THEORETICAL SOLUTIONS AND NUMERICAL RESULTS FOR LOW-ASPECT-RATIO RECTANGULAR JET-FLAP CONTROL SURFACES.

Abstract

The lifting problem of a finite-aspect-ratio, thin, jet-flap control surface of rectangular planform in unbounded, incompressible, subcavitating flow is considered in the improved low-aspect-ratio approximation of H. R. Lawrence. A general method of numerical solution is derived for any regular or singular blowing jet-flap geometry. Numerical solutions are carried out for the following specific configurations: regular blowing from a flat plate at angle of attack; regular blowing over deflected mechanical flaps of ten and twenty percent chord; and singular blowing from a flat plate at zero angle of attack. Tables and curves of the computed lift and pitching-moment coefficients and chordwise load distributions for these configurations are presented over a wide range of the governing parameters. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0656491

Entities

People

  • Alvin L. Kaskel
  • John C. Erickson Jr.

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aspect Ratio
  • Control Surfaces
  • Flaps (Control Surfaces)
  • Guide Vanes
  • Jet Flaps
  • Load Distribution
  • Planform
  • Surfaces

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)