03.4 - Applied Aerodynamics

EFFECTS OF DISTRIBUTED PROPELLER PLACEMENT ON LIFT ENHANCEMENT OF A HIGH-LIFT CONFIGURATION

H.-X. He¹, W.-P. Song¹, Y. Wang¹, Y.-H. Wang¹, Y.-J. Shi, China Ship Scientific Research Center, China; ¹Northwestern Polytechnical University, China

This study numerically investigates the impact of distributed propeller positions on the lift characteristics of a wing-flap configuration during the takeoff phase. The effect of propeller slipstream location on fluctuations in the spanwise lift distribution is studied, and the underlying mechanisms of these fluctuations are analyzed through flow fields, with implications for STOL aircraft design.

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DOI: 10.71945/icas2026_0516