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US 5,314,142 AGranted
Wing root aerofoil for forward swept wings
AssigneeBritish Aerospace Public Limited Company
InventorsAlison J. Rao, Francis B. Ogilvie
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AssigneeBritish Aerospace Public Limited Company
InventorsAlison J. Rao, Francis B. Ogilvie
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A swept forward wing for aircraft comprising an inner wing portion and an outer wing portion in which the upper surface curvature of the inner wing portion is designed to create three dimensional flow thereover to manipulate the sweep of the isobars and prevent desweeping thereof, the inner wing portion including a wing root section (4) having a far aft maximum thickness position (14) coupled with high camber in the region of said maximum thickness position, said wing root section (4) further including a negatively cambered leading edge portion (10) and a nose-down twist configured to suppress high leading edge velocities, the combination of thickness and camber forms aft of the leading edge region (10) causing the flow to accelerate until a maximum velocity is reached relatively far back on the wing.
A swept forward wing for a transonic flight aircraft comprising an inner wing portion and an outer wing portion, said inner wing portion including a wing root section having a far aft maximum thickness position coupled with high camber in a region of said maximum thickness position, said wing root section further including a negatively cambered leading edge portion and a nose-down twist configured to suppress high leading edge velocities wherein the combination of thickness and camber forms aft of said leading edge region causes air flow to accelerate until a maximum velocity is reached aft of the 50 percent chord line on said wing and whereby steep recompression during transonic flight is alleviated by significant three dimensionality of the flow over said inner wing portion.
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