A combined wing and propeller model is presented as a low-cost approach to first-cut modeling of slipstream effects on a finite wing. The wing aerodynamic model employs a numerical lifting-line method utilizing the 3D vortex lifting law along with known 2D airfoil data to predict the lift distribution across a wing for a prescribed upstream flowfield. The propeller/slipstream model uses a blade element theory combined with momentum conservation equations. This model is expected to be of significant importance in the design of tail-sitter vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft, where the propeller slipstream is the primary source of air flow past the wings in some flight conditions. The algorithm is presented, and results compared with published experimental data.
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A Lifting-Line Approach to Estimating Propeller/Wing Interactions
24th Applied Aerodynamics Conference
Document Type
Conference Paper
Publisher
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Location
San Francisco, CA
Publication Date
6-5-2006
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Abstract
Citation Information
Hunsaker, D. F., Snyder, D. O., “A Lifting-Line Approach to Estimating Propeller / Wing Interactions,” 24th
Applied Aerodynamics Conference, San Francisco, California, June 5-8, 2006, AIAA-2006-3466.