It is presently demonstrated that highly cambered, low aspect ratio airfoil configurations can be neither experimentally nor numerically developed on the basis of two-dimensional methods; the strong dependency of airfoil shape on aspect ratio requires the definition of a planform to be conducted first, in order to serve as input for three-dimensional optimization methods. It is found that even the simplified three-dimensional computational method presently employed can accelerate a multielement-airfoil wing development.
Aerodynamics of high-lift, low-aspect-ratio unswept wings
AIAA Journal ; 27
1989-08-01
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Effect of aspect ratio and taper on pressure drag at supersonic speeds of unswept wings at zero lift
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