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The Application of Plastics to Aircraft*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2016

R. A. R. Black
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The object of this paper is to indicate briefly the suitability of plastic materials to aircraft construction and design. Attention is focused on the mechanical properties of the materials, and the types of design. At the same time, the general engineering worth of the materials under service conditions is indicated.

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Research Article
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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 56 , Issue 493 , January 1952, pp. 47 - 56
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1952

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Footnotes

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One of the winning papers of the 1951 Junior Members’ Papers Competition of the Bristol Branch of the Royal Aeronautical Society.

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