Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 24 Issue 12
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An International JournalTable of contents
Iconoclasm
ENGINEERS tending perhaps to be rather conservative beings it is no bad thing for one of their number from time to time to rise up and give them a ‘jolt’ by querying the bases on…
The Helicopter in Free Ground Vibration: The Theoretical Determination of Natural Frequencies and Hub Characteristics of a Single Rotor Helicopter in Free Ground Vibration
B. SaravanosA theoretical approach is presented with the object of determining the natural frequencies and hub characteristics of a single‐rotor helicopter in free ground vibration for use in…
Skins from the Solid: Some Notes on Recent Developments in the Production of Wing Structures
ONE of the most fundamental structural problems created by the advances in aircraft design during the past few years is that of the wing which is becoming progressively thinner…
The New Saab Wind‐Tunnel: A Swedish Industrial Tunnel Using the Power of Four Jet Engines as Ejectors
Frid WänströmTHE need for an ‘industrial’ wind‐tunnel at Saab for tests in conjunction with test flying and project work has been felt for a long time and at the beginning of 1950 this need…
An Artificial Horizon and Directional Gyro for Sailplanes: A Description of a Pair of Instruments Suitable for Sailplanes Developed from German Equipment
A.H. YatesThe British Gliding Association lias rightly called attention to the need for an artificial horizon suitable for use in a sailplane. This note argues that the artificial horizon…
The S.A.E. National Aeronautic Meeting
In order to give some proof that the criteria used in the design of airframes and undercarriages provided adequate strength for the landing case dynamic tests of the landing shock…
The Third International Congress on Astronautics
Astronautics is at the dawn of its development. The conquest of space is an immense task and will only be accomplished by international co‐operation. All known branches of science…
Airworthiness Requirements and the Fatigue of Helicopters: A Reply from Mr Shapiro to Mr W. A. P. Fisher's Comments on His Article of February 1951
EFFECTIVE action sometimes badly needs clarity of thought to fashion a jungle of facts into a pattern of interpretation—the progress of such a discipline will be helped by…
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…
The Library Shelf
W.J. DUNCANThe first and second authors of this book are, respectively, Professor and Associate Professor of Engineering Mechanics in the University of Michigan. They say in their Preface…
Month in the Patent Office
An aircraft is provided with fixed wings 2 and external bracings 4 therefor, the latter serving as auxiliary lifting surfaces, the aspect ratio of the whole lifting surfaces being…
U.S. Patent Specifications
A temperature probe for use in an air stream for measuring the air temperature plus the adiabatic temperature rise thereof, the probe comprising a body having a chamber provided…
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0002-2667Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Prof Phil Webb