Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 28 Issue 1
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An International JournalTable of contents
Problems for Industry and Ministry
RECENT discussions in Parliament have brought into the open a number of problems in the aircraft industry about which many people have been worried for some time. There is…
Measurement of the Aerodynamic Forces on Oscillating Aerofoils: A Survey of Techniques Used for the Experimental Determination of Aerodynamic Derivatives for Flutter Calculations
W.G. MolyneuxAT the present time it is a general practice to make extensive investigations of the flutter and oscillatory stability characteristics of all prototype aircraft at an early stage…
Pressure‐cabin Fatigue: A Survey of the Problem and the Test Methods Developed at R.A.E.
P.B. WalkerINTEREST in the fatigue of cabins of transport aircraft has increased considerably in the last year or so. Fatigue tests on a complete aircraft, undertaken as part of the Comet…
The Library Shelf
It is a regrettable fact that so few text books on aircraft structures exist which can be recommended to students. We in this country have at least the sad excuse that the…
Progress in Research on High Speed Flow: A Survey of Advances and Problems in the Study of High Speed Flow Part III.—Hypersonic Flow
Maurice HoltPARALLEL with the quest for higher speeds in aircraft of the traditional type, there has been a remarkable advance in rocket and missile design in recent years. The German legacy…
A Computer‐controlled Profile Milling Machine: A Description of the E.M.I. System of Electronic Machine Tool Control
ONE of the first computer‐controlled machine tools to be put to work on a production basis was recently demonstrated at the Norwich works of Laurence Scott & Electromotors Ltd…
On the Buckling of Oblique Plates in Shear: An Examination of the Critical Shear Stresses in 45‐degree Parallelogram Plates
W.H. WittrickIf a thin oblique plate (i.e. in the shape of a parallelogram) is subjected to a uniform shear stress parallel and perpendicular to two of the sides, the critical value of the…
SAE Golden Anniversary Aeronautic Meeting: Summaries of the Papers Presented to the Meeting Held in Los Angeles, October 11–15, 1955
Two methods of assessing probable response to fatigue are in common use. The safe life method is based on the expected loading history, laboratory tests and a safety factor.
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…
Month in the Patent Office
An aircraft capable of horizontal flight as an aeroplane, and of vertical take off and descent, as well as vering, in the manner of a helicopter, consists of an ofoil‐shaped body…
U.S. Patent Specifications
The combination, with a reaction motor wherein a combustible mixture of fuel and air is burned to produce a flame, of a detector for producing a variable electrical output…
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- Prof Phil Webb