SEPARATED FLOW MECHANISMS IN F-18 WING ROCK

Authors
ERICSSON LE
Citation
Le. Ericsson, SEPARATED FLOW MECHANISMS IN F-18 WING ROCK, Journal of aircraft, 33(1), 1996, pp. 81-86
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Aerospace Engineering & Tecnology
Journal title
Journal of aircraft → ACNP
ISSN journal
00218669
Volume
33
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
81 - 86
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-8669(1996)33:1<81:SFMIFW>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
In tests of the F/A-18 aircraft, wing rock was observed in laminar sub scale tests as well as in full-scale night, whereas wind-tunnel tests at an intermediate Reynolds number showed no wing rock. An analysis pr eviously performed for a generic aircraft model was extended to identi fy the flow mechanisms behind this chain of events.