Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 9 Issue 2
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The Effects of Taper: A New Topic that is Exercising the Minds of Designers
WE publish this month a most important paper by MR. IRVING, giving the results of recent work done at the National Physical Laboratory, on the aerodynamic characteristics of…
Some Notes on Tapered Wings: The Effects of Brake Flaps, Taper and “Sweep” on Stalling
H.B. IrvingTHE change from the parallel wings of the now obsolescent biplane to the tapered wings of the monoplane, usually fitted with flaps, raised a great number of problems, both…
Generator Regulating Systems: The Principles of Operation of Various Control Systems of Aeroplane Electrical Generators
B. SykesIN this article it is proposed to deal with the broad principles of operation of the various systems of control of aircraft electrical generators which are in common use, rather…
Rubber for Aeroplane Parts: Details of the Processes through which the Material Passes during Manufacture
T.L. GarnerRUBBER used for aircraft purposes must be of high quality, and this factor must overrule anything else in the production of the necessary parts. The materials used in compounding…
The Calculation of Span Loadings: A Contribution to the Determination of the Distribution of Lift Across a Span by Successive Graphical Approximation
J.R. CreanA FUNDAMENTAL method of determining the distribution of lift across the span of, e.g., a monoplane wing is that of Graphical Successive Approximation, proposed originally in 1923…
Air Ministry Official Notices
Petro‐Flex, Superflexit and Avioflexus tubing used in civil aircraft must conform to the following D.T.D. Specifications:—
Air Ministry Contracts
THE following list of contracts placed by the Air Ministry during November 1936, is extracted from the December issue of The Ministry of Labour Gazette:
Research Reports and Memoranda
Under this heading are published regularly abstracts of all Reports and Memoranda of the Aeronautical Research Committee, Reports and Technical Notes of the U.S. National Advisory…
Month in the Patent Office
The flow of cooling air is controlled by pivoted shutters 3 which, when operated, take up the positions shown dotted, the shutters opposite the base of the cylinders moving faster…
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0002-2667Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Prof Phil Webb