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Effect at high subsonic speeds of fuselage forebody strakes on the static stability and vertical-tail-load characteristics of a complete model having a delta wing (Document No: 19980227774)
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Copyright Year | 1961 |
| Description | A wind-tunnel investigation at high subsonic speeds has been conducted to determine the effect of fuselage forebody strakes on the static stability and the vertical-tail-load characteristics of an airplane-type configuration having a delta wing. The tests were made at Mach numbers from 0.60 to 0.92 corresponding to Reynolds numbers from 3.0 x 10(exp 6) to 4.2 x 10(exp 6), based on the wing mean aerodynamic chord, and at angles of attack from approximately -2 to 24 deg. The strakes provided improvements in the directional stability characteristics of the wing-fuselage configuration which were reflected in the characteristics of the complete configuration in the angle-of-attack range where extreme losses in directional stability quite often occur. It was also found that the strakes, through their beneficial effect on the wing-fuselage directional stability, reduced the vertical-tail load per unit restoring moment at high angles of attack. The results also indicated that, despite the inherent tendency for strakes to produce a pitch-up, acceptable pitching-moment characteristics can be obtained provided the strakes are properly chosen and used in conjunction with a wing-body-tail configuration characterized by increasing stability with increasing lift. |
| File Size | 1724742 |
| Page Count | 32 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19980227774 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t3jx33k59 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1961-05-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Aircraft Stability And Control Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |