Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 61 Issue 7
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An International JournalTable of contents
Ultra‐High Strength and Corrosion Resistance Define Today's Fastener Needs
Lawrence Kline, Michael LawlerANY discussion of high‐performance fasteners must first define the term because the requirements for “high performance” can vary with the application.
Reduce Factory Noise With Huck's Pull‐in Fastener Insertion Method
Huck Manufacturing Company's state‐of‐the‐art aerospace fastener installation system reduces worker exposure to vibration and noise in interference fit hole conditions.
Paris ‘89
DOMINATING the outside exhibition at Le Bourget was the enormous Antonov An‐225 with the Buran space shuttle on top. Weighing some 600 tonnes and designed to carry loads of up to…
A Technology Revolution — Composite Materials
Don MiddletonMAJOR changes in technology since the invention of the wheel have been, by definition, conceptual ones so consequently, there have been relatively few of them. The propulsion of a…
Composite Materials in Aircraft Structures: The Harrier AV‐8B/GR5 close air support aircraft with vertical and short take‐off and landing capability
SINCE the public debut of its progenitor, the Hawker P 1127 at the 1962 Farnborough Air Show its descendants, the Kestrel and the Harrier have continued to astonish and delight…
The Use of Cubic Boron Nitride in the Production Grinding Field (Part 2)
John M. BarnardFunctions of the grinding fluid The primary functions of the grinding fluid directly affect the outcome of the grinding process as it takes place at the grinding interface and…
Electric Discharge Machining (EDM) to Five Micron Accuracy
PRESS tools, dies, moulds and other precision components may be produced to within dimensional tolerances of five microns using a new, super‐precision, wire‐cut EDM machine from…
Husky Hunter Points the Way for BAe
THE well known Husky Hunter hand‐held computer has been flying high recently acting as a control, display and recording unit for two sets of flight trials on the British Aerospace…
Filter Element Saves Weight and Space and Extends Life
A new range of stainless‐steel bonded filter elements (Fig. 1) has been introduced by Marston Palmer Ltd of Wolverhampton WV10 6QJ, England. The patented design combines the low…
Equipment, Materials and Services
As a flagship behind which to launch an impressive range of highly capable composites, 3M launches Scotchply SP‐377 prepreg for repair and two superior structural adhesives.
TechAlert —: (Research Reports)
Turbomachinery blade clearance and time of arrival sensors based on the Vatell eddy current principle, and suitable for operation at temperatures up to 200 degrees C, were…
Contracts
Rolls‐Royce's latest, and the world's most powerful, engine is to be launched on the A330 Airbus it was announced recently.
News and Views
Last month an international group of military officers taking the Staff Course at The Royal College of Defence Studies visited the factory of Ion Deposition Ltd of Corby…
People
The four members of Airbus Industrie, Aerospatiale of France, MBB through Deutsche Airbus of West Germany, British Aerospace and CASA of Spain, have approved new statutes for the…
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- Prof Phil Webb