Numerical Aircraft Design Using 3-D Transonic Analysis with Optimization. Volume II. Part II. Fighter Design.

Abstract

The results of a fighter design case study performed to evaluate the transonic aircraft design procedure developed as part of the Advanced Transonic Technology (ATT) program are presented. The fighter design is based on the Configuration Design of Advanced Fighters program dual role configuration. Extensive wind tunnel testing of the design configuration was performed to validate the design procedure. The results of the wind tunnel tests are correlated with computational results generated in the design process. The purpose of the ATT program was to develop and validate a new transonic wing design procedure using numerical optimization. The new procedure was used to design both a transport and a fighter configuration. Because the missions and design requirements of a fighter and transport are so different, the design procedure was developed along parallel lines. This is Part 2 of a two-part volume: Part 1 details the transport development, and Part 2 describes the fighter development. There are two other volumes which make up the final report. Volume 1 is an executive summary. It highlights the information that has been presented in detail here.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA110036

Entities

People

  • P. Aidala

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Configurations
  • Aircraft Design
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Boundary Layer
  • Canard Configurations
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programs
  • Flow
  • Geometry
  • Leading Edges
  • Swept Wings
  • Three Dimensional
  • Transonic Aircraft
  • Two Dimensional
  • Wind Tunnel Tests
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Software Engineering