The overall objective of this research program was to characterize the unsteady flow structure on wings having swept edges. Wings were subjected to global control, involving motion of the entire wing, and local control, involving perturbations at specified locations on the surface of the wing. New types of experimental facilities and image acquisition and processing techniques have allowed determination of the instantaneous vorticity distributions and streamline patterns of the flow. The occurrence of vortex breakdown and stall and their phase shifts relative to the wing motion and to control at the leading-edges have been interpreted in terms of new flow mechanisms. Delta Wings, Vortex Breakdown, Laser Diagnostics.
Unsteady Structure of Leading-Edge Vortices on a Delta Wing
1994
8 pages
Report
No indication
English
Aircraft , Aerodynamics , Delta wings , Leading edges , Unsteady flow , Vortices , Acquisition , Control , Facilities , Global , Images , Lasers , Motion , Patterns , Perturbations , Surfaces
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