Experimental investigation of a wing-in-ground effect craft

• Main Authors: Tofa, M. Mobassher, Abdul Malik, Adi Maimun, Ahmed, Yasser Mohamed, Jamei, Saeed, Priyanto, Agoes, Rahimuddin, Rahimuddin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/52799/1/M.MobassherTofa2014_Experimentalinvestigationofawing-in-ground.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/52799/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/489308
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

The aerodynamic characteristics of the wing-in-ground effect (WIG) craft model that has a noble configuration of a compound wing was experimentally investigated and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) wind tunnel with and without endplates. Lift and drag forces, pitching moment coefficients, and the...