23rd Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 8-13 September, 2002, Toronto, Canada
Paper ICAS 2002-8.7.3

LEADING-EDGE VORTEX FLAPS FOR SUPERSONIC TRANSPORT CONFIGURATION-EFFECTS OF FLAP CONFIGURATIONS AND ROUNDED LEADING-EDGES

K. Rinoie (1), D. Y. Kwak (2), K. Miyata (1), M. Noguchi (2)
(1) University of Tokyo, Japan; National Aerospace Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan

Keywords: vortex flap, rounded leading-edge, sst

Wind tunnel measurements were done on a cranked arrow wing SST configuration with leading-edge vortex flaps. The purpose of the measurements is to clarify how the differences of the Reynolds number affect the flow around the rounded leading-edge vortex flaps and the flap performance.

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