Span load distribution for tapered wings with partial-span flaps (open access)

Span load distribution for tapered wings with partial-span flaps

Tables are given for determining the load distribution of tapered wings with partial-span flaps placed either at the center or at the wing tips. Seventy-two wing-flap combinations, including two aspect ratios, four taper ratios, and nine flap lengths, are included. The distributions for the flapped wing are divided into two parts, one a zero lift distribution due primarily to the flaps and the other an additional lift distribution due to an angle of attack of the wing as a whole. Comparison between theoretical and experimental results for wings indicate that the theory may be used to predict the load distribution with sufficient accuracy for structural purposes.
Date: November 21, 1936
Creator: Pearson, H. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wing-nacelle-propeller interference for wings of various spans force and pressure-distribution tests (open access)

Wing-nacelle-propeller interference for wings of various spans force and pressure-distribution tests

Report presents the results of an experimental investigation made in the NACA full-scale wind tunnel to determine the effect of wing span on nacelle-propeller characteristics and, reciprocally, the lateral extent of nacelle and propeller influence on a monoplane wing. The results provide a check on the validity of the previous research on nacelles and propellers with 15-foot-span wings tested in the 20-foot wind tunnel and reported in technical reports 415, 462, 505, 506, and 507.
Date: April 21, 1936
Creator: Robinson, Russell G. & Herrnstein, William H., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library