Revised results of the unsteady transonic pressure measurements on the LANN model

A new postprocessing procedure is applied on the data, acquired in 1981 during the unsteady transonic pressure measurements on a transport-type supercritical wing (LANN-model), oscillating in pitch. The new procedure takes the influence into account of the local boundary layer on the dynamic response of the pressure tubes. This report presents...

The international vortex flow experiment: A test case for compressible Euler codes

As part of the joint International Vortex Flow Experiment, force and pressure measurements have been carried out on a 65 deg delta wing configuration in the transonic and supersonic wind tunnels of NLR. Out of these data three test cases were selected by the organizing committee of the GAMM WORKSHOP on the "Numerical Simulation of Compressible...

Description and validation of the two-dimensional test setup for multiple airfoils in the pressurized wind tunnel HST

A description is given of the two-dimensional test setup in the pressurized wind tunnel HST of the NLR, for the testing of multiple airfoils at high Reynolds numbers. Results of the first tests with this setup are validated. For this validation a number of additional tests were performed in the HST as well as in the atmospheric wind tunnel HST 3...

A system for the numerical simulation of sub- and transonic viscous attached flows around wing-body configurations

A description will be presented of a computer program system that is being used for the prediction of aircraft steady aerodynamic characteristics. Properties of the system are described from two different viewpoints. One is that of the aerodynamic designer, who needs an information system to predict lift, moment and drag characteristics and to...

The design and aerodynamic characteristics of an 18% thick shock-free airfoil (NLR 7501)

The design and experimental verification of a thick (18 %), shock free airfoil is described. The design was performed, using the NLR hodograph theory for transonic airfoil design. The airfoil was experimentally investigated in the NLR Pilot tunnel.

Influence of free-stream Mach number on transonic shock-wave boundary-layer interaction

An experiment is described in which a nominal normal shock impinges on a turbulent flat plate boundary layer. The wall pressure distribution in the interaction region was measured for Mach numbers in front of the shock of 1.40, 1.44 and 1.46. The Reynolds number based on shock position was 18 X 10(6) and based on momentum thickness at the start...

Investigations of the transonic flow around oscillating airfoils

Exploratory wind-tunnel experiments in high-subsonic and transonic flow on a conventional airfoil with oscillating flap and a supercritical airfoil oscillating in pitch are described. In the analysis of the experimental results, emphasis is placed upon the typical aspects of transonic flow, namely the interaction between the steady and unsteady...

Wind-tunnel measurements on the interference between a jet and a wing, located outside the jet. Part I: text, tables and figures

This report describes a wind-tunnel investigation on the interference between a jet and a wing half model, located outside the jet. Pressure distributions on the wing, and lift coefficients calculated from those have been used for evaluation of a method developed at NLR for the prediction of interference effects between jets and parts of...

Experimental investigation of the aerodynamic characteristics of a wing propulsion jets

With the intent to test the qualities of the theoretical models used in two different calculation methods, pressure distributions have been measured on a simple half model wing-in-jet combination. The position of the jets relative to the wing was varied, mainly in a plane perpendicular to the span. Jet velocities of 1, 2 and 3 times the tunnel...