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NASA NTRS1974

Space Shuttle flutter as affected by wing-body aerodynamic interaction

In the NASA Langley Research Center 26-inch transonic blowdown wind-tunnel, flutter speeds were measured on 1/80-th scale semispan models of the orbiter wing, the complete Space Shuttle, and intermediate component combinations. Using the doublet lattice method combined with slender body theory to calculate unsteady aerodynamic forces, subsonic flutter speeds were computed for comparison. Aerodynamic interaction was found by test and analysis to raise the flutter speed in some configurations while lowering it in others. Although at Mach number less than 0.7, predicted speeds correlated to within 6% of those measured, rapid deterioration of the agreement occurred at higher subsonic Mach numbers, especially on the more complicated configurations. Additional analysis showed that aerodynamic forces arising from body flexibility potentially can have a large effect on flutter speed, but that the current shuttle design is not so affected.

Chipman, R. R.↗
NASA NTRS1981

An experimental study of separated flow on a finite wing

The flow field associated with the formation of a mushroom shaped trailing edge stall cell on a low-aspect-ratio (AR = 4.0) wing was investigated in a series of low speed wind tunnel tests (Reynolds number based on 15.2 cm chord = 480,000). Flow field surveys of the separation bubble and wake of a partially stalled and fully stalled wing were completed using a hot-wire probe, a split-film probe, and a directional sensitive pressure probe. A new color video display technique was developed to display the flow field survey data. Photographs were obtained of surface oil flow patterns and smoke flow visualization

Winkelmann, A. E.↗
NASA NTRS1986

An implicit flux-difference splitting scheme for three-dimensional, incompressible Navier-Stokes solutions to leading edge vortex flows

A new, implicit finite-difference scheme designed to solve the conservative, flux-difference split Navier-Stokes equations is used to compute incompressible vortex flows around delta wings. The completely vectorizable hybrid algorithm is constructed in delta form for steady state solutions independent of the time-step sizes. The scheme combines approximate factorization in crossflow planes with a symmetric planar Gauss-Seidel relaxation in the remaining spatial direction. The governing equations are solved in curvilinear, body-fitted coordinates for treating complex geometries. The computed flow field results are compared with other theoretical and experimental data.

Hartwich, P.-M.↗
NASA NTRS1984

Durability and damage tolerance of Large Composite Primary Aircraft Structure (LCPAS)

Analysis and testing addressing the key technology areas of durability and damage tolerance were completed for wing surface panels. The wing of a fuel-efficient, 200-passenger commercial transport airplane for 1990 delivery was sized using graphite-epoxy materials. Coupons of various layups used in the wing sizing were tested in tension, compression, and spectrum fatigue with typical fastener penetrations. The compression strength after barely visible impact damage was determined from coupon and structural element tests. One current material system and one toughened system were evaluated by coupon testing. The results of the coupon and element tests were used to design three distinctly different compression panels meeting the strength, stiffness, and damage-tolerance requirements of the upper wing panels. These three concepts were tested with various amounts of damage ranging from barely visible impact to through-penetration. The results of this program provide the key technology data required to assess the durability and damage-tolerance capability or advanced composites for use in commercial aircraft wing panel structure.

Mccarty, John E.↗
NASA NTRS1956

Turbulent shear spectra and local isotropy in the low-speed boundary layer

From measurements of turbulent shear spectra together with previously reported longitudinal turbulent energy spectra, the concept of local isotropy in a low-speed boundary layer was examined. Results of these measurements and measurements of the time derivatives of turbulent velocities in the x- and y- directions for various frequency bands showed no evidence of local isotropy in the boundary layer. Several methods (based on isotropy) of evaluating the turbulent dissipation term failed to give consistent answers, further emphasizing a lack of local isotropy.

BOUNDARY LAYER - COMPLETE WINGS↗
NASA NTRS1956

Calculation and Compilation of the Unsteady-lift Functions for a Rigid Wing Subjected to Sinusoidal Gusts and to Sinusoidal Sinking Oscillations

The total lift responses to sinusoidal sinking oscillations and to sinusoidal gusts have been calculated, largely from existing information, for wings of various plan forms in subsonic and supersonic flow. For most of the cases considered, closed-form expressions are given and the final results are presented in the form of plots of the square of the modulus of the lift coefficient for wings in a sinusoidally oscillating gust field and in the form of the real and imaginary parts of the lift coefficient for wings undergoing sinusoidal sinking oscillations.

LOADS, GUST - WINGS↗
NASA NTRS1957

Hydrodynamic characteristics over a range of speeds up to 80 feet per second of a rectangular modified flat plate having an aspect ratio of 0.25 and operating at several depths of submersion

Results of an investigation of the hydrodynamic characteristics over an extended speed range of a rectangular modified flat plate having an aspect ratio of 0.25 and operating at several depths of submersion are presented. Comparisons between these data and data over a lower speed range on a similar aspect-ratio-0.25 flat plate but having one-half the thickness are presented. These comparisons show no significant differences at the low speeds. At high speeds and high angles of attack, where extensive cavitation was present, the lift coefficients were lower than would have been indicated by the results of the previous investigations and the present investigation at the lower angles of attack. A brief discussion and comparison of ventilation are presented which shows two types of planing bubble formation and the effect of increasing the thickness of the model on the ventilation boundary.

REYNOLDS NUMBER EFFECTS - COMPLETE WINGS↗
NASA NTRS1951

Wire Cloth as Porous Material for Transpiration-cooled Walls

The permeability characteristics and tensile strength of a porous material developed from stainless-steel corduroy wire cloth for use in transpiration-cooled walls where the primary stresses are in one direction were investigated. The results of this investigation are presented and compared with similar results obtained with porous sintered metal compacts. A much wider range of permeabilities is obtainable with the wire cloth than with the porous metal compacts considered and the ultimate tensile strength in the direction of the primary stresses for porous materials produced from three mesh sizes of wire cloth are from two to three times the ultimate tensile strengths of the porous metal compacts.

MATERIALS - TYPES↗
NASA NTRS1953

Influence of End Plates on Lift and Flow Field of a Canard-type Control Surface at a Mach Number of 2.00

The influence of triangular-shaped end plates on the lift and the flow field of a canard-type control surface mounted on a symmetrical fuselage was investigated in the Lewis 8- by 6-foot supersonic wind tunnel at a Mach number of 2.00, body angle of attack of 2 degrees, and control-surface deflection angles of 3 degrees, 6 degrees, 8 degrees, and 10 degrees. The investigation demonstrated that the addition of end plates to a canard-type control surface increased its lift and rearranged the single vortex into a two-vortex system. Perforating the end plates reduced these effects and resulted in a decrease in lift and a change in the flow-field characteristics.

DIHEDRAL - COMPLETE WINGS↗