Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 69 Issue 1

Advanced short take‐off vertical landing combat aircraft: part 2 ‐ the powerplant installation

Howard Smith

Reports on the MSc group design project of students at the College of Aeronautics aerospace vehicle design in 1995. The students worked on advanced short take‐off and vertical…

The application of virtual prototyping in the development of complex aerospace products

G.R. Bennett

Highlights that the application of virtual prototyping to the development of complex aerospace products has brought about a revolution in the way that such products are introduced…

New developments in improving quality management in research and development

Pamela E. Regan, Brian H. Kleiner

Since the post‐Second World War era, total quality management (TQM) has spread throughout corporations, including research and development. The first step in developing a total…

Aircraft industry accepts shape memory alloy technology

Peter Lewis

Describes a range of cryogenic tube and pipe couplings which make use of shape memory alloy technology in order to form permanent metal‐to‐metal seals on aircraft. Compares and…

The European Rotorcraft Forum

Terry Ford

Presents shortened versions of a number of papers presented at the recent 22nd European Rotorcraft Forum held in Brighton, UK, whose theme was advances in research, development…

CO2 laser processing ‐ an overview

Chris Williams

Looks at the various applications of the CO₂ gas laser in industrial material processing. Describes how the CO₂ laser beam interacts with particular materials and highlights the…

Laser technology finds edges ‐ looking for problems?

Mike Wilson

Highlights recent developments in laser vision technology with regard to the aerospace industry. Specifically looks at its application to the Ariane 5 rocket, CCD cameras…