Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 13 Issue 5
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An International JournalTable of contents
INFORMATION IN WARTIME
WE hope in the near future to be able to publish in full in these columns some of the more generally interesting of the papers read at the recent annual meeting of the Institute…
Terminal Nose‐Dives: Two Articles on the Calculation of Speeds Attained and Stresses Incurred
E. Groth, F.N. ScheubelDURING a nose‐dive from a height H0 at a constant angle of inclination of the flight path, the equation of forces in the direction of flight is
The I.Ae.S. Annual Meeting: A Résumé of the Principal Papers read at the Ninth Meeting of Members
Alexander KleminTHE Annual Meeting proper was preceded by the Honors Dinner at which several awards were given for distinguished achievements in aeronautics. The Daniel Guggenheim Medal itself…
The Escher Wyss V.P. Airscrew: Details of the Design and Operation of an Interesting Swiss Fully‐Feathering Constant‐Pitch Type
A. Von der MühllTHE originality of the Escher Wyss airscrew, which has been adopted by the Swiss Air Force, is based on the fact that its conception has, since its inception, taken into account…
New R. A. F. Types V: The Blackburn Botha Torpedo‐Carrying Reconnaissance Bomber
The Botha is a general reconnaissance and torpedo bomber designed for service with the Coastal Command. It is in much the same class as the Bristol Beaufort, although, as it is…
Fatigue Tests on Duralumin: Notes on the Variation in Results of Tests on Wrought Aluminium Alloys of this Type
H. Guildford HoskinsIT is well known that many materials, including wrought and heat‐treated duralumin‐type alloys, when subjected to fatigue tests in machines employing different stressing and…
High‐Power Engine Development: A Widely‐Disseminated German Survey of Progress in the Past Twenty Years
SOME months ago a number of German aeronautical and military papers published an article in which some of the important problems of aero‐engine design, as seen from a German point…
Some Books Recently Received
A.G. PUGSLEY, O. KENNEDYThe publication of a new book by Timoshenko is an engineering occasion which, with the passage of time, and to the surprise and pleasure of British engineers, is becoming more…
The Lear Gyromatic Navigator: A Comprehensive Gyroscopic Navigational Instrument Emanating from the U.S.A.
THE Lear Gyromatic Navigator combines the separate indications of an automatic wireless direction finder and a directional gyro, relates the results with reference to the…
Compensation for War Damage: The New British Government Insurance Scheme and Its Effect on Firms and Individuals
THE new Government scheme for compensating owners and occupiers of property in respect of war damage is of considerable complexity, and a survey of the principal features of the…
The Jigging of Modern Airframes: A Review of Some of the Methods used by British and Foreign Manufacturers
Present‐day speeds are such that the girder main plain has fallen into desuetude, except for a few light training aeroplanes. There are only two examples which can be considered…
Reconditioning of Plant by Welding
C.W. BrettOBTAINING works equipment, particularly machine tools, presents a knotty problem nowadays. The trouble is not confined solely to new factories but applies with equal difficulty…
Tools for the Workshop
The Brush Surface Analyzer is designed for rapidly analyzing and directly recording the irregularities of finished surfaces of metals, glass, paper, plated and painted surfaces…
U.S. Patent Specifications
In a cylinder for an internal combustion engine having an exhaust port and passage, a heat insulating lining which forms a unitary part of the structure of the exhaust passage…
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- Prof Phil Webb