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Aerodynamics of battle-damaged finite-aspect-ratio wings
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posted on 2010-01-18, 12:02 authored by Peter M. Render, Mujahid Samad-Suhaeb, Zhiyin Yang, Mahmoud ManiWind-tunnel tests have been carried out on a battle-damaged NACA 641–412 half-wing aspect ratio of 8.2. The
simulated gunfire damage had a diameter of 0.2 wing chord and was located at midchord and at one of two spanwise
locations. Tests were carried out at a Reynolds number of 5:5 105. Compared with an undamaged wing, the
damage resulted in reduced lift, increased drag and a positive increase in pitching moment at zero lift. Moving the
damage to near the tip reduced the magnitude of these effects. Using the static pressure difference between the upper
and lower surfaces of the undamaged wing allowed the data from the present study to be successfully compared with
previously published drag and lift data for a two-dimensional damaged airfoil. Tests on wings with aspect ratios of 6.2
and 10.3 produced similar trends in the aerodynamic characteristics and showed that the use of static pressure
difference was equally effective in allowing comparisons with two-dimensional data.
History
School
- Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering
Department
- Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering
Citation
RENDER, P.M. ... et al, 2009. Aerodynamics of battle-damaged finite-aspect-ratio wings. Journal of Aircraft, 46 (3), pp. 997-1004.Publisher
© American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)Version
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Publication date
2009Notes
This article is closed access. It was published in the Journal of Aircraft [© American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics] and is available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/1.39839ISSN
0021-8669;1533-3868Language
- en