Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 58 Issue 9

Computing Influences

TECHNOLOGICAL advances in the speed and power of computers have already had profound influences on aerospace design and this process is continuing into the foreseeable future…

Application of Computer Techniques to the Inspection of Turbine Blades

A. Johns

The inspection function, involving as it does the acquisition and processing of data, is an ideal candidate for the application of computer techniques. Indeed the retention of…

Computational Fluid Dynamics

AN economical solution to the difficult equations encountered in fluid dynamics has been found by the Aerodynamics Research Department of British Aerospace at Filton, Bristol with…

The Impact of CAD on Aerospace Design

Mike Williamson

Advanced computing systems must be employed for aerospace companies to remain competitive and reduce time scales for the introduction of new technology. In this article Dr Mike…

Prediction of Fuel Freezing in Airplane Fuel Tanks of Arbitrary Geometry — Part 1

P.M. McConnell, S.F. Owens, R.A. Kamin

PHOENICS, a general 3‐D Navier‐Stokes computer program, was used to simulate cooling and freezing of jet fuel stored in airplane fuel tanks. A 3‐D analysis is required for fuel…

Work Support Units from Hydrajaws

A new self levelling work support unit which, in addition to providing a firm base for the workpiece during machining, may be fully retracted to allow loading and unloading in the…

Equipment, Materials and Services

Racal Avionics announce its latest navigation computer, the ‘Keyboard RNS252’, designed to meet the navigation requirements of both helicopters and fixed wing aircraft for the…

Contracts

United Technologies' Pratt & Whitney has received an order for jet aircraft engines valued at $75 million from Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) of Stockholm.

News and Views

Akron, Ohio — Engineered Rubber Products, a business unit of the BF Goodrich Aerospace and Defense Division, has completed the purchase of all assets used by JCR Industries, Inc…

People

Robert J. Patton has been promoted to senior vice president — business development operations for Vought Aero Products Division of LTV Aerospace and Defense Company, effective…

Conferences, Meetings and Events

ERA Technology is organising a technical seminar and exhibition on the United States Military Standard 1553B. The need for a seminar on the subject has arisen out of a growing use…