Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 28 Issue 9
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An International JournalTable of contents
Material Matters
IN this issue we publish an article by DR P. B. WALKER under the title ‘Plastic Pressure Cabins’, in which he examines the possibility of using reinforced plastics as the primary…
Helicopter Developments during the Post‐War Years: A Survey of the Advances made in Helicopter Design, Construction and Operation
A. McClements, S/Ldr. A. ArmitageUNDER the stimulus of military interest helicopter development went ahead (notably in America and Germany) during the war years and helicopter production resulted which, while…
The Choice of Materials for Airframes: A Comparative Survey of Materials likely to be Available and Suitable for the next Generation of Aircraft
K.L.C. LeggA review is made of existing and likely future aircraft materials and their choice for use on airframes is discussed in relation to the problems of advanced aircraft design. Both…
Fundamental Flow Patterns: A Series of Photographs Illustrating Classical Aeronautical Conditions
F.N.M. BrownTHE accompanying flow pictures arc selected from those used to illustrate the lecturer's notes in a course dealing with viscous fluids. The use of the pictures saves an…
The Specification and Testing of Fine Particle Filters: A Method of Defining the Performance of Filter Materials
R.W. Cranston, L.R. BeynonA method of defining the filtration efficiency of filter media has been devised, in which the transmission factor at a specified size is measured instead of the effective cut‐off…
Plastic Pressure Cabins: A Critical Assessment of the Suitability of Fibre‐Reinforced Plastics for Pressurized Fuselage Structures
P.B. WalkerIN the February 1956 issue of AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING the Editor put forward the suggestion that the pressure cabins of civil aircraft might with advantage be made of reinforced…
Turbine Disks for Jet Propulsion Units: An Account of Work of the Disk Panel of the Ministry of Supply, Gas Turbine Collaboration Committee, during the years 1941—1949
A.E. JohnsonIn previous paragraphs of the paper, use has been made for various purposes of the results of investigations carried out for the Panel on a number of disk materials. In this…
The Library Shelf
Text books on gas turbines, and aircraft gas turbines in particular, are now so common that the student is beginning to find difficulty in selecting the most suitable for his…
Tools for the Workshop
A range of Air Hydraulic Check Units, of various bores and strokes, are being developed by J. Broughton & Son (Engineers) Ltd.
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
These abstracts of British Patent Specifications are condensed, by permission, from the official specifications. Copies of the full specifications are obtainable from the Patent…
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:
1929Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditor:
- Prof Phil Webb