Abstract In 1917, as the air war raged in Europe, some of Britain's finest mathematicians, engineers and scientists engaged in their own battle to understand the fundamentals of aerodynamics and aircraft construction. In London, Wing Commander Alec Ogilvie led the Technical Section of the Admiralty Air Department, which included a number of individuals dedicated to addressing aircraft structural issues; amongst them were three women, Hilda Hudson, Letitia Chitty and Beatrice Cave-Browne-Cave. In this article I describe the aeronautical landscape in Britain during the second decade of the 1900s, the place of these women within it, and their contributions to the structural integrity of early, British military aircraft.

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第一次世界大战期间，海军部航空部技术组的女性对飞机结构完整性的影响

摘要 1917 年，随着空战在欧洲肆虐，英国一些最优秀的数学家、工程师和科学家参与了他们自己的战斗，以了解空气动力学和飞机制造的基本原理。在伦敦，联队指挥官亚历克·奥吉尔维 (Alec Ogilvie) 领导了海军部空军部的技术部门，其中包括一些致力于解决飞机结构问题的人员；其中包括三名女性，希尔达·哈德森、莱蒂西亚·奇蒂和比阿特丽斯·凯夫-布朗-凯夫。在这篇文章中，我描述了 1900 年代第二个十年英国的航空景观、这些女性在其中的地位，以及她们对早期英国军用飞机结构完整性的贡献。