WIND FLUTTER TESTS IN WIND TUNNEL, STRUCTURES DEPARTMENT, RAE, MARCH 1949 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: WIND FLUTTER TESTS IN WIND TUNNEL, STRUCTURES DEPARTMENT, RAE, MARCH 1949 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: MTE 2610
  • Other titles: MINISTRY OF TECHNOLOGY COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Dr Jordan's film. A half span wing model is used, attached to rigid body in 5 ft wind tunnel. See Report No Structures 73. A wind tunnel technique for flutter investigations on swept wing with body freedoms, by P F Jordan and F Smith. UNCLASSIFIED.
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  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1945-1975
  • Production Date: 1949-03
  • Production Country: GB
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 4
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  • Notes: Technical: rolls taken from a range of eight RAE rolls, numbered 941-948, although apparently only rolls 943, 945, 946 and 948 are present. Film is shot in slow motion.
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