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An Idealised Ground Effect Wing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

Shigenori Ando
Shigenori Ando*
Affiliation:
(Kawasaki Aircraft Company)
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Summary

This paper contains a theoretical study for an idealised ground effect wing, both tips of which are close to the ground. The wing is assumed to be a simple semicircular lifting line in a transverse plane and the fluid is assumed incompressible and inviscid. When the gap between the tips and the ground tends to zero, the flow velocity through it becomes infinite. This fact is unrealistic and seems to be the reason why the theoretical ground effect is in error.

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Research Article
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Aeronautical Quarterly , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , February 1966 , pp. 53 - 71
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1966

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References

1. Ando, S. The reciprocal theorem and minimum drag theorem, with application to some unusual wings. (To be published.)Google Scholar
2. Ando, S. Limitations of lifting-line theory for wings with very small chordwise gaps. (To be published.)Google Scholar