Publication Date:
1991-05-01
Description:
The method of matched asymptotic expansions is applied to the flow analysis ofa three-dimensional thin wing, moving uniformly in very close proximity to a curved ground surface. Four flow regions, i.e. exterior, bow, gap, and wake, are analysed and matched in an appropriate sequence. The solutions in expansions up to third order are given both in nonlinear and linear cases. It is shown that the flow above the wing is redued to a direct problem, and the flow beneath it appears to be a two-dimensional channel flow. The wake assumes a vortex-sheet structure close to the curved ground, undulatingwith the amplitude of the ground curvature, and the flow beneath it is also two-dimensional channel flow. As a consequence, an equivalence is found between the extreme curved-ground effect and the corresponding flat-ground effect, which can be treated by the image method. © 1991, Cambridge University Press. All rights reserved.
Print ISSN:
0022-1120
Electronic ISSN:
1469-7645
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
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Physics
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