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Analysis of small-aspect-ratio lifting surfaces in ground effect

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2006

J. N. Newman
J. N. Newman
Affiliation:
Department of Ocean Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
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Abstract

A lifting surface of small aspect ratio is analysed for motion with constant forward velocity, parallel and in close proximity to a rigid plane surface of infinite extent. The gap flow beneath the lifting surface is represented by a simple nonlinear solution in the cross-flow plane, and appropriate conditions are imposed at leading and trailing edges. The transition between these two conditions depends on the kinematics of the gap flow as well as the planform geometry. For steady-state motion of a delta wing with sufficiently large angle of attack, the transition point is upstream of the tail. For oscillatory heaving motion of a delta wing the transition point is cyclic if the heave velocity is sufficiently large. Illustrative computations of the lift force are presented.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 117 , April 1982 , pp. 305 - 314
Copyright
© 1982 Cambridge University Press

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