Circulation Control airfoils have been demonstrated to provide substantial improvements in lift over conventional airfoils. The General Aviation Circular Control model is an attempt to address some of the concerns of this technique. The primary focus is to substantially reduce the amount of air mass flow by implementing unsteady flow. This paper describes a wind tunnel model that implements unsteady circulation control by pulsing internal pneumatic valves and details some preliminary results from the first test entry.
A Wind Tunnel Model to Explore Unsteady Circulation Control for General Aviation Applications
22nd AIAA Aerodynamic Measurement Technology and Ground Testing ; 2002 ; Saint Louis, MO, United States
2002-01-01
Conference paper
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English
Wind Tunnel and Flight Development of Spoilers for General Aviation Aircraft
SAE Technical Papers | 1975
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