This paper provides a brief history of the F-16XL-1 aircraft, its role in the High Speed Research (HSR) program and how it was morphed into the Cranked Arrow Wing Aerodynamics Project (CAWAP). Various flight, wind-tunnel and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) data sets were generated during the CAWAP. These unique and open flight datasets for surface pressures, boundary-layer profiles and skinfriction distributions, along with surface flow data, are described and sample data comparisons given. This is followed by a description of how the project became internationalized to be known as Cranked Arrow Wing Aerodynamics Project International (CAWAPI) and is concluded by an introduction to the results of a 4 year CFD predictive study of data collected at flight conditions by participating researchers.
Review of Cranked-Arrow Wing Aerodynamics Project: Its International Aeronautical Community Role
2007
30 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Aircraft , Aerodynamics , Test Facilities & Equipment , Wind tunnel tests , Aerodynamic configurations , Aeronautics , Computational fluid dynamics , F-16 aircraft , Civil aviation , Swept wings , Aerodynamic characteristics , Arrow wings , International cooperation , Boundary layers , Turbulence models , Flight conditions , Flow distribution , Mach number , Pressure sensitive paints , Head-up displays , High speed
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