Measurements in the Near-Wake of a Transport Model, to Determine the Lift, Drag and Drag Components Using Maskell's Analysis.

Abstract

Extensive measurements have been made on a plane normal to the wake of a swept-wing/fuselage model of airbus type, at C sub L = 0.49 in incompressible flow, using a computer-controlled wake-traverse system incorporating a null-reading five-hole yawmeter probe. The results define the detailed distributions of total pressure defect, flow velocity, flow angles and streamwise vorticity in the viscous wake at that plane. The results have been analyzed within the basic theoretical framework set out by Maskell (1973), allowing the calculation of lift and drag from traverse data, and the resolution of the drag into provisionally-defined components C sub D sub I and C sub D sub II, respectively relating to the profile drag and vortex drag. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA107899

Entities

People

  • A. J. Priest
  • D. G. Dobney
  • R. P. Hill

Organizations

  • Royal Aircraft Establishment

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Aerodynamic Configurations
  • Aircrafts
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computer Programs
  • Control Systems
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • High Lift
  • High Lift Devices
  • Measurement
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Static Pressure
  • Swept Wings
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Fluid Dynamics.