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Aero Engineering 315. Lesson 17 High Lift Devices. Homework #20. (BSBW A4.1) Consider a flying wing aircraft made using a NACA 2412 airfoil with a wing area of 250 ft 2 , a wing span of 50 ft, and a span efficiency factor of 0.9.
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Aero Engineering 315 Lesson 17 High Lift Devices
Homework #20 • (BSBW A4.1) • Consider a flying wing aircraft made using a NACA 2412 airfoil with a wing area of 250 ft2, a wing span of 50 ft, and a span efficiency factor of 0.9. • If the aircraft is flying at 6 deg angle of attack and a Reynolds number of approximately 9 x 106, what are CL and CD for the flying wing? • b. If the flying wing is flying at sea level, standard day at V¥ = 280 ft/s, how much lift and drag is it experiencing?
High Lift Device Objectives • Calculate stall velocity • Describe typical high lift devices and their purpose • Flaps, strakes, BL control, powered/blown lift and thrust vectoring • Draw the effects of flaps and boundary layer control devices on lift and drag curves
High-Lift Devices Method to improve CL in certain circumstances
Remember our forces? If Lift = Weight, then , and the velocity to maintain lift is Lift Drag Thrust Weight Velocity for lift For straight level unaccelerated flight (SLUF) So, to fly slower at a given altitude you either jettison wt or increase CL
The velocity at stall, Vstall, occurs at CLmax Recall the definition of equivalent airspeed? The minimum Ve to avoid stall is Stall Velocity
2 W 2 W = = V V rSL r e-Stall S Stall S C C L L max max 2(25,000) 2(25,000) = = V V Stall e-Stall (.001987)(428)(1.2) (.002377)(428)(1.2) = = 202 ft/sec = 120 KEAS 221 ft/sec = 131 KTAS V V e-Stall Stall Vstall Problem You are landing your F-16 at Luke AFB with a density altitude of 6,000 feet. Your gross weight is 25,000 lbs. CLmax is 1.2 and the whole aircraft planform area is 428 ft2. What is your stalling velocity in knots?
Why High-Lift Devices? • Low camber good for high speed • A/C needs to operate at low speeds also! • High lift devices allow increase in CLmax • Which lowers Vstall • Flaps improve visibility on final by creating an angle of incidence • Landing speeds (1.3 Vstall) limited by braking, tires, runway distance and condition… • Must dissipate KE (1/2mV2) • Take-off speed (1.2 Vstall)limited by max tire spin up speeds, runway length, thrust available…
Trailing Edge Flaps Plain flap Split flap Slotted flap Fowler flap
Wing with Flap Wing with Flap Effect of Flaps on Lift and Drag Curves C C D L Basic Wing Section Basic Wing Section C a L
Typical Flap Impact d With flaps d = 500 d = 150 No flaps d = 0 a (degrees) Anderson, J. D., Introduction to Flight, 4th Edition, page 314
Adding flaps gives higher CLmax CLmax Anderson, J. D., Introduction to Flight, 4th Edition, page 315
Leading Edge Devices andBoundary Layer Control Boundary Layer Control Leading-edge flap by upper surface suction Fixed slot Boundary Layer Control by tangential blowing Slat
Wing with Leading-Edge Flap or Slat or Boundary Layer Control Boundary layer control devices affect lift curve like higher Rec C L Basic Wing Section a
Powered (blown) lift Internally Blown Flap
Externally Blown Flap Powered (blown) lift
Upper-Surface Blowing Powered (blown) lift Example: YC-14
Vectored Thrust Powered (vectored) lift
Strakes • Energize the flow over the wing, delaying separation • Cause more lift (especially at high AOA) due to lower pressure inside vortex • Increase the amount of lifting surface • Cause lift curve to rotate up and extend
Strakes Strakes
Strakes Strakes Strake Vortices
Effect of strakes on lift curve Wing with strake C L Wing with no strake a
Next Lesson (18)… • Prior to Class • Read 4.5, 4.6, 3.5.10 • Complete all problems through #21 • In Class • Discuss how lift and drag of an aircraft differ from that of a wing • Discuss the aircraft drag polar
cl and CL Airfoil cla CLa Wing a To get numbers (i.e. 3-D wing lift and drag), we need the 3-D lift-curve slope Fora in radians
per deg Determine Rec Find 3-D lift curve slope ( from chart) Find 3-D lift coefficient ( from chart) Find induced drag coeff. Find profile drag coeff. (c from chart) L=0 c l d Calculating 3-D Lift and Drag Coefficients