The Langley Research Center has conducted an experimental program on a model of the F-18 airplane to determine the performance of nonaxisymmetric nozzles relative to the aircraft's baseline axisymmetric nozzle. The performance of a single expansion ramp (ADEN) and twodimensional convergent-divergent (2-D C-D) nozzle were compared to the baseline axisymmetric nozzles. The effects of vectoring and reversing were also studied. Performance of a modified YF-17 airplane with the ADEN nozzle was also estimated. The results of this investigation indicate that nonaxisymmetric nozzles can be installed on a twin engine fighter airplane with equal or better performance than axisymmetric nozzles. The nonaxisymmetric nozzles also offer potential for innovative and improved aircraft maneuver through thrust vectoring and reversing. The YF-17/ADEN flown as a technology demonstrator would have reduced performance compared to an unmodified YF-17. (Se.)


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    Title :

    Performance characteristics of nonaxisymmetric nozzles installed on the F-18 airplane


    Additional title:

    Betriebseigenschaften nicht-axialsymmetrischer Duesen am Flugzeug F-18


    Contributors:
    Capone, F.J. (author) / Gowadia, N.S. (author) / Wooten, W.H. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1979


    Size :

    30 Seiten, 25 Bilder, 1 Tabelle, 19 Quellen


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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