25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS 2006-3.4.1

SEMI-SPAN TESTING IN WIND TUNNELS

S. Eder, K. Hufnagel, C. Tropea
Darmstadt Univ. of Technology, Germany

Keywords: Wind Tunnel, Semi-Span, Peniche

Several tests with various peniche geometries and without a peniche and only a stand-off between the fuselage and the wall have been performed. The experimental tests have been accompanied by a numerical simulation. Interestingly, the configuration without a peniche produces the best correspondence with the full-span model reference case.

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