Lift Enhancement on Unconventional Airfoils

• Main Author: Yeung, W. W. H.
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery; TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/316/1/WWH2006_LiftEnhancementonUnconventionalAirfoils.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/316/

Lift augmentation on airfoils is a critical task to an aerodynamicist when asked to design new wings. Flow visualization studies on a corrugated airfoil confirm that the trapped vortices lead to a modification of the effective wing shape and an increase in lift. Considerable lift enhancement is foun...