25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS 2006-9.2.1

METHODOLOGY FOR THE DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF WING LEADING EDGE AND TRAILING EDGE DEVICES

R. M. Martins Pires, V. Lajux, J. P. Fielding
Cranfield Univ., UK

Keywords: mechanism design, flaps, mass, reliability estimation

The paper presents a new methodology for study, evaluation and design of leading and trailing edge devices. This includes the use of new design software and tools for the evaluation of the possible aerodynamics solutions for mass, reliability, cost… The methodology and new tools are validated with a case study.

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