Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 20 Issue 6
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An International JournalTable of contents
A Matter for Decision
WE have not in these days, unfortunately, space to publish the 36th Wilbur Wright Memorial Lecture read before the Royal Aeronautical Society at the end of last month by MR GOUGE…
Low‐Drag and Suction Aerofoils: The Eleventh Wright Brothers Lecture delivered by Dr Sydney Goldstein, Chairman of the Aeronautical Research Council, before the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences on December 17th, 1947
In considering the principles of the design of low‐drag aerofoils, we saw that we should like the velocity outside the boundary layer to rise to a position as far back along the…
The Royal Aeronautical Society: Composition pf the new Council and Officers, annual Awards and list of new Fellows
NEW COUNCIL The Council for the year 1948/49 is as follows:
Rolling Performance of Aircraft: Formulae for Elliptic, Straight‐Tapered and Trapezoidal Wings, Based on the Schrenck Distribution of Lift
H. RobertsFORMULAE and curves arc given for the derivatives lρ and lξ for three types of wing; elliptic, straight tapered and trapezoidal, based on a modified form of the Schrenk…
The Weathering of Moulded Plywood Components: An Account of Tests Carried out to Determine the Effect of the Canadian Climate on Plastic‐Bonded Plywood Parts of an Avro Anson Airframe and other Items
L.A. BeaulieuThis Report of research work on moulded plywood for aircraft carried out in the Division of Mechanical Engineering, National Research Council of Canada, is published at the…
Performance Changes with Design Variables: An Analytical Method of Rapidly Assessing the Effect on Performance of Changes in Design or Conditions of Flight
J.A.C. WilliamsTHE use of an analytic method of aircraft performance calculation allows certain calculation facilities denied to normal graphical method. The analytic method has to make certain…
A High‐Output Reciprocating Engine Design: A Proposal for Large Internal Combustion Engines Using a Two‐Stroke Cycle with Crankcase Compression and Piston‐Head Valves
A. CastelliniIN the development of the reciprocating aero‐engine it is not often possible to announce a marked step forward in the constant endeavour to improve the important factors of…
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 United States National…
Trade Announcements
Under this heading are published monthly news of recent professional appointments, industrial developments and business changes, etc.
U.S. Patent Specifications
These abstracts 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 Office’…
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- Prof Phil Webb