Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 23 Issue 6
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An International JournalTable of contents
Maintenance According to Belgium
ANOTHER of the series of articles on maintenance prepared by our Technical Editor appears in this issue, following those on the organization of BRITISH EUROPEAN AIRWAYS…
Graphical Interpretation of Difficult Curves: Identifying Curves such as the Circle, Ellipse, Hyperbola and Parabola and Reducing to a Single Drawing
G.R. BrailsfordVERY often in technical work we meet with a curve of the type, 8x2 + 12xy + 17y2—28x −46y + 17=0. It may occur in the solution of problems in structures, aerodynamics…
The Critical Flow of a Gas Through a Convergent Nozzle: A Simple and More Comprehensive Treatment of Throat Conditions in Critical Nozzle Flow
V.D. NaylorThe object of this paper is to consider the critical flow conditions in a convergent nozzle when internal friction is taken into account. The whole of the work throughout the…
Maintenance and Overhaul at Sabena: An Account by the Technical Editor of the Systems and Methods of the Belgian State Air Line Observed during a Recent Visit to Melsbroek and Haren Aerodromes
The basic organization of maintenance and overhaul is examined, with some notes about the aircraft in use, the Convair 240 and the Douglas DC‐3, DC‐4 and DC‐6, and the reasons for…
An Application of the Three‐Moment Equation: The Solution of Problems of Continuous Beams with ‘Built‐in’ or Elastically Restrained Ends
K.B. AyersMOST readers will be familiar with the ‘Mirrored Beam’ method of using the Three‐Moment Equation for ‘Built‐in’ beams. The following method is somewhat similar but has the added…
Research Reports and Memoranda
Under this heading are published regularly abstracts of all Reports and Memoranda of the Aeronautical Research Council, Reports and Technical Memoranda of the United States…
English‐French Vocabulary of Aeronautical Terms
Alternative English terms are printed within brackets; subsidiary English terms are in italics; while American words, where they differ, are in normal type.
Professional Publications
Under this heading are given each month the principal articles of aeronautical interest appearing in the current issues of the Journals of the leading Professional Societies and…
Fastenings for Sheet Metal: An Interesting Type of Threaded Rivet for Blind Holes Developed in America
MUCH ingenuity has been devoted of late years to the problem of rapid and secure fastenings for sheet‐metal work, and numbers of devices have been evolved to replace the slower…
Tools for the Workshop
Tretol Chemiprufe is a clear lacquer that has unusual properties of resisting attack by chemicals and corrosive atmospheres. Intended primarily for use over Tretol Chlorinated…
British Standard Specifications
Copies of the following specifications may be obtained from the BRITISH STANDARDS INSTITUTION, Sales Department, 24 Victoria Street, London, S.W.I, at the prices indicated
Month in the Patent Office
These abstracts of British Patent Specifications arc taken, by permission, from the officially prepared abridgments classified in Groups. Sets of Group abridgments can be obtained…
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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0002-2667Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Prof Phil Webb