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Ángel Antonio Rodríguez-Sevillano, Rafael Bardera-Mora, Alejandra López-Cuervo-Alcaraz, Daniel Anguita-Mazón, Juan Carlos Matías-García, Estela Barroso-Barderas and Jaime Fernández-Antón
The paper outlines an algorithm for the rapid aerodynamic evaluation of winglet geometries using the TORNADO Vortex Lattice Method. It is a very useful tool to obtain a first approximation of the aerodynamic properties and for performing an optimization ...
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Thomas R. Shearwood, Mostafa R. A. Nabawy, William J. Crowther and Clyde Warsop
Tailless aircraft without vertical stabilisers typically use drag effectors in the form of spoilers or split flaps to generate control moments in yaw. This paper introduces a novel control allocation method by which full three-axis control authority can ...
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Ilias Lappas and Akira Ikenaga
An increasing number of aircraft is equipped with wing tip devices, which either are installed by the aircraft manufacturer at the production line or are retrofitted after the delivery of the aircraft to its operator. The installation of wing tip devices...
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Joel Guerrero, Marco Sanguineti and Kevin Wittkowski
Winglets are commonly used drag-reduction and fuel-saving technologies in today?s aviation. The primary purpose of the winglets is to reduce the lift-induced drag, therefore improving fuel efficiency and aircraft performance. Traditional winglets are des...
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Dean Ninian and Sam M. Dakka
The design and development of morphing (shape shifting) aircraft wings?an innovative technology that has the potential to increase the aerodynamic efficiency and reduce noise signatures of aircrafts?was carried out. This research was focused on reducing ...
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