A.E. International Congress.: Summaries of a Selection of the Papers Presented at the Meeting Held in Detroit, January 9–13, 1961
The purpose of this paper was to provide a general survey of the ground effect machine (GEM) or air cushion vehicle including concepts, accomplishments and some of the problems…
The Library Shelf
This new book on an old subject uses a new approach to analyse and explain the vibration characteristic of machines or structures. Confined exclusively to linear vibration, the…
Research Reports and Memoranda
Under this heading are published regularly abstracts of all Reports and Memoranda of the Aeronautical Research Council, Technical Reports and Translations of the United States…
Aviation Electronics
Improved systems of control emphasize the need for rapid visual indication and warning equipment. Modern remote‐control panels must show, both positively and with complete…
New Materials
Methods for producing two types of fuels which may allow jet aircraft to negotiate the heat barrier have been announced by the Shell International Petroleum Co. Ltd. at the…
Tools for the Workshop
A multi‐purpose tool is now available from Bow‐thorpe Electric Co. Ltd., Crawley, Sussex, who are the sole agents for distribution in this country.
Research and Test Apparatus
Aveley Electric Ltd. have recently introduced into the United Kingdom the new Kretz Ultrasonic Thickness Testing Instrument, Type Series 6,000. The equipment which incorporates a…
Auxiliary Equipment
A microminiature incandescent lamp measuring only 0·055 in. in diameter and 0·175 in. in length is being marketed by the Special Products Division of Thorn Electrical Industries…
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- Prof Phil Webb