A generic, transonic, supercritical, low aspect-ratio wing was tested at design incidence of 5 deg at Mach numbers from 0.25 to 0.96. Oil-flow studies at the design Mach number of 0.85 showed local-flow separation, which, in retrospect, might have been avoided. At Mach 0.82 with unseparated flow, the surface-flow angles were less than 10 deg. Predictions with the FLO22 transonic potential code are good. Lift interference is strong without tunnel-wall suction. Evidence from this study shows that wings that are optimized for mild shock waves and pressure-recovery gradients generally have small, three-dimensional flow at conditions for unseparated flow.


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    Title :

    Computational-experimental pressure distributions on a transonic, low-aspect-ratio wing


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    Publication date :

    1984-01-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English


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