23rd Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 8-13 September, 2002, Toronto, Canada
Paper ICAS 2002-5.10.5

ENGINE INTAKE DOWNWASH FOR REAR FUSELAGE MOUNTED NACELLES

R. Slingerland, N. L. S. Moonen
Delft University, Netherlands

Keywords: downwash, engine intake, horizontal tail

For rear fuselage mounted engines the downwash directly behind the wing is important for several reasons. Earlier investigations have resulted in a method to determine tail downwash. Here a method for incorporating chordwise pressure distribution is presented.

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