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The Use of Light Alloys in Aircraft Construction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2016

R. Le Coeuvre
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Light alloys now play a most important part in aircraft construction. It is probable that they will keep their present superiority over other materials which have been in use, because manufacturers are continually adapting light alloys to the need of the day.

Light alloys have, however, formidable rivals. There are many arguments for the use of wood, and we must recognise that in certain aspects (such as resistance to vibration and ease of working) the use of wood has definite advantages, particularly in the case of plywood.

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Research Article
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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 43 , Issue 340 , April 1939 , pp. 289 - 309
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1939

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References

Note on page 291 * Magnesium alloy dies are now being made and also wooden dies which are steel faced.

Note on page 296 * Charles A. Hibert. “ Spot Welding of Aircraft Materials,” Weld J.B.17, 1938.

Note on page 296 † F. H. Hintzen-Augsburg. Die Elektrische Funktschweissung von Duraluminkonstruktions in Flugzeugbau (The Electric Welding of Duralumin Structures in Aircraft Construction). Luftwissen, August, 1938.

Note on page 300 * Translation of Norme Air 1063 appears on page 308.

Note on page 303 * Journal of Institute of Metals, Vol. 56, 1935, pp. 29–53.Google ScholarPubMed

Note on page 305 * P. Lacombe–Metaux et Corrosion—12 (1937), p. 131.

Note on page 306 * Mémoires de la Commission Française de Corrosion (Receuil des Memoires de 1926–27. p. 147).