Nonplanar wings with minimum induced drag

DOI10.1007/BF01051213MaRDI QIDQ1317831zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors S. V. Lyapunov

Publication date 12 April 1994

Published in Fluid Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01051213

zbMATH Keywords

elliptical circulation distributionplane wingvortex geometry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Jets and cavities, cavitation, free-streamline theory, water-entry problems, airfoil and hydrofoil theory, sloshing (76B10) Variational methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M30)

Review text

Optimal bound vortex geometry conditions are obtained by direct variation of the induced drag functional. Problems of induced drag minimization are examined for given bound vortex length and camber (i.e., clearance limits on vertical size) as well as for given wing lift and span. Corresponding optimal geometries and circulation distributions along the bound vortex are obtained, and induced drag values for these configurations are computed. Finally, it is shown that for given lift and bound vortex length and without constraints on the wing span and length, the minimum induced drag is produced by the plane wing with an elliptical circulation distribution.

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