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AssigneesAirbus Deutschland GmbH, Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V.
InventorsKnut Mau, Werner Dobrzynski
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A slat is selectively extended from a main wing body, with a concave rear surface of the slat facing a convex forward nose surface of the wing body, with a slat gap therebetween. At least one row of flexible bristles is movably arranged relative to the lower rear edge of the slat, to flexibly protrude up into the slat air gap. At least one row of flexible bristles is movably arranged along the upper rear edge of the slat to extend rearwardly over the slat air gap and the upper surface of the main wing body. The flexible bristles are flexibly self-positioning and self-contouring due to the aerodynamic forces acting thereon, to improve the air flow conditions through the slat gap, separate the slat gap airflow from an entrapped eddy vortex on the concave rear surface of the slat, and thereby reduce the aerodynamic noise generated along the slat gap.
In an aircraft including a wing arrangement, wherein said wing arrangement includes a wing body and a slat, said wing body terminates forwardly in a forward nose of said wing body, said slat has a concave rear surface facing toward said forward nose, and said slat is movably connected to said wing body to be movable between a retracted slat position in which said slat is adjacent to said forward nose with said concave rear surface facing and adjacent to said forward nose and an extended slat position in which said slat is spaced away from said forward nose with a slat air gap bounded between said slat and said forward nose,
A wing arrangement for an aircraft, comprising:
A wing arrangement for an aircraft, comprising:
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