Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 20 Issue 11
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An International JournalTable of contents
Unfair to Aeroplanes
WE are becoming increasingly exercised over the continuance of a trend in connexion with commercial transport aircraft to which we have, in fact, called attention in the past.
The Vibration of Propeller Blades: An Analysis of the Problems of Lateral Torsional and Longitudinal Vibration Developed from the Simple Case of a Bar Clamped at One End
G.A. DiracTHE study of the vibration of a straight elastic bar is a very old one. The vibrations may be classified as lateral (or transverse) torsional and longitudinal. The first two are…
The Stress‐Strain Characteristics of a Magnesium Alloy Beam: Behaviour when Electrically and Plastically Deformed by a Uniform Bending Moment at Room Temperature
A.E. Johnson, D.C. HerbertTHE work described in this paper was undertaken to investigate the behaviour of a magnesium alloy beam clastically and plastically deformed by a uniform bending moment at room…
The Stratofreighter Air Duct and Anticing Systems: The Method of Manufacture and Installation of the Plastic Ducts Developed by the Boeing Aircraft Company
H.W. PerryTHE U.S. Air Force recently ordered twenty‐seven C‐97 Strato‐freighters in addition to the thirteen previously ordered, some of which have been delivered. These are the cargo…
Filtration as Applied to the Aircraft Industry: A Review by a Filtration Engineer of the Present Available Filters and their Application to Fuel and Oil Systems, to Air Intakes and to Test Bed Installations
J. ParkinsonBEFORE the war scientific filtration as applied to aircraft was a little known subject. The prime concern of the people developing aircraft in those days was the attainment of…
Harmonic and Step Response of Simple Networks: Networks, Mechanical and Electrical, of the Type Used in Automatic Control Systems and Similar Devices
R.G. ManleyNETWORKS of the type considered are of practical importance as components of automatic control systems and similar devices. The electrical variety is exemplified by the well‐known…
The Library Shelf: Production — Aerodynamics — Stressing
R.H.S. PhillipsMr Rissik needs little introduction to engineers, least of all to readers of Aircraft Engineering, since much that is contained in his latest book on Quality Control was…
Research Reports and Memoranda
Under this heading are published regularly abstracts of all Reports and Memoranda of the Aeronautical Research Council, Reports and Technical Notes of the United States National…
Trade Announcements
The Council of the Helicopter Association of Great Britain Ltd. announce that the prize for the 1947–48 competition for an essay on ‘The Safety of Rotary Wing Aircraft’ has been…
U.S. Patent Specifications
These details and drawings of patents granted in the United States are taken, by permission of the Department of Commerce, from the ‘Official Gazette of the United States Patent…
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- Prof Phil Webb