Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
Six alternative all-moving wing configurations applicable to the NASP hypersonic/transatmospheric vehicle have undergone aeroelasticity testing in NASA-Langley's Mach-20-capable Helium Tunnel that yielded data for such parametric variations as airfoil profile and wing planform, wing-pivot flexure stiffness, and mass imbalance. While all wings fluttered at dynamic pressures lower than predicted by second-order piston-theory aerodynamics, this was of limited amplitude, suggesting nonlinear external-flow behavior. Slab airfoils were more stable than diamond-shaped ones; blunt leading edges enhance stability relative to sharp ones, and stiffer pivolts extert a stabilizing influence.
Keywords:
AERODYNAMICS
Type:
AIAA PAPER 93-1315
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AIAA, ASME, ASCE, AHS, and ASC, Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference, 34th and AIAA and ASME, Adaptive Structures Forum; Apr 19, 1993 - Apr 22, 1993; La Jolla, CA; United States|; 10 p.
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