Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 16 Issue 11
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THE ESSENCE OF RESEARCH
WE can imagine no one, whether in Great Britain or elsewhere in the world, whose opinions on the carrying out of researches with a view to their direct application to industry…
A Master Thrust‐Curve for Airscrews
V.D. NaylorTHOSE engaged on airscrew work are constantly making use of the tables of experimental values of kT and kQ for different values of J given in R.M. 1673. In using these tables it…
Two‐Spar Wing Stress Analysis: An Investigation into the Effect of Flexibility of Ribs
W.J. GoodeyIN previous articles by the writer on the subject of Two‐Spar Wing Stress Analysis, it has been assumed that flexibility of the ribs has no appreciable effect on the distribution…
The Strength of Valves at Closing
W. ZalewskiTHE speed at which a valve is coming to rest on its scat at the moment of closing is one of the factors deciding the amount of gases passed through the valve. The inertia forces…
International Air Transport
FOR some time past, His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, in consultation with the Governments of other Commonwealth countries, have been giving close attention to the…
Applied Research
WHEN I first started on research work under Professor Hopkinson at Cambridge, beyond a few thermometers and pressure gauges, we had virtually no suitable test equipment; we had to…
Designing for the Customer
J.G. WillisIN betting out to design an aeroplane for the commercial or civil market most designers have primarily thought of their aeroplane as a machine whose first and last function was to…
Foreign Research Progress
In this article, the author gives a detailed description of the Laboratory which possesses a wind‐tunnel for normal aerodynamic research and another for particularly high…
Administrative Engineering in the U.S.A.: A Subject Definitely Catered for in Educational Curricula
D. Tiranti, G.A. WhippleFOR some time past there has been in current use in the United States, the term “Industrial Engineering”; a term which in England is used but seldom, and with many varying…
Indium in Aviation
William S. MurrayIT is particularly appropriate to discuss Indium at a meeting of the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences for it is in the aviation industry that Indium has received its…
Fatigue Testing Apparatus: A Diversity of Types of Avery Machines
MODERN research work has confirmed the view that static tests upon specimens of material should be supplemented by additional tests resembling as closely as possible the…
Post‐War Export Trade Prospects
ON June 26, 1944, a Report was issued dealing with the interviews which had taken place between representatives of the ‘Gauge and Toolmakers’ Association's Export Committee and…
U.S. Patent Specifications
In aircraft alighting gear having landing elements directionally settable in parallel relationship for cross wind landing and take‐off, mounting means for each landing element…
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