Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 67 Issue 1
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Vought aircraft enhances thrust reverser database with CFD simulations
Perry A. Wooden, Timothy P. NobelCostly physical experiments are normally used to evaluate the performance of thrust reverser concepts during the design process. This is because the design geometry is normally so…
Electronic product development
John HutchinsonAerospace manufacturers worldwide are under intensifying pressure from customers insisting their products become available earlier, attain higher standards of quality and cost…
Materials for the next generation of aircraft engineers
Anthony EdwardsResearchers are today focusing their efforts on ambitious performance goals for turn‐of‐the‐century military and civil aircraft propulsion systems, objectives set by projects such…
PAMS chosen for CNC programming
Jackie JohnstonThe maiden flight of the Eurofighter 2000 combat aircraft in March 1994 was a significant milestone for the many companies contracted to supply components for its build. Among…
Helicopter survival and response
Terry FordAmong the interesting papers at a recent conference was a contribution which detailed the US Army Aviation and Troop Command's Aviation Applied Technology Directorate (AATD…
Mini features
ROCOL Limited has a long history of supplying military and civil aviation with specialized lubricants used either on board aircraft or, in military applications, their associated…
Power plants
The Rolls‐Royce Trent 800, powerplant of the new Boeing 777 twinjet airliner, successfully completed a 150‐hour block endurance test, taking it closer to on‐schedule certification…
Aerospace production
BEC Group Limited is replacing a mixture of existing manufacturing systems at aircraft manufacturer Avro International with an integrated 400‐user system, based on BEC's…
Patent abstracts
In UK patent 2274490 Short Brothers plc describes an aircraft propulsive power unit. It comprises a nacelle structure housing an engine and having a forward nacelle portion and a…
Equipment
A new hand‐held and portable GPS receiver with moving map display designed specifically for pilots has been launched by Magellan. The GPS MAP 7000 (TM) combines the accuracy of…
Contracts
At the request of the French Air Force and in order to meet urgent operational needs, the Matra Defense company recently received the first production contract for the DDM missile…
News and views
In a recent poll commissioned by Rockwell, sponsors of opinion polls on the US civilian space programme for the last 16 years, an increasing percentage of Americans was shown to…
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0002-2667Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Prof Phil Webb