A Wind Tunnel Study of the Lift-Drag Ratio on a Cambered Circulation Controlled Elliptical Airfoil

Abstract

This thesis investigated the effect of a splitter plate on the lift- to-drag ratio of a cambered circulation controlled elliptical airfoil. The splitter plate was located on the lower surface of the airfoil at the 99 percent chord. It is hoped that the results presented in this thesis will stimulate more research towards increasing the lift-to-drag ratio on circulation controlled devices.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA023361

Entities

People

  • Thomas A. Stevenson

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Flow
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Boundary Layer
  • Cameras
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Engineers
  • Flow Rate
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • High Lift Devices
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Photographs
  • Pitot Tubes
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Short Takeoff Aircraft
  • Wind Tunnel Tests
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.