In this study, the aerodynamics of wings using an active high-lift system are investigated. The target is the flight mechanical description of the spanwise forces and resulting moments and the influence of the active high-lift system to their distribution. The high-lift system is a blown flap system divided into six segments per wing. Each segment is assumed to be individually controlled, so the system shall be used for aircraft control and system failure management. This work presents a flight mechanical sub-model for the simulation of flight dynamics, which has been derived from high-fidelity CFD results. An assessment of single-segment blowing system failures will be presented including recommendations for compensation of either lift or rolling moment loss. For this investigation, the compensation is required to act at the same wing side on which the failure appears. Thus, the potential for an increase of system reliability shall be proven. The results show that less performance investment in terms of pressurized air is necessary to compensate the rolling moment of a failing segment instead of its lift. However, large blowing performance increases for the remaining wing segments that occur for some of the failure cases.


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    Title :

    Flight mechanics model for spanwise lift and rolling moment distributions of a segmented active high-lift wing


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    Published in:

    CEAS Aeronautical Journal ; 8 , 4 ; 625-635


    Publication date :

    2017-09-21



    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English






    Flight mechanics model for spanwise lift and rolling moment distributions of a segmented active high-lift wing

    Diekmann, Jobst Henning / Keller, Dennis / Edris, Faez et al. | German Aerospace Center (DLR) | 2017

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    Flight mechanics model for spanwise lift and rolling moment distributions of a segmented active high-lift wing

    Diekmann, Jobst Henning / Keller, Dennis / Edris, Faez et al. | German Aerospace Center (DLR) | 2017

    Free access