An aerodynamic structure comprising a series of shock bumps (3) extending from its surface. The shock bumps are distributed across the structure with a non-uniform spacing (d1, d2) between the centers and/or edges of adjacent bumps. The non-uniform spacing between the bumps can be arranged to give maximum wave drag alleviation for the minimum number of bumps as a function of the shock strength across the span, leading to minimum wing weight penalties for a given amount of wave drag alleviation.
Aerodynamic structure with non-uniformly spaced shock bumps
2016-05-10
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
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