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A Simple Approximation Method for Obtaining the Spanwise Lift Distribution*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2016

Extract

In this paper a simple approximation method is presented for rapidly computing the lift distributions of arbitrary aerofoils. The numerical results are compared with those obtained by an exact method and for many purposes show a satisfactory degree of accuracy. The latter, for all practically occurring cases, can be estimated at the start of the computation work with the aid of the comparison examples given.

Type
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1941

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Footnotes

*

“ Ein einfaches Näherungsverfahren zur Ermittlung von Auftriebsverteilungen längs der Tragflügelspannweite.” Luftwissen; Bd. 7, Nr. 4, April 1940, pp.118–120.

References

1. Mangler, W. The Lift Distribution of Wings with End Plates. T.M. No. 856, N.A.C.A., 1938.Google Scholar