Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 14 Issue 1
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An International JournalTable of contents
TOOLS AND TOLERANCES
WE complete in this issue the publication of the scries of articles by MR. JAMES E. THOMPSON of VULTEE AIRCRAFT on “Designing for Machinability”; for permission to republish which…
Torsion in Box Beams: Some Notes on the Effect of End Constraint in Torsion Boxes of Rectangular Section
J.H. PayneTHE effect of axial constraint on box beams of approximately rectangular section, subject to torsion, is of interest to the aircraft designer in connexion with the stressing of…
The Balancing of Airscrews: Part IV.—The Testing for and Correction of, Unbalance in Airscrews in Service in the Field
R.K. MuellertWHEN an airscrew leaves the factory, where it has been brought within close limits of perfect force, moment, and aerodynamic balance, the problem of maintaining it in smooth…
New R.A.F. Types
As the successor to the Hampden, the Halifax is surprisingly lacking in “family resemblance”: the massive fuselage and comparatively slightly tapered swept‐back wing are about as…
The D.H. Four‐Bladed Airscrew: Drawings, With a Brief Description, showing the Principal Features of the New Development
SOME details have now been released of the dc Havilland all‐metal four‐bladed airscrew. The first of the scries was of a size to suit engines of 2,000 h.p. and higher, the biggest…
Helicopter Design: Some Elementary Considerations on Efficiency and Control
J. Lockwood TaylorREPORTS from America speak of flight tests of two types of screw‐lift aircraft, the Sikorsky multi‐rotor machine, and a twin‐rotor type. From this it would seem that the day of…
Some Books Recently Received
Perhaps the best way of reviewing this second volume is to consider it as a continuation of the review of the first volume published on p. 76 of the March 1941 issue of AIRCRAFT…
War Damage Legislation
EMERGENCY legislation is by its very nature liable to change and it is as well to keep abreast of the alterations that are made from time to time.
Research Reports and Memoranda
The first part of this report is devoted to a study of the characteristics of aluminium foundry work on the basis of a comparison with the better‐known technique for casting iron…
Automatic Riveting in Aeroplane Construction: With Descriptions of Two Machines Developed in Germany
A. Von ZeerlederTHE heat‐hardened, so‐called “strong,” aluminium alloys such as Avional and Duralumin, require a special technique in making joints. In the common aircraft steels permanent joints…
Designing for Machinability
James E. ThompsonMachine may bo defined as a machine tool which removes metal by causing the work, securely held in a vice or fixture, to be fed against a revolving cutting tool, called the…
U.S. Patent Specifications
A resistance element for an electrical strain gauge comprising, a thin elongated element of a substantially uniform mixture of finely divided carbon and silica and a resilient…
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0002-2667Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Prof Phil Webb