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Experimental trim drag values and flow-field measurements for a wide-body transport model with conventional and supercritical wings
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Jacobs, P. F. |
| Copyright Year | 1982 |
| Description | The purpose of this study was to determine if advanced supercritical wings incur higher trim drag values at cruise conditions than current wide body technology wings. Relative trim drag increments were measured in an experimental wind tunnel investigation conducted in the Langley 8 Foot Transonic Pressure Tunnel. The tests utilized a high aspect ratio supercritical wing and a wide body aircraft wing, in conjunction with five different horizontal tail configurations, mounted on a representative wide body fuselage. The three low tail and two T-tail configurations were designed to measure the effects of horizontal tail size, location, and camber on the trim drag increments for the two wings. Longitudinal force and moment data were taken at a Mach number of 0.82 and design cruise lift coefficients for the wide body and supercritical wings of 0.45 and 0.55, respectively. The data indicate that the supercritical wing does not have significantly higher trim drag than the wide body wing. A reduction in tail size, combined with relaxed static stability, produced trim drag reductions for both wings. The cambered tails had higher trim drag increments than the symmetrical tails for both wings, and the T-tail configurations had lower trim drag increments than the low tail configurations. |
| File Size | 4083992 |
| Page Count | 145 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19850002612 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t4xh4f512 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1982-10-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Aerodynamics Stability Aerodynamic Configurations Drag Reduction Transport Aircraft Horizontal Tail Surfaces Flow Distribution Wind Tunnel Tests Supercritical Wings Moments Aerodynamic Forces Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
