The purpose of this paper is to investigate the equivalent control authority of the conventional and circulation control (CC) wing of the aircraft and assess the energy expenditure and aerodynamic efficiency of the CC wing.

    Design/methodology/approach

    Four target cases with different flap deflection angles θ are set in advance for the conventional wing, and then a series of cases with different jet momentum coefficients Cμ are set for the CC wing. The lift, drag and momentum coefficient curves of the CC wing are compared to those of the four conventional wing cases. The curves with the best agreement are selected to establish the corresponding relation between θ and Cμ. The energy expenditure of the CC system is analyzed. The concept of equivalent lift-to-drag ratio for the CC wing is introduced to compare the aerodynamic efficiency with the conventional wing

    Findings

    The control authority of the conventional wing at θ = 0º, 10º, 20º, 30º are equivalent to the control authority of the CC wing with Cµ = 0.0, 0.005, 0.009 and 0.012. The CC system is more efficient at small Cµ than large Cµ.

    Practical implications

    This study could contribute to the application of the CC system on flapless aircrafts.

    Originality/value

    The corresponding relation between θ and Cµ is established by matching the equivalent control authority between the conventional wing and CC wing.


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    Titel :

    Numerical investigation of circulation control applied to flapless aircraft


    Beteiligte:
    Fu, Zhi-Jie (Autor:in) / Chu, Yu-Wei (Autor:in) / Cai, Yi-Sheng (Autor:in) / Xu, He-Yong (Autor:in) / Xu, Yue (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2020-05-01


    Format / Umfang :

    1 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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