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2 AERODYNAMICS
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Effect of Shapes on Streamlined
Flow
STREAMLINED
Boundary Layer
Unaffected airflow
STREAMLINED
Boundary Layer
STREAMLINED
Separation and turbulence at
various AOA
STALLING
AERODYNAMIC TERM
Stagnation point
Velocity = 0m/s
AIRFOIL
Airfoil Shape
• Medium and high speed aircraft – much less
curvature lift comes from their additional
speed through the air.
• Low speed aircraft – cambered not for high
speed (excess lift as well as drag)
AIRFOIL
CAMBER (CURVE)
• Camber curvature of an aerofoil (wing)
above and below the chord line
PRODUCTION OF LIFT
AIRFOIL @ AEROFOIL
• Any surface which produces a reaction (lift) as air
passes over it
• The airfoil should provide this reaction (lift),
whilst having a shape which presents the least
possible resistance, or drag, to its passage
through air
AIRFOIL
T/C AND FINENESS RATIO
Thicness/Chord ratio = CD
AB
MEAN AERODYNAMIC CHORD
• Average distance between leading and
trailing edge of wing
• Mean chord = Wing Area
Wing Span
ANGLE OF ATTACK
• The acute angle formed between the relative
wind striking an airfoil and the chord line.
• Increasing the angle from zero degree to a
maximum (between 15 degrees and 18 degrees)
will increase lift, but will also increases drag.
CENTER OF PRESSURE
ANGLE OF INCIDENCE
o Angle formed by the
intersection of the wing
chord line and the horizontal
plane or longitudinal axis of
aircraft
o Positive Angle of Incidence
(AOI) – leading edge higher
than trailing edge
o Correct AOI low drag +
longitudinal stability
o ‘Wash out’ – higher AOI at
wing root than at wing tip
o ‘Wash in’ – higher AOI at
wing tip than at wing root
ANGLE OF INCIDENCE
WASH IN AND OUT
• Wash in :
– Angle of incident increase from root to tip
– Tip will stall 1st
• Wash out :
– Angle of incident decrease from root tip
– Root will stall 1st
CENTER OF PRESSURE (c.p)
The position whereby the resultant force (lift)
cuts through chord line and considered to act
Total Lift
Shape of airfoil and angle of attack influence the
c.p location and direction Position of lines denotes
direction of lift
Length of line denote
magnitude of lift
Direction
of
airflow
Center of Pressure
CENTER OF PRESSURE
CENTER OF PRESSURE (c.p)
o Position of c.p varies during flight as the angle of attack
(AOA) altered
a. Increase AOA – c.p moves forward
b. Decrease AOA – c.p moves backward
o In normal flight the AOA usually between 2˚ and 4˚
(seldom below 0˚ or above 16˚)
Small AOA Medium AOA Large AOA
PRODUCTION OF LIFT
Lift
Weight
Bernoulli’s theorem
PRODUCTION OF LIFT
Venturi Effect
PRODUCTION OF LIFT
Venturi Effect
INLE CENTRE (THROAT) OUTLET
T
Airspeed normal Airspeed maximum Airspeed
Pressure normal Pressure minimum decrease
Pressure increase
(equal to inlet
area)
PRODUCTION OF LIFT
Camber (Curved)
• Airflow around the cambered wing behave exactly as
airflow in a venturi tube
PRODUCTION OF LIFT
Airflow on wing (Lift distribution)
Increased Speed
Decreased Speed
70% of Total Lift
Decreased Speed
Increased Speed
30% of Total Lift
PRODUCTION OF LIFT
STREAMLINED
Streamline – shape or contour that presents a
minimum resistance to the air
A perfect streamlined form is similar to the top
view of a fish
Air flows around non-streamlined object air
swirls into eddies streamline distorted
disappear
Airstream becomes turbulent
Streamline air appears as smooth parallel lines
STREAMLINED
DRAG
DRAG
DRAG
RESISTANCE TO FORWARD MOTION
DRAG
FORM DRAG
Caused by the shape or form of the aircraft
• Reducing form drag
• Streamlining – aircraft shaped to produce least
resistance to the airflow
• For least resistance object length between 3-4
times greater than maximum thickness
• Fineness ratio – ratio between length and
maximum thickness
DRAG
PARASITE DRAG
A combination of many different drag forces
Any exposed object on an aircraft offers some
resistance to the airflow, and the more objects
in the airstream, the more parasite drag
Reducing parasite drag
• reducing the number of exposed parts to as few
as practical and streamlining their shape.
DRAG
Streamlining
DRAG
INDUCED AND TOTAL DRAG
• Lift created by the airfoil also created drag
induced drag
TOTAL DRAG
DRAG
THRUST AND WEIGHT
• Thrust is forward force produce by engine
• Determine by size and type use in
propulsion system
• Weight is a mass of aircraft act vertically
downward
• Determined by size and material used in
aircraft
FORCES ACTING ON AIRCRAFT IN
THRUST FLIGHT
• The aircraft’s propelling force LIFT
• Arranged symmetrically to the Acts at right angle to the line of
centre line flight & through the Centre of
• Act parallel to the line of flight Pressure of the wings
DRAG
• Opposes the forward motion
WEIGHT@ GRAVITY • Regarded as a rearward
Acts vertically downwards acting force
through
the Centre of Gravity
FORCES ACTING ON AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT
LIFT AND DRAG COEFFICIENT
• Theoritical value base on
airfoil shape
Lift = CL x 1/2ρv2 x S
Drag = CD x 1/2ρv2 x S
IDEAL ANGLE
POLAR CURVE
• Drag Polar is the relationship between the
lift and its drag interm on coefficeient
STALL
STALLING
AIRFOIL CONTAMINATION
• Any contamination on wing will affect its
performance
• Need to provide method to remove the
contamination during flying
• Type of contamination :
– Ice
– Snow
– Frost