26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS 2008-2.8.3

ON AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT BY USING WINGLETS

B. Rasuo, V. Parezanovic, M. Adzic
Univ. of Belgrade, Serbia

Keywords: Winglet, LES, CFD, Fluent

Winglets of various shape and sizes, of conventional design or otherwise, the resulting benefits to the performance of a modern airplane are ever present. However, by using CFD techniques, we can also analyze impact of introducing winglets as a low cost modification to older airplanes, so as to improve performance.

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