Publication Date:
2019-07-10
Description:
In today's highly competitive and economically driven commercial aviation market, the trend is to make aircraft systems simpler and to shorten their design cycle which reduces recurring, non-recurring and operating costs. One such system is the high-lift system. A methodology has been developed which merges aerodynamic data with kinematic analysis of the trailing-edge flap mechanism with minimum mechanism definition required. This methodology provides quick and accurate aerodynamic performance prediction for a given flap deployment mechanism early on in the high-lift system preliminary design stage. Sample analysis results for four different deployment mechanisms are presented as well as descriptions of the aerodynamic and mechanism data required for evaluation. Extensions to interactive design capabilities are also discussed.
Keywords:
Aircraft Design, Testing and Performance
Type:
Aerodynamic Design and Optimisation of Flight Vehicles in a Concurrent Multi-Disciplinary Environment; 7-1 - 7-12; RTO-MP-35
Format:
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