Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 8 Issue 7
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The Importance of Drag Reduction: A Subject that is in the Forefront of Discussions
THE contents of a technical journal such as AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING are of necessity indicative of current thought. Its pages at any given time reflect the problems that are…
Drag Analysis of Civil Aeroplanes: Figures of Merit which Serve to Provide Bases for Comparing Aerodynamic Efficiency
J.H. Crowe, W.E. WoodTHE increasing speed of modern aircraft has brought to the forefront the necessity for making a careful drag analysis of all aircraft in order to separate out the essential drag…
Aeronautical Progress 1930–1936: A Review of Scientific Progress Given in the James Forrest Lecture
E.F. RelfMUCH has been said earlier concerning the scale effect on drag. A few words must be added on the scale effect on lift near the stall, for it is here that ordinary small‐scale wind…
The Critical Speed of Crankshafts: Procedure for Estimating Whip in Shafts of other than Constant Section Incorporating Rotating Masses
J.L. BeilschmidtAN outstanding feature relevant to the consideration of shaft whip phenomena is that intermediate bearings cannot be depended upon to eliminate whip by reducing the free shaft…
Carburation Practice in Aero‐Engines: A History of the Development of Carburettors for Special Aircraft Requirements
F.C. StokesREFERENCE has already been made to the practice, for fuel economy reasons, of tuning the carburettor to give a weaker mixture over the cruising range. This practice naturally…
The Langley Field Conference: A Summary of the Discussions During the Recent Visit of the N.A.C.A.
Alexander KleminTHE Eleventh Annual Aircraft Engineering Research Conference of the American National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, held at the Langley Field laboratories of the Committee…
Skin Drag of High‐Speed Aircraft: A Note from the Author Correcting Some Errors in the Original and Translation
THE author did not see the English text of the above article before publication. It was thus not possible for him to correct any typographical errors, some of which had occurred…
Automatic Bore‐Finishing Machines: A Type Growing in Favour Which Has Various Uses in Aero‐Engine Production
HEALD Borematics, for which Alfred Herbert, of Coventry, are the agents, were first introduced in this country in 1931. They had been in use for some time in the United States and…
Some Books Recently Received
Volume VI, the last volume of the comprehensive work on Aerodynamic Theory prepared under a grant of the Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics, is sub‐divided into five…
Air Ministry Contracts
THE following list of contracts placed by the Air Ministry during April is ex tracted from the May issue of The. Ministry of Labour Gazette:—
Air Ministry Official Notices
Airscrews to the following designs have been approved for use on Miles “ Hawk ” Aeroplanes.
Research Reports and Memoranda
This publication is a record of a systematic study by records of pressure as a function of time of the cooling effect of the walls of a closed metal vessel in which the explosion…
U.S. Patent Specifications
1. In a combination in an aeroplane shock absorber, a liquid damping means for absorbing the initial shock of landing and a resilient frictional device for resiliently supporting…
Month in the Patent Office
A flexible mounting for a star‐type aircraft engine comprises an annular support and a radial flange on the engine having parts which spigotally engage one another through…
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- Prof Phil Webb