Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 10 Issue 9
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An International JournalTable of contents
Kinetic Energy and Pressure: A Wide Subject with Particular Application of Aeronautical Interest
A LITTLE more than two years ago—in August, 1936, to be precise—we published an Aeronautical Research Committee report going back to the fundamentals of engine cooling and…
Modern Diffuser Design: The Efficient Transformation of Kinetic Energy to Pressure
G.N. PattersonONE of tin: most important causes of low efficiency in duel systems is tin; large loss which accompanies a transformation from kinetic energy to pressure. The exit cones of wind…
Bench Testing of Carburettors: Some Methods in Use with Particular Reference to Mixture Characteristics
W.C. ClothierTHE greater part of the development of the components of a complicated mechanism, such as an aircraft engine, can with advantage be done apart from the mechanism as a whole. The…
Modern Poppet Valve Problems: Some of the General Metallurgical Aspects Affecting their Design
Ernest WoodIN spite of the advantages of the sleeve valve engine the poppet valve engine is still produced in large numbers, and this position seems likely to be maintained for some time…
An Italian Monoplane Fighter: The Fiat G.50, an Interesting New Single‐Seater Aeroplane
AFTER having been an even more enthusiastic supporter of the biplane for fighting purposes than have our own designers, the Fiat Company has produced a low‐wing all‐metal…
Machines for Airframe Production: Some Modern Machines now Available for Quantity Production in this Country
W.G. HuntIT has frequently been stated that mass production of airframes is impossible, but this is obviously far from correct when one considers that Germany is producing them in largo…
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…
Air Ministry Official Notices
In the Air Navigation Directions, 193(5 (A.N.D. 13), paragraphs 64 (1) (viii) (g) and 99 (1) (f) require aircraft to be equipped with landing lights (lamps or wing‐tip flares) for…
Air Ministry Contracts
THE following list of contracts placed by the Air Ministry during July is extracted from the August issue of The Ministry of Labour Gazette:—
U.S. Patent Specifications
A flap mechanism comprising a wing, a flap pivotally supported below the wing, flap operating mechanism all without the airstream and comprising a support secured to the wing…
Month in the Patent Office
A device for controlling the fuel supply comprises a valve regulating the admission of fuel to a chamber having in its wall two diaphragms, the first connected to the valve to…
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0002-2667Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Prof Phil Webb