Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 10 Issue 6
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An International JournalTable of contents
Aircraft Production and Parliament: A Political Upheaval with Little Real Force Behind It
IT seems impossible at the present time to get away from the subject of aircraft production for the Royal Air Force. Since we wrote last month much has happened. Lord Swinton has…
Aeroplane Undercarriages: A Review of Current Practice with Some Notes on Design
E. Jones, F.G.R. CookFROM the conventional wartime under‐carriage consisting of a straight through axle suspended on bracing struts by shock absorber cord has developed the complex modern…
High Wing‐Loading: The Designer's Problem of Deciding o the Wing Area Necessary for his Purpose
H. BelartIN considering the size of wings, which aero‐plane designers require to lift a given weight, the fact is very apparent that lifting surfaces have become smaller as the art of…
The Stressing of Rotor Blades: A Simplified Approach to a Complicated Problem in Applied Mathematics
J. Morris, W. TyeNUMEROUS difficulties are encountered in any attempt to ascertain the loads which come into action on a gyroplane rotor blade, and the stresses which these loads impose on the…
The Junkers Jumo 210
A GERMAN 12‐CYLINDER LIQUID‐COOLED ENGINE DESIGNED TO MAINTAIN AN EVEN POWER OUTPUT FROM SEA LEVEL TO 12,000 FEET AND TO GIVE HIGH PERFORMANCE WITH RELIABILITY
Inverted‐Vee Engine
Diagrammatic sketch of the shaftings and gear trains, giving the speeds of the various components at normal crankshaft revolutions
Aircraft from the United States: The Legal Difficulties in the Way of Supply to a Belligerent Foreign Power
J.M. SpaightTHF sending of a British mission, under Air Commodore A. T. Harris's leadership, to the United States, for the purpose of exploring the possibilities of the supply of aircraft for…
Wood as a Homogeneous Material: Part II—The Glueing of Wood with Synthetic Resin
Ing. O. KraemerIN treating of the glueing of wood one must distinguish between the mere carpentering operation of glueing, in order to produce a strong and watertight joint with the greatest…
Semi‐Monocoque Cylinders: A Simple Method of Ascertaining the Stability Criterion
IN the design of scmi‐monocoque aircraft structures it is generally assumed that, if failure occurs, it will take place by a collapse of the longitudinal stiffeners between the…
Hydraulic Controls: A Complete System for Operating Both Main and Auxiliary Services
LOCKHEED hydraulic controls, manufactured by the Automotive Products Co., Ltd., of Leamington Spa, are now used extensively for the hydraulic operation of undercarriages, flaps…
Air Ministry Contracts
THE following list of contracts placed by the Air Ministry during April is extracted from the May issue of The Ministry of Labour Gazette:—
Research Reports and Memoranda
The new Dornicr tunnel has now been put into service. The experimental chamber has an elliptical section, 3 by 4 metres, 7 metres long. Maximum wind velocity, 60 metres/sec. As…
U.S. Patent Specifications
In aircraft, the combination of a body, a lifting surface, directionally fixed landing wheels to the rear of the centre of gravity of the aircraft, a normally freely castering…
Month in the Patent Office
Cross‐connected engines are fitted with a non‐return valve 12 in the pipe 11 between the pump chamber of one two‐diameter cylinder and the working chamber of an adjoining…
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- Prof Phil Webb