Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 23 Issue 9
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An International JournalTable of contents
Raising the Bushel
OWING to the fact that the S.B.A.C. Display is being held a week later this year than hitherto we reluctantly decided some months ago that it would be quite impossible to publish…
Representing the British Aircraft Industry: A Survey of the History and Present Activities of the Society of British Aircraft Constructors
E.C. BowyerTHE Society of British Aircraft Constructors was incorporated as a company, limited by guarantee and with no share capital, on March 29, 1916. It is, therefore, junior to the…
Influences of Grain Flow on the Strength of Lugs: Some Notes in Connexion with Tests Conducted at Short Brothers & Harland Limited
G.I. RobinsonIN the March 1951 issue of AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING an article was presented by D. L. McElhinney entitled ‘The Effects of Grain Direction on the Mechanical Properties of Light Alloy…
The Determination of Orifice Parameters for Shock Absorbers: An Approximate Method of Evaluating the Area and Predicting Landing‐Gear Performance from Step‐by‐Step Calculations
J. NightingaleTHE determination of orifice parameters was discussed in great detail in an article by G. A. Dirac, ‘The Explicit Determination of Orifice Parameters in Shock Absorbers’…
The Design of Sailplanes for High Performance: An Analysis of the Basic Requirements for Maximum Performance in Thermal Soaring
K.G. WilkinsonA sailplane designer will normally base a new design on his experience of the relative success of various earlier types in competitive flying and will be guided by a few simple…
Pneumatics for Ancillary Power in Aircraft: A Paper Read before the Society of Licensed Aircraft Engineers Dealing Historically and Practically with the Subject
H.R. HaerleTHE development of aircraft penumatic equipment has progressed so satisfactorily in recent years that actuation of vital services by means of compressed air is becoming…
The Library Shelf
This dictionary is divided into three parts. The first contains technical terms arranged in groups concerned with the various branches of engineering (e.g. welding equipment…
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…
A Ball‐bearing Screw and Nut: Interesting Method for Reducing Friction in Screw‐operated Motions
OF late years, considerable developments have taken place in the application of ball bearings both to linear and to screw‐motions, this being achieved by providing within the…
Tools for the Workshop
A small truck, the E2–20/3W (FIG. 1) is a new production of Conveyancer Fork Trucks Ltd. (a division of Electro‐Hydraulics Ltd.) and is three‐wheeled, with the single rear wheel…
Trade Announcements
A monthly feature giving news of recent Government and professional appointments, industrial developments and business changes, etc.
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