Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 67 Issue 5
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An International JournalTable of contents
Materials developments
Terry FordThis year's Paris Air Show provided an opportunity to see some of the notable advances made in materials technology and to examine progress made in applications to a variety of…
Metallic materials for aircraft engineering
Keith C. BendallAircraft designers require materials which offer features and benefits that are specifically tailored to the aerospace industry. Much time, with huge expenditure, has been devoted…
Aircraft industry demands more from material suppliers
Chris ThomasTubesales (UK) Limited has been supplying the European aircraft industry with aluminium, titanium, stainless steel, high and nickel alloy products for over 30 years. The Tubesales…
Class 1 forming technology — with aluminium SPF
Russell J. StraceySuperplastically formed (SPF) aluminium has now been utilized by the aerospace industry on a commercial basis for just over two decades. This years sees the twenty‐first…
Advances in protective coatings and processes for aerospace applications
Chris J.E. SmithThe aerospace industry relies heavily on protective treatments and processes to ensure that the structural integrity of an aircraft is not degraded in service as a result of…
Get the most from real statistical process control
Malcolm KendrickThanks to the development of the small, inexpensive, but powerful computer and a wide range of inspection and control equipment which can be linked to it, it is very easy to…
Mini features
The monitoring of water build‐up in hydraulic, cooling and lubricating oils is routinely carried out in many laboratories, using various Karl Fischer titration and infrared…
Helicopters
A specially designed hydraulic power pack is providing the motive power to test landing and deck handling systems on the Royal Navy's newest helicopter, the EH101 Merlin…
Aerospace notes
An economical and effective way to upgrade lower quality cobalt in the US National Defense stockpile has been reported by scientists at the US Bureau of Mines (USBM). The…
Patent abstracts
In world patent 9425267 Albany International Res. Co. describes a structural, non‐weight‐bearing element for use in aircraft. A composite element comprises a non‐woven web of…
Equipment
Data Device Corporation's new digital‐to‐discrete interface claims to provide avionics designers with a flexible means of driving discrete input devices from 8‐or 16‐bit…
Materials
3M reports that it has developed a material which adds electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)‐shielding in a one‐step, thermoforming operation, eliminating the need for a second…
Contracts
Hunting plc's Aviation Division has secured a contract with Bombardier's de Havilland Inc. to supply complete aircraft interiors for the Dash 8 series of turboprop commuter…
Industry round‐up: News and views
FLS Aerospace has announced an expansion scheme for its aircraft maintenance hangar at Manchester International Airport. Currently measuring 108m × 108m (11,664sq.m) the FLS…
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- Prof Phil Webb