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Effect of nose tip on wing rock of slender delta wing

  • Saifur Rahman Bakaul
  • , Yankui Wang*
  • , Guangxing Wu
  • , Qureshi Humayun
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Beihang University

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Abstract

The root cause of wing rock is investigated by examining two slender delta wings (70° and 85° sweep back angle) in wind tunnel using force measurement, pressure measurement and PIV techniques. The results show presence of asymmetric flow at 20° angle of attack and initiation of wing rock at the same point for 85° model while there is neither asymmetric flow nor wing rock for 70° model suggesting close relation of flow asymmetry with wing rock. Investigation with three apparently identical nose sections reveals that the asymmetry comes from the area very close to the wing tip. This asymmetric flow causes the vortices to interact in a complex way resulting in wing rock when the vortices are in close proximity (such as for 85° model), which is not the case when the vortices are 'comparatively away' (such as 70° model) from each other.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Pages178-183
Number of pages6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Event2012 3rd International Conference on Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, ICMAE 2012 - Paris, France
Duration: 7 Jul 20128 Jul 2012

Publication series

NameApplied Mechanics and Materials
Volume232
ISSN (Print)1660-9336
ISSN (Electronic)1662-7482

Conference

Conference2012 3rd International Conference on Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, ICMAE 2012
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityParis
Period7/07/128/07/12

Keywords

  • Asymmetric flow
  • Nose perturbation
  • Slender delta wing
  • Wing rock

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