Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 8 Issue 4
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An International JournalTable of contents
A Method of Comparing Performance: The Importance of Surface‐Friction Drag in High‐Speed Aircraft
THE question of a rational system of comparing the efficiency of aeroplanes, even when they are of similar type, is a thorny one, and many methods based on formulæ of varying…
Shear Stresses in Hollow Sections: An Account of the Theory of Stresses in Bending and Torsion for Designers of Stressed‐Skin Structures
W.J. GoodeyTHE shear stress distribution in hollow sections subjected to bending and torsion is a subject about which there does not appear to be much information in standard text books, and…
Carburation Practice in Aero‐Engines: A History of the Development of Carburettors for Special Aircraft Requirements
F.C. StokesIN all sciences and industries progress has soundly and steadily been maintained as knowledge and experience has been accumulated.
Skin Drag of High Speed Aircraft: The Laws for the Drag of Smooth and Rough Flat Surfaces Applied to Aircraft
S. HoernerAS aircraft become aerodynamically cleaner, an ever‐increasing proportion of the drag becomes pure skin drag. The known laws of the drag of flat plates enable the friction drags…
Longitudinal Control: The Demerits of the Present System with Suggestions for Improvement
A.G.B. MetcalfTHE function of the longitudinal control in an aeroplane is to provide at the will of the pilot a pitching moment of the necessary magnitude and the proper sign, to maintain (a…
A Useful Tool‐Room Adjunct: An Automatic Duplicating Miller for Production, with Uses also in the Experimental Shop
THE Keller Automatic Tool Room Machine, for which Alfred Herbert, Ltd., are the agents in this country, is an unusually powerful milling machine, operated by a simple electrical…
Research Reports and Memoranda
Under this heading are published regularly abstracts of all Reports and Memoranda of the Aeronautical Research Committee, Reports and Technical Notes of the U.S. National Advisory…
U.S. Patent Specifications
In a fuel tank, an upstanding tubular guide member extending through said tank but not communicating therewith, a movable member slidable longitudinally within said guide member…
Month in the Patent Office
Power‐operated spherical gun turrets are mounted at the nose and tail ends of an aeroplane fuselage 12. The turret shown in the figure is formed of a spherical frame covered with…
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0002-2667Online date, start – end:
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- Prof Phil Webb