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Evaluation of the Downwash Integral for Rectangular Planforms by the BAC Subsonic Lifting-Surface Method

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

W Kellaway
W Kellaway*
Affiliation:
British Aircraft Corporation, Preston
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Summary

The BAC subsonic lifting-surface method is applied to the problem of evaluating the downwash at the surface of wings of rectangular planform subjected to particular loadings and the results are compared with a set of datum results. Over 95 per cent of the wing span the results of the BAC method are shown to be accurate to within 0.01 per cent, irrespective of chordwise position.

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Research Article
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Aeronautical Quarterly , Volume 23 , Issue 3 , August 1972 , pp. 181 - 187
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1972

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