Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 9 Issue 8
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An International JournalTable of contents
The Coming of the Sleeve Valve: Some Views on its Advantages over the Poppet Valve
WE publish in this issue what is, we believe, the most complete account yet to appear of the origin and present design of the Bristol series of sleeve‐valve engines. These…
Corner Losses in Ducts: Factors Affecting the Design of Efficient Corners and Leading to Reduction of Resistance
G.N. PattersonDUCT systems of various types are used on aircraft. The efficiency of the systems depends upon the losses in the duct. A corner in the duct may produce a large resistance to flow…
Synthetic Rubber Materials: Commercial Materials with Oil‐Resisting Qualities Combined with the Necessary Physical Properties
T.L. GarnerUNTIL the introduction of the synthetic rubber‐like materials of various chemical constitutions, the development of qualities to resist oil has been a problem of compounding…
The Gust‐Load Problem: The Results of Acceleration Data Obtained on Large and Small Commercial Aeroplanes in America
Richard V. RhodeTHE highly complex character of the gust‐load problem and the lack of knowledge of gust structure have led to the general use of gust‐strength criteria for aeroplane wings that…
Bristol Sleeve‐Valve Engines: Details of the Aquila, Perseus and Hercules Types with Performance Figures
THERE are three engines in the Bristol range of radial air‐cooled sleeve‐valve type.
Air Ministry Official Notices
(Originally promulgated as Notice to Airmen No. 137/1935) 1. Several accidents, attributed to mishandling by the pilot during take‐off, have occurred on multi‐engined aircraft in…
Air Ministry Contracts
THE following list of contracts placed by the Air Ministry during the month of May is extracted from the June 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…
U.S. Patent Specifications
An exhaust gas analyser, comprising a plurality of bleeder conduits each discharging to the atmosphere, and arranged in scries relation, the first of which is connected to a…
Month in the Patent Office
Aircraft structures and in particular thick wing structures comprise ribs 2 of zigzag formation, Fig. 2, assembled in such manner as to form upper and lower reticulated frames…
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Prof Phil Webb