The Effect of Elasticity on the Lifting Force of a Wing,

Abstract

A deformable bearing surface is of interest from the standpoint of designing rigid structures and obtaining controllable aerohydrodynamic characteristics. In the article static aerohydroelasticity is investigated. A general equation is considered for the deformation of the bearing surface in an ideal noncompressible infinite stream. The elastically deformed load-bearing surface is investigated by assuming that the theory for the large aspect ratio airfoil is applicable. An integral-differential equation is obtained for an elastic airfoil. The solution of this equation gives a dependence for the lift coefficient of a nondeformable airfoil and the function for the effect of elasticity. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 30, 1970
Accession Number
AD0716509

Entities

People

  • B. S. Berkovskii

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aspect Ratio
  • Coefficients
  • Differential Equations
  • Elastic Properties
  • Equations
  • Integrals
  • Mathematics

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics
  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics.
  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Structural Dynamics.