27th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 19 - 24 September 2010, Nice, France
Paper ICAS 2010-3.2.4

AERODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION OF A WIND TUNNEL MORPHING WING MODEL SUBJECT TO VARIOUS CRUISE FLOW CONDITIONS

M. Mamou, Y. Mébarki, M. Khalid, M. Genest, D. Coutu*, A. V. Popov*, C. Sainmont**, T. Georges*, L. Grigorie*, R. M. Botez*, V. Brailovski*, P. Terriault*, I. Paraschivoiu**, E. Laurendeau***
NRC, Canada; *Ecole de Technologie Supérieure, Canada; **Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada; ***Bombardier Aerospace, Canada

Keywords: morphing wing, infrared, transition, controllers, simulations, wind tunnel test

The National Research Council Canada in collaboration with industries and academia has conducted theoretical and experimental investigations to design a morphing wing model that can be optimized at various flow conditions. Wind tunnel tests were performed to demonstrate the drag reduction through transition delay on the wing surface.

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