Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 15 Issue 7

USEFUL LINES FOR STRUCTURAL RESEARCH

FOR the fourth time we are enabled, through his courtesy, to bring to the notice of our readers a paper read in America by Mr. F. R. SHANLEY of the LOCKHEED AIRCRAFT CORPORATION…

Analytical Geometry in Common Layouts: II. Folding Wings Employing a Skew Hinge Axis

K.W. Hetzel, S.J. Garvey

FOLDING wings of the type employing a skew—hinge axis present a somewhat difficult lay‐out problem in way of the wing cut. The problem with which this article is concerned is that…

The Lateral Stability of Aeroplanes: A New Geometrical System of Analysis

H.L. Price

The following series of articles presents a new geometrical system of determining the lateral stability of aeroplanes. The method is intended to appeal particularly to engineers…

Aircraft Structural Research

F.R. Shanley

IN so far as it is possible under wartime restrictions, the purpose of this paper is to present a comprehensive picture of the more important problems in aircraft structural…

Design and Production Technique: Principles Involved in Shearing

A.J. Schroeder

FOR many years, a great deal of effort has been directed towards the possibility of reducing the cost of industrial production by means of special arrangements in the workshops…

The New Newall XL Grinder

WE have recently been sent the accompanying interesting photographs of details of the revised Newall XL 4in. by 18 in. Grinder. Although this machine is essentially a plain…

The Development of Carbide‐Tipped Tools

THE original experiments with tungsten carbide demonstrated very clearly that this material was to occupy an important place in the field of machining metals. Early development…

U.S. Patent Specifications

Apparatus for automatically maintaining a predetermined ratio between the mass of fuel and the mass of air admitted to the cylinder of an internal‐combustion engine, comprising a…