THE theme of an address given by Mr H. G. Conway, managing director of Bristol Siddeley Engines Ltd., at the Hanover Fair Symposium on Advanced Technology during the course of the…
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THE theme of an address given by Mr H. G. Conway, managing director of Bristol Siddeley Engines Ltd., at the Hanover Fair Symposium on Advanced Technology during the course of the Hanover Air Show was on the necessity for European collaboration in the field of aeronautics. The question to be asked, he said, was if we in Europe, either as separate countries or collectively, could continue to compete in the industrial, particularly engineering, world with the U.S.A. and Russia if our relative expenditure on advanced technology continued to fall so far behind that achieved by the other two countries.
At the annual general meeting of British Messier Ltd., held on July 24, 1953, it was announced that the Rt. Hon. The Lord Hives, C.H., M.B.E., D.Sc., had tendered his resignation…
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At the annual general meeting of British Messier Ltd., held on July 24, 1953, it was announced that the Rt. Hon. The Lord Hives, C.H., M.B.E., D.Sc., had tendered his resignation from the Board to take effect from that date. Mr W. T. Gill has consented to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Lord Hives. The British Messier Board now consists of the following: Sir W. Reginald Vcrdon Smith, Mr W. T. Gill, Lt.‐Gen. Sir John Evctts, Mr L. S. Armandias, Mr H. G. Conway.
Mr Hugh Conway has accepted an invitation to join the Board of Bristol Siddeley Engines Ltd. and to become Managing Director in succession to the late Dr E. J. Warlow‐Davics. Mr…
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Mr Hugh Conway has accepted an invitation to join the Board of Bristol Siddeley Engines Ltd. and to become Managing Director in succession to the late Dr E. J. Warlow‐Davics. Mr Conway will be released from his present appointment as Joint Managing Director of Short Brothers and Harland Ltd. to take up his new position on October 1.
An article edited and prepared with comments by H. G. Conway, F.R.Ae.S., from a German report by Toennies and GoIIung (Research Group for Tricycle Undercarriages—Interim Report…
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An article edited and prepared with comments by H. G. Conway, F.R.Ae.S., from a German report by Toennies and GoIIung (Research Group for Tricycle Undercarriages—Interim Report, 1944), issued by the Ministry of Supply as R.T.P./T.I.B. Translation No. G.D.C. 3E/3T
THE advent of the modern jet‐type power plant for aviation has greatly accelerated the development of new high‐temperature ceramic materials. These power plants are essentially…
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THE advent of the modern jet‐type power plant for aviation has greatly accelerated the development of new high‐temperature ceramic materials. These power plants are essentially high‐temperature engines which convert heat energy into work. The greater the differential in temperature of the air between the beginning and end of the conversion, the greater the efficiency of the engine. Consequently, turbo‐jets, gas turbines, ram‐jets and rockets have created a demand for materials which will withstand elevated temperatures and vibration and possess good resistance to thermal shock. Ceramic materials seem to offer the best promise of providing these desirable characteristics.
THESE notes have been prepared because it is a fact that there is no publication available to the ordinary aeroplane mechanic which gives him the essential information which will…
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THESE notes have been prepared because it is a fact that there is no publication available to the ordinary aeroplane mechanic which gives him the essential information which will guide him in the overhaul and maintenance of hydraulic equipment. There are only one or two books which even touch on the subject other than the official (and very excellent) R.A.F. publication, A.P. 1803.
THE subject of retractable undercarriages has already been dealt with before the Royal Aeronautical Society as well as in numerous technical articles. This article endeavours…
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THE subject of retractable undercarriages has already been dealt with before the Royal Aeronautical Society as well as in numerous technical articles. This article endeavours therefore to deal with some aspects of the matter which have not been discussed very widely in the past. Reference is made to the problem as it affects the aircraft designer rather than the specialist undercarriage or hydraulic engineer, and stress is laid on the geometrical and installational problems rather than the mechanical design aspects of the equipment itself.
This book contains the subject matter taught by the author at the École Nationale Supérieure de l'Aéronautique and at the École Nationale Supérieure des Mines in Paris. It is thus…
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This book contains the subject matter taught by the author at the École Nationale Supérieure de l'Aéronautique and at the École Nationale Supérieure des Mines in Paris. It is thus not primarily intended for professional mathematicians, but a rigour worthy of them is maintained throughout. In particular, the ideas of mathematical analysis are freely used and the small quantity ∈ is frequently mentioned. The production of such a comprehensive work in the 916 pages is in itself a remarkable achievement, but in the reviewer's opinion very few British engineers, unless they have an unusually strong mathematical bent, will find that they can derive much profit from it.
APPLICATION of the so‐called high energy liquid fuels and high energy liquid oxidizers to power plants based on the jet propulsion principle is receiving the increasing interest…
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APPLICATION of the so‐called high energy liquid fuels and high energy liquid oxidizers to power plants based on the jet propulsion principle is receiving the increasing interest and attention of rocket propellant chemists and power plant engineers universally. The aspect of substantially increased—as much as 50 per cent— energy per pound of propellant load or per cubic foot of propellant tankage over today's propellants has whetted scientific appetites and justified probing the field of high energy chemicals to determine, as logically and as practically as we can at the present time, the gains, problems, limitations and applications of these higher energy chemicals. The object of this paper is, in a general way, to discuss the subject of chemical rocket propellants in such a way that the following five questions will be, in part at least, answered or recalled to the minds of this audience for additional deliberation.
With the great advances made during the last decade or so in the fields of rocket engineering, materials research, supersonic aerodynamics, electronics and nuclear physics, the…
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With the great advances made during the last decade or so in the fields of rocket engineering, materials research, supersonic aerodynamics, electronics and nuclear physics, the problem of extra‐terrestrial space flight has been removed from the realm of fantasy to the field of large‐scale engineering problems. Rocket‐powered reaction units occupy a leading position in the field of aeronautical research relating to high speeds, and the industrial application of atomic power is the object of many huge projects at present under development.