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A summary of measurements of steady and oscillatory pressures on a rectangular wing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

D. G. Mabey ,
B. L. Welsh  and
C. R. Pyne
D. G. Mabey
Affiliation:
Royal Aircraft Establishment, Bedford
B. L. Welsh
Affiliation:
Royal Aircraft Establishment, Bedford
C. R. Pyne
Affiliation:
Royal Aircraft Establishment, Bedford
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Summary

This paper describes a series of steady and time-dependent pressure measurements on a half-model of a rectangular wing of aspect ratio 4. The wing was mounted on a half-body attached to a sidewall of the RAE 8 x 8 ft wind tunnel and the tests were made at Mach numbers of 0·20, 0·42, 0·70, 0·80 and 0·85 with fixed transition and a Reynolds number of about 2·5 x 106 at the highest Mach number. The wing was oscillated about its mid-chord axis at four frequencies giving frequency parameters up to 1·15 at M = 0·20 and 0·25 at M = 0·85. The static angle of incidence was varied from –10° to + 10°.

Selected mean and oscillatory measurements are offered as a challenge to computational fluid dynamicists for this simple three-dimensional configuration. Comparisons are made with calculations by means of subsonic linearised theory and recent transonic small perturbation methods. The measurements are of particular interest at transonic speeds, where both attached and incipient separated flows are considered.

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Research Article
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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 92 , Issue 911 , January 1988 , pp. 10 - 28
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1988 

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