Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 28 Issue 2
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An International JournalTable of contents
A Material to be Studied
THE fourth annual Aircraft Production Conference at Southampton was held shortly before we closed for press with this issue, too late for an adequate report to be prepared. A full…
Aeroelastic Problems of Low Aspect Ratio Wings: Part I. Structural Analysis
G.E.A. ThomannA method is presented for calculating influence coefficients in multispar wings of any plan form. Shear deflexion, chordwise bending and taper are taken into account. All the…
Struts of Minimum Weight: Theoretical Properties of Struts of Maximum Efficiency and Practical Approximations
K.B. AyersIT is intended to show in this article the magnitude of the weight saving which can be achieved on simple struts. It is necessary for any comparison to derive the weight and shape…
Induced Aerodynamics of Helicopters: Part I
P.R. PayneTHE simple actuator disk theory, first postulated by Froude over sixty years ago, is the basis of most helicopter induced flow theory. This disk is an idealization of a rotor…
Measurement of Skin Friction Using Surface Tubes: A Simple Method which can be used for Different Fluids and Conditions
J.N. HoolThe report covers an extension of the surface tube technique devised by T. E. Stanton to measure the intensity of skin friction. A simple surface tube is described and a method of…
The Library Shelf: Plasticity – Stressing – Carbides – Helicopters – Automation
Probleme des Plastizitätsthcorie (Problems of the Theory of Plasticity). By William Prager [Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel and Stuggart, Sf 12.50].
The Present Position of Titanium in the U.S.A.: Summary of a Lecture to the San Diego Chapter of the American Society for Metals, October 20, 1955
S.R. CarpenterTHE need for a high temperature material for the construction of supersonic aircraft has caused manufacturers to investigate the properties and behaviour of titanium. Convair of…
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…
Tools for the Workshop
Industrial X‐Ray Unit Solus‐Schall Ltd., 18–22 New Cavendish Street, W.1, have recently produced an industrial X‐ray unit for the radiographic inspection of a large range of…
Auxiliary Equipment
Hot Air Reducing Valves A new scries of hot air reducing valves for aircraft has just been added to the range made by the Hymatic Engineering Co. Ltd., of Redditch, Worcs. They…
Month in the Patent Office
The specification contains a detailed mathematical analysis of the lift and lift‐moment about the flapping axis of a helicopter rotor blade to demonstrate that vibration (due to…
U.S. Patent Specifications
In an aircraft, a fuselage having a tail portion, said tail portion including a stabilizer, a control surface pivotally mounted upon said stabilizer, a tab pivotally mounted upon…
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- Prof Phil Webb