Browsing CoA. Memoranda by Publication Date

The design of the man/machine interface for a transistor tester

Whitfield, D. (College of Aeronautics, 1965)

This project is a practical exercise in system design undertaken by the previously named group of Electrical and Control Engineering students. The object of the project is the practical embodiment of ergonomic and systems ...

Factors controlling gas turbine combustion performance at high pressure

Lefebvre, A. H. (Factors controlling gas turbine combustion performance at high pressure, 1965-02)

In the post most of the research work carried out in gas turbine combustion was mainly concerned with performance problems arising at high altitudes. these were primarily problems of trying to achieve high combustion ...

Design study for noise tests on laminar flow fin

Unknown author (College of Aeronautics, 1965-02)

The study deals mainly with engineering problems associated with the introduction of a noise generating facility on 'Lincoln' aircraft R.F.342 for the purpose of studying the effect of high intensity sound pressure ...

Report on visit to four North American airlines

Hyde, D. (College of Aeronautics, 1965-09)

The object of the visits was to discuss the current state-of-the-art with the Engineering Departments of several North American airlines which were known to be leading the field in the application of certain advanced ...

Stress redistribution due to creep in nimonic 90 ministry of aviation contract no. PD/28/021 report for the period January 1964 - June 1965: part 1

Younger, A.; Clifton, T. E. (College of Aeronautics, 1965-09)

The period covered by this report has been devoted to the design, construction development and calibration of a special apparatus to simulate the stress redistribution conditions occurring during the creep of a cooled turbine ...

Crack propagation in light alloys Ministry of Aviation contract no. PD/28/07

Younger, A. (College of Aeronautics, 1965-11)

The revised approach to the measurement of the rate of crack propagation in light alloys has entailed the development of new experimental techniques, in particular the development of a multi-channel interval timer. ...

C.V.D. annual report: November 1965 research project RU27-1 :an analogue method for the determination of potential distributions in semiconductor systems

Davis, J. A.; Loeb, H. W. (College of Aeronautics, 1965-11)

A general method for the solution of the nonlinear Shockley-Poisson differential equation which governs the potential distribution in non-degenerate semiconductor systems is described which can be applied to the ...

Push-pull fatigue properties of wires in an iridium - 5% tungsten alloy

Clifton, T. E.; Whitbread, R. C. (College of Aeronautics, 1965-11)

Introduction This memorandum reports a series of tests to determine the fatigue properties of an iridium - 5% tungsten alloy at 600°c and 700°C. A previous memorandum, Memo. Mat. 61, reports the fatigue properties at ...

A progress report on the evaluation of metal cutting coolants

Chater, T. (College of Aeronautics, 1965-12)

An intensive investigation into the grinding process was carried out in The College of Aeronautics Machine Tools Laboratory during 1955-6. The outcome of this work was a method of evaluating the efficiency of grinding ...

An appraisal of the Guttinger statistic 611

Unknown author (College of Aeronautics, 1966)

Using the Systems Design procedure developed at Cranfield, an appraisal of the Guttinger Statistic 611 has been carried out; in particular, the interface of the machine has been redesigned.

An assessment of the critical strains which can be sustained by a mar-ageing steel under bi-axial tension

Pearce, Roger (College of Aeronautics, 1966)

Mar-ageing steels are being specified more and more in advanced engineering applications, and, frequently, the components are manufactured from sheet material. Consequently, the evaluation of the sheet forming properties ...

An abstract of a paper by D. Battat 'a new kinetic approach to the shock wave structure'

Unknown author (College of Aeronautics, 1966)

Welding in aircraft structures

Apps, R. L.; Gourd, L. M.; Jubb, J. E. M. (College of Aeronautics, 1966)

The welding processes relevant to the welding of aircraft materials are briefly reviewed, together with those materials of present or future interest for aircraft structures. The problems of design for welding are also ...

A report on the survey carried out at W. H. Allens, Queens Works, Bedford

Purcell, J. (College of Aeronautics, 1966)

The original terms of reference under which the project was undertaken are included in this report and the requirements requested are satisfied. On initial contact at Aliens, I was introduced to Mr. Colson, who informed ...

Shock reflection and surface effects in the shock tube

Busing, J. R.; Clarke, John F. (College of Aeronautics, 1966)

A thin-film resistance thermometer, mounted on the end-wall of a shock tube, is used to record surface temperatures and heat transfer rates following reflection of the primary shock wave. This information is combined ...

Ductility, its measurement and relevance to sheet metal forming operations

Pearce, Roger (College of Aeronautics, 1966)

The mechanical properties of anisotropic polymers

Darlington, M. (College of Aeronautics, 1966)

The work in this period can conveniently be split into two parts which are reported separately. Part I is concerned with experimental work on the stress-strain properties of anisotropic polythene. This work was initiated ...

Warehouse model: report no. 1

Kay, E. (College of Aeronautics, 1966)

1.1 The purpose of the research project has been outlined in Appendix 5 of the report to the Research Fellowship Council Meeting on 10th November, 1955. 1.2 In this first report we consider the simplest model of a ...

Pilot reliability investigation: final report on agreement PD/28/035/ADM

Robertson, I. A. (College of Aeronautics, 1966)

The feasibility of constructing a device to give a measure of pilot reliability has been investigated. A rig to meet the proposals made by BLEU has been designed and basic circuits constructed and tested for accuracy ...

'Short' S.C.7 turbo-skyvan Mk.2 Economics of the crop-spraying role

McDonald, A. (College of Aeronautics, 1966)

Short Eros. and Harland Ltd. have carried out a brief preliminary study of the Turbo-Skyvan for crop-spraying and have derived payload data and operating costs on a provisional basis. Further studies have been carried ...

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