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Maximum Lift on Slender Wings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

D. W. Bridson  and
G. J. Hancock
D. W. Bridson
Affiliation:
Department of Aeronautical Engineering, Queen Mary College, University of London
G. J. Hancock
Affiliation:
Department of Aeronautical Engineering, Queen Mary College, University of London
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Many authors have established that a finite wing in inviscid flow has a theoretical maximum lift coefficient. One formula based on a theoretical model of a rolled-up vortex system aft of an elliptically loaded wing is

where AR is the aspect ratio. Ref. 6 criticises the validity of eqn. (1) but at least eqn. (1) gives the order of magnitude of an inviscid CLmax.

Type
Technical Notes
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 74 , Issue 716 , August 1970 , pp. 671 - 672
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1970 

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