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The effect of winglets for the Blended Wing Body civil aircraft

  • Beihang University

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Abstract

The effect of the shape parameters of winglets on aerodynamic performance for the Blended Wing Body (BWB) civil aircraft is studied by computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method. The three main shape parameters are the angle of inclination, sweep angle and the height of winglets. It is shown that the winglets can change the load distribution, while weakening the lateral shock wave of external wing's, leading to the wave drag smaller. Meanwhile the winglets can increase the effective aspect ratio and the wing's lift in cruising. As a result, the height of winglets is 0. 24c, the angle of inclination is 15° and the sweep angle is 45°, Kmax of the aircraft is increased by 15 % compared with that without winglets. In addition, the winglets can play a role as an end-plate to prevent the wingtip vortex shedding and add to the effective aspect ratio to increase the lift of wings in take-off. As a result, CLmax can increase about 6∼8% and the stall angle of attack can delay about 2°∼3° for the BWB civil aircraft with winglets compared with that without winglets.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of 2010 Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Aerospace Technology, APISAT 2010
PublisherNorthwestern Polytechnical University
Pages104-107
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9787561228999
StatePublished - 2010
Event2010 Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Aerospace Technology, APISAT 2010 - Xi'an, China
Duration: 13 Sep 201015 Sep 2010

Publication series

NameProceedings of 2010 Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Aerospace Technology, APISAT 2010

Conference

Conference2010 Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Aerospace Technology, APISAT 2010
Country/TerritoryChina
CityXi'an
Period13/09/1015/09/10

Keywords

  • Aerodynamic performance
  • Blended Wing Body
  • Computational fluid dynamics
  • Winglet

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