Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 42 Issue 12
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Stress Analysis of the McDonnell Douglas DC‐10 Nose Landing Gear Unit: An account of the use of the photoelastic coating technique to determine the stress distribution and maximum stress areas over the external surface of the nose undercarriage assembly
D.S. Gullick, B.D. BirchIN 1968, Dowry Rotol Ltd., Staverton, Gloucester, were awarded a contract by McDonnell Douglas Corporation to implement a surface stress survey on the DC‐10 Nose Undercarriage…
High Temperature Turbine Design Considerations: A discussion of the major technological developments which have led to the trend of using higher temperatures in modern gas turbine aero engines from a paper first presented at an AGARD conference in September
S.N. SuciuTHE effect of higher turbine inlet temperature on the performance of an aircraft gas turbine engine can be quite dramatic. It can be used to increase the exhaust velocity of a dry…
Analysis of Bearing Vibration: A discussion of the various methods of monitoring bearing performance
Erland Yhland, Leif JohanssonTHE breakdown of any kind of machinery always causes additional expense, not only because repairs are costly, but also because of the loss of operating time and production…
Automation in Aircraft Bearing Production: An account of the production methods adopted by Ransome Hoffmann Pollard Ltd. to meet the problem of small batch runs required by the aircraft industry
ALTHOUGH the bearing industry has always operated on small batch production runs, nowhere does this become more apparent than with components for the aerospace industry. An order…
Shock Pulse Measurement of Bearings: Extracts from papers presented at an SKF symposium held at Stockholm this Spring describing a new technique of detecting damage to ball and roller bearings
Per Arne Boto, Ingemar FernlundWHEN a rolling bearing is damaged as a result of fatigue, spalling occurs cither on the ring tracks or on the surface of rolling elements. As a roller or a ball rolls over these…
Design and Construction of Sprite: An account of the design and construction methods of a light aircraft designed to be amateur built
L. Jenkinson, P. SharmanDURING the spring of 1968, Pilot magazine initiated the design of a homebuilt aircraft. The intention was to follow through the design in a series of articles highlighting the…
Aviation Electronics
Details of Electrical and Electronic Apparatus with Applications in the Maintenance and Operation of Aircraft, Missiles and Space Vehicles. The Type 88.843 solid state timer from…
Auxiliary Equipment
Details of Some Components Used for Subsidiary Services in Aircraft, Missiles and Space Vehicles. Details of Some Components Used for Subsidiary Services in Aircraft, Missiles and…
New Materials
Brief Particulars of Recently Introduced Materials likely to have Aircraft, Missile or Space Vehicle Applications. The increasing use of V/S.T.O.L. aircraft by defence forces…
Tools for the Industry
A Selection of Equipment of Use in the Production and Maintenance of Aircraft, Missiles, Space Vehicles and Components. A new semi‐automatic welding system WASA Seventy, has been…
Research and Testing
Equipment, Programmes, Techniques and Projects. Significant new work on small size, solid state data displays is being carried out at the Research Laboratories of The Marconi Co.…
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0002-2667Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Prof Phil Webb