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Oscillating thin wings in inviscid incompressible flow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

N. Singh
Affiliation:
Department of Aeronautical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
S. Aikat
Affiliation:
Department of Aeronautical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
B. C. Basu
Affiliation:
Department of Aeronautical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India

Summary

A method has been developed for calculating the load distribution, overall forces and moments on a thin wing of arbitrary shape undergoing small amplitude simple harmonic motion in inviscid, incompressible flow. The method is compared with experimental data and other theoretical methods for wings and control surfaces in pitching oscillation and wings going through a sinusoidal vertical gust.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1989 

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