The effect of Whitcomb winglets and other wingtip modifications on wake vortices
Wind tunnel experiments have been conducted on six different wingtip configurations to determine their wake vortex characteristics. The trailing wingtip vortex was probed by a 1/8 inch diameter five hole yawhead pressure probe in the VPI & SU Stability Wind Tunnel. The vortex tangential and axia...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/38811 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07152010-020327/ |