WITH the advent of supersonic flight the effects of kinetic heating have made themselves felt throughout the design of the aircraft and its associated systems and equipment. Aircraft tyres (forming part of the retracted undercarriage) normally rest close to the skin of an aircraft which is subjected to an increase in temperature at supersonic speeds. In order to be able to test satisfactorily tyres for supersonic aircraft, the Aviation Division of The Dunlop Rubber Company has installed test equipment which simulates the various heating conditions likely to be encountered, and these facilities are described in the following article.


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    Title :

    Supersonic Tyre Testing


    Subtitle :

    Details of the New Equipment Which Has Been Added to Duniop's Dynamometer Facilities to Allow Wheel Assemblies to Be Tested at High Temperatures


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1963-06-01


    Size :

    2 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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