The component of disadvantageous trailing vortices arising from airflow curling around the tip of an airplane wing can be entirely eliminated by designing a wingtip's sweepback contour such that the local airflow velocity vector just under the leading edge is always directed under the wing.


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    Title :

    Wingtip


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2023-06-22


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge



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