24th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 29 August-3, September 2004, Yokohama, Japan
Paper ICAS 2004-2.11.3

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT OF VARIOUS WINGLET SHAPES ON THE TOTAL PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION BEHIND A WING

M. R. Soltani, K. Ghorbanian, M. Nazarinia
Department of Aerospace Engineering, P. O. Box: 11365-8639 Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, 14566, Iran

Keywords: winglets, pressure distribution, tip vortex, winggrid, turbulator

An extensive low speed experimental study was conducted to investigate the effect of different winglets on the aerodynamic behavior of a 3-D wing. The study included surface static pressure measurements as well as wake measurements at various angles of attack for each winglet.

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