Wind Tunnel Wall Corrections for Arbitrary Planforms and Wind Tunnel Cross-Sections.

Abstract

A computer program was developed to obtain the wind tunnel wall corrections for wing angle of attack, induced drag, and pitching moment in incompressible flow. The vortex lattice method is used for computation of these correction factors. The program can be applied to wind tunnels of arbitrary cross-sectional shape, and wings of any desired planform, subject to the constraint of straight leading and trailing edges. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA042299

Entities

People

  • Chester Arthur Heard

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aspect Ratio
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Flow
  • Geometry
  • Ground Effect
  • Incompressible Flow
  • Load Distribution
  • Planform
  • Shape
  • Swept Wings
  • Trailing Edges
  • Two Dimensional
  • United States
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.