27th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 19 - 24 September 2010, Nice, France
Paper ICAS2010-2.8ST1

AN ENGINEERING LEVEL PREDICTION METHOD FOR NORMAL-FORCE INCREASE DUE TO WEDGE SECTIONS

A. Sigal
Shehafim R&D, Israel

Keywords: wedge section, normal-force increase

An engineering-level method to predict the increment of the normal-force curve slope of lifting surfaces due to wedge section is devised. The method covers the entire tri-sonic range. It was validated for variety of configurations and a wide range of Mach numbers.

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