Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 8 Issue 9
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An International JournalTable of contents
Modern Wing Shapes: The Unknown Quantities of the Tapered Wing
IT is not only feminine attire that is subject to the vagaries of fashion. Anyone who has watched the evolution of the aeroplane over any considerable period of time will have…
Longitudinal Trim Relations: A Plea for the Use of the Quarter Chord Point as the Datum in Place of the C.G.
W.H. SayersTHE use of the C.G. as the datum to which all moments involved in the trim relations are referred is doubtless the result of a convention widely used in mechanics generally and…
Stiffness of Thin Shells: Brief Notes on the Optimum Stiffness Obtainable for a Given Weight of Material
H. Roxbee CoxIN these notes, the stillness of thin shells is discussed from three different viewpoints. Throughout, the basis of the argument is the elementary Batho‐Bredt torsion formula and…
The Fowler Wing Flap: The Originator's Own Description of the Theory and Uses of this Interesting Device
Harlan D. FowlerTHE design of aerofoils, after years of research, has about reached its maximum development. The comprehensive research of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics has…
Tapered and Twisted Aerofoils: An Examination of the Characteristics of a Popular Type of Wing
J.H. CroweTHE fundamental problem of aerofoil theory is to predict accurately the characteristics of wings of various sections and plan form when the former may be any function of the…
A New “Boost” Control: The Eclipse Automatic Supercharger Regulator for Wright Cyclone Engines
IN the operation of modern supercharged aircraft engines close control must be kept over the intake manifold boost or super‐charger pressure to prevent exceeding the allowable…
The Rocket‐Propelled Aeroplane: A Discussion of the Principles Involved in the Application of Rocket Propulsion
W. LeyTHE rocket‐propelled aeroplane demands the successful combination of two conflicting principles. In fact the problem has been compared with the construction of a ship equally…
Air Ministry Contracts
THE following list of contracts placed by the Air Ministry during June is extracted from the July issue of The Ministry of Labour Gazette :—
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
An aeroplane wing having a laterally elongated opening leading from the lower to the upper surface thereof, a tube with its inner walls smooth and free from abrupt changes in…
Month in the Patent Office
In a control surface of the type in which a balance portion extends directly in front of the control surface pivots, the pivots are carried by tubes, rods or other shallow members…
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- Prof Phil Webb