Potential influences of heavy rain on general aviation airplane performance

Dunham, R. E.

doi:10.2514/6.1986-2606

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“…For the NACA 64-210 landing configuration aerofoil, the high-lift devices consist of a leadingedge slat deflected 57° and a trailing-edge double slotted flap deflected 35ּ75°, the configuration data of which can be referred to in Equations (9) and (33). Almost all previous studies of rain effects on this landing configuration aerofoil are based on an unstructured grid surrounding the aerofoil (15)(16)(17) .…”

Section: D Naca 64-210 Landing Configuration Aerofoilmentioning

confidence: 99%

Aerodynamic study of aerofoil and wing in simulated rain environment via a two-way coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian approach

Wu¹,

Cao

2014

Aeronaut. j. (1968)

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Aerodynamic performance degradation has been considered a critical hazard to aircraft due to flying in heavy rain. In this work, a two-way momentum coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian approach is developed to study the aerodynamic performance of a two-dimensional (2D) transport-type NACA 64-210 cruise and landing configuration aerofoil as well as a three-dimensional (3D) NACA 64-210 cruise configuration rectangular wing in heavy rain environment. Raindrop impacts, splashback and formed water film are modeled. The steady-state incompressible air flow field and the raindrop trajectory are calculated alternately by incorporating an interphase momentum coupling term through a curvilinear body-fitted grid surrounding the aerofoil/wing. Our simulation results agree well with the experimental results and show significant aerodynamic penalties for all the test cases in heavy rain. Rain-induced premature boundary-layer transition and separation are observed and details of the raindrop splashback effect on the boundary layer are examined. A 1° rain-induced decrease in stall angle-of-attack is predicted. An uneven water film upon the wing surface is observed and its effect on the wing surface roughness is also examined.

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Section: D Naca 64-210 Landing Configuration Aerofoilmentioning

confidence: 99%