Aerodynamic measurements of an airfoil with a spoiler

• Main Author: Gu, Weidong.
• Other Authors: Yeung, William Wai Hung
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Aeronautical engineering::Aerodynamics
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/19937
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A rapidly deployed spoiler on the upper surface of a wing induces adverse lift and moment during aircraft landing. These adverse effects are associated with the strong starting vortex, which is caused by the shear flow at the spoiler tip and is located downstream of the deflected spoiler. This thesi...