Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 63 Issue 9
Strapline:
An International JournalTable of contents
Managing Technical Information in an Open Systems Environment: Facilitating Concurrent Engineering and Total Quality Control
John C. MooreIntroduction Effectively managing your technical information does not just mean knowing where the documents are stored — it means effectively managing your products. It is fast…
Towards Safer Air Travel: A supercomputer was used to investigate occupant injury mechanisms in the M1‐Kegworth aircrash
UNTIL recently supercomputers were regarded as very specialised and expensive computing resources. But thanks to the influence of the UNIX operating system and decreasing cost of…
The Sky is the Limit for Westland Helicopters
ROTOR blades on modern high performance helicopters are no longer entirely made of metal. New composit blades —made partly from carbon reinforced plastics — have enabled huge…
TSC Develops PC Program for Crack Analysis
A new PC‐based software package, developed by Milton Keynes based Technical Software Consultants Ltd (TSC), will simplify the task of fatigue monitoring and analysis. Called AMI…
Subcontract 91
Subcontracting has always been an important aspect of the infrastructure of manufacturing industry, particularly the aerospace industry. For 1992 it will be even more important…
Advanced Aerospace Composites
Terry Ford CEng, MRAeSREPLACING metal parts by composites has been undertaken for some time in the aerospcae industry and there has been gradual acceptance of these materials for use in primary…
Bell Model 230 Makes First Flight
THE Model 230 helicopter, produced by Bell Helicopter Textron, made its first flight (August 12, 1991) at the company's commercial manufacturing facility in Quebec, Canada. The…
Safety Topics: Bleed Air Ducts
MaydayTWO incidents are described, both involving bleed air ducts but in dissimilar aircraft with different engines. One incident concerned a Boeing 747–136 in which at just after the…
British Standards
BSI announces publication of BS 5F 100:1991 Procedure for inspection and testing of textiles for aerospace purposes. This standard has been completely revised and updated. It now…
People
James F. Berry has been named vice president‐general manager, production program for the McDonnell Douglas C‐17 airlifter.
ISSN:
0002-2667Online date, start – end:
1929Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditor:
- Prof Phil Webb