Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 67 Issue 6
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An International JournalTable of contents
Testing for crashworthiness
Roy DavisThe development of safety systems for aircraft is currently benefiting from technology and skills originally proven in automotive applications. This article considers testing and…
Safe and reliable powerplants
Terry FordIn recent years the significant reliability goals achieved with aero‐engines have underlined the progress made in all areas of design and production. These features are prominent…
Testing to determine aerospace safety
Steve Cook, Dave WilsonThe aircraft manufacturing industry places a high priority on safety and spends many billions of pounds in developing and testing new military and civil aircraft to the highest…
SOAP helps to improve aircraft safety and reduce costs for RAF
Jerry ClarkFlying has long been considered a safe means of travel, although 100 per cent safety can never be guaranteed. The Defence Research Agency's (DRA's) Spectrometric Oils Analysis…
Net‐end bending for aerospace tubing
Donald J. SchweiboldLike most modern manufacturing processes, tube bending and inspection is evolving from its “black art” origins. Tube processing has progressed through the use of manual and…
EDM — the key to total traceability
Susan KaneThe planning, design, manufacture, operation and maintenance of systems inside the aircraft and aerospace industries can generate literally millions of documents ranging from…
The use of water soluble film for pipe purging
Ron A. SewellWhen stainless steel pipes and tubes, hereafter referred to only as pipes, (and some made of other materials such as chrome moly carbon steel, copper nickel, titanium, etc.) are…
Turbine engineers reap fast payback from shopfloor data capture system
Colin MaineDirect savings from a shopfloor data capture system installed across three sites at gas turbine engineers CUK Ltd will result in a financial payback of under nine months. In…
Unholy alliances?
Sandra MullinsHow will the aviation and aerospace industry make its new alliances a viable and practical proposition? Could BS EN ISO 9000 provide a much‐needed link between companies operating…
Mini features
As part of an ongoing development programme, the Pilatus Aircraft Company of Switzerland has commissioned Avro International Aerospace, a division of British Aerospace Regional…
Power plants
An innovative hush kit for noisy jet aircraft with “old technology” low bypass engines (50 per cent of operating jets) is now being marketed within the aircraft industry. The…
Aerospace technology
Westland Engineering Limited (WEL), part of GKN plc's Westland Group, has improved the heat treatment processes it uses in the manufacture of transmission system gears.
Aerospace notes
Engineers have developed an injection‐moulding process for producing aircraft canopies and windshields much more cheaply than with current techniques. The new fabrication method…
Maintenance
The use of SKF roller screws is said to be helping Aviall Caledonian Engine Services Ltd, of Prestwick, one of the world's foremost aero engine overhaul companies, to reduce the…
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0002-2667Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Prof Phil Webb