03.3 - Basic Fluid Dynamics and Flow Control
FLYING WING CIRCULATION DISTRIBUTIONS, AERODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE AND WAKE ROLL-UP
H.W.M. Hoeijmakers¹, M.P.J Sanders¹, L.H. Groot Koerkamp¹, A. van Garrel¹, C.H. Venner¹; ¹University of Twente, Netherlands
Prandtl’s Lifting-Line theory is used to predict aerodynamic characteristics of wings with various distributions of circulation, including bell-shape distributions. Expressions for induced upwash distribution, lift, drag, bending moment, yawing moment and center-of vorticity are derived for numerically-computed or prescribed distributions of the circulation. Analysis includes computation of vortex wake roll-up.