On the wing density and the inflation factor of aircraft
| Autor: | Geoffrey R. Spedding, Leandi Liebenberg, Edward Henry Mathews, R. J. Huyssen |
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| Přispěvatelé: | 13282654 - Huyssen, Reinhard Joachim, 12850071 - Liebenberg, Leon, 10477438 - Mathews, Edward Henry |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
Engineering
Aerospace Engineering 02 engineering and technology 01 natural sciences 010305 fluids & plasmas Closed wing Aircraft configuration 0203 mechanical engineering Aeronautics 0103 physical sciences Flight objective Inflation factor Wing loading Spoileron Aerospace engineering Ideal wing Aircraft flight mechanics 020301 aerospace & aeronautics Wing business.industry Flaperon Flying wing Aircraft design Wing density Wing twist Elevon business |
| Zdroj: | The Aeronautical Journal. 120:291-312 |
| ISSN: | 2059-6464 0001-9240 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/aer.2015.12 |
| Popis: | The aviation industry is dominated by the domain of heavier-than-air, fixed-wing, subsonic flight, and central to any design in this domain is the wing itself. One of the earliest debates in aviation still centres around the usefulness of the wing volume. On the one hand it is held that the wing, as an inevitable necessity, should provide the volume also for the payload. On the other, it is argued that more efficient wings do not even have sufficient volume for the entire wing structure. This work proposes precise definitions of theWing Densityand theInflation Factor, two parameters that can quantitatively reflect the economic and technological trends in aviation. The wing volume of a hypotheticalIdeal Wingis derived from theOperational Parametersof any givenFlight Objectiveand compared to the volume requirement of that flight objective. We conclude that the dominant aircraft configuration of the future is likely to remain within the same family of the current dominant configuration, in conflict with some older predictions. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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