The British European Airways Clear-Air Gust Research Unit was formed, with the financial support of the Ministry of Supply, to investigate the problem of clear-air turbulence at high altitude over Europe. The aircraft were ...
The present tests were conducted on aluminium alloy plates in endwise compression, with varying conditions of edge support, to provide data on the buckling stress and post-buckling behaviour of aircraft skins. All the ...
A thick-walled tube was subjected to an axial load and a radial temperature distribution which caused thermal stresses. The creep strains and the eventual rupture times were observed and compared with conventional creep ...
An investigation has been made of the disturbances caused by a reflection plate, mounted clear of the boundary layer in a supersonic tunnel. Static traverses were made, mainly at a Mach number of 1.4 above four reflection ...
Summary. The Report examines the feasibility of improving hovering control of unstabilized jet-lift aircraft by reshaping stick commands. From basic theoretical considerations it is shown that the open-loop properties of ...
Summary. A study has been made of the flow development over the wing as the incidence and stream Mach number vary and this is illustrated by surface pressure distributions and oil-flow patterns. The growth and movement of ...
The pressure distribution around circular cylinders has been measured near M∞ = 2, for Reynolds numbers between 5 and 135. The induced pressure due to viscous effects has been estimated using a 'tangent-cylinder' method ...