Separated flow around an airfoil with a spoiler
When a spoiler is erected rapidly on the upper surface of a wing, it brings about a long-term reduction in lift and an increase in drag. However, it has a transient effect of increasing the lift (usually referred to as the adverse lift) on the wing due to the creation of a starting vortex shed from...
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| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/19974 |