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Aerodynamic Load Measurements and Opening Characteristics of Automatic Leading Edge Slats on a 45 deg Sweptback Wing at Transonic SpeedsMeasurements of the normal force and chord force were made on the slats of a sting-mounted wing-fuselage model through a Mach number range of 0.60 to 1.03 and at angles of attack from 0 to 20 deg at subsonic speeds and from 0 to 8 deg at Mach number 1.03. The 20-percent-chord tapered leading-edge slats extended from 25 to 95 percent of the semispan and consisted of five segments. The model wing had 45 deg sweep, an aspect ratio of 3.56, a taper ratio of 0.3, and NACA 64(06)AO07 airfoil sections. Slat forces and moments were determined for the slats in the almost-closed and open positions for spanwise extents of 35 to 95 percent and 46 to 95 percent of the semispan. The results of the investigation showed little change in the slat maximum force and moment coefficients with Mach number. The coefficients for the open and almost-closed slat positions had similar variations with angle of attack. The loads on the individual slat segments were found to increase toward the tip for moderate angles of attack and decrease toward the tip for high angles of attack. An analysis of the opening and closing characteristics of aerodynamically operated slats opening on a circular-arc path is included.
Document ID
19980236837
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Other - NASA Technical Note (TN)
Authors
Arabian, Donald D.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA United States)
Runckel, Jack F.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA United States)
Reid, Charles F, Jr.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 1961
Subject Category
Aerodynamics
Report/Patent Number
NASA-TN-D-900
L-1609
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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