Patent Application: US-201313748230-A

Abstract:
unique aeroplane wing profiles substantially increasing the aerodynamic qualities of the wing are proposed . the advantage of the proposed profiles and novel method for forming lifting force for a wing on the basis of said profiles is the complete shifting of the interaction of the windstream onto the lower contour , the complete liberation of the upper contour from interaction with the windstream , leading to the elimination of wave drag — an insurmountable defect in wings with a classic profile , and a substantial increase in lifting force for the wing . novel solutions are given which were the basis for a basically novel interpretation of the process of flow around a wing by the windstream and of the formation of excess pressure along the lower surface .

Description:
the proposed wing profiles provide interaction of the windstream with the lower contour only , which is represented by segment ( ad ) connecting the front edge ( a ) with the tailing edge ( d ) and simultaneously being a chord ( b ). in this case on the upper contour ( ac 1 d ) there is no speed stream as the sharp front edge directs all windstream onto the lower contour ( ad ). the main part of the upper contour is represented by a straight line ( ac 1 ), and its tail section ( c 1 d ) smoothly descends to the tailing edge . pressure at the upper contour ( ac 1 ) is almost equal to the pressure of unperturbed air at the flight level , while the upper surface is parallel to speed vector of an aircraft , which is a qualitatively new and essential feature of the proposed method . the function of forming lifting force for a wing completely shifts onto the lower contour ( ad ). the following results are achieved : 1 ) complete liberation of the upper contour of the wing from interaction with the windstream . 2 ) shifting of the interaction of the wing with the environment completely onto the lower contour . 3 ) efficient use of the wall boundary layer for lifting force increase . 4 ) introduction of thickness ( h ), angle of incidence ( α ), wall boundary layer thickness ( δh ), linear velocity of air molecules ( υ m ) in the analysis and calculation of lifting force for a wing . 5 ) liberation of the wing from wave drag — an insurmountable defect in wings with a classic profile . 6 ) minimal frontal drag of the wing and its high aerodynamic quality . a dynamic parameter used for calculation of lifting force for a wing with classic aerodynamics is dynamic pressure which is applied to the empirically selected lifting force coefficient ( cy ), and lifting force ( y ) is calculated by the formula [ encyclopedia of physics . vol . 3 , page 670 , 1992 ]: the following equation is true for an aircraft on cruise flight : after equating the right parts ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) and solving the equation for c y one will get the following : some important parameters are not considered in formulas ( 1 ), ( 2 ) and ( 3 ), such as thickness of a wing ( h ), angle of incidence ( a ), pressure on the upper surface of a wing ( p b ), pressure on the lower surface of a wing ( p h ), velocity of air molecules ( υ m ), thickness of the wall boundary layer ( δh ). the biggest paradox , however , is the contradiction between ( 1 ) and ( 3 ). according to ( 1 ), the greater lifting force coefficient ( c y & gt ; 1 )— the greater lifting force for a wing and the easier it is for an aircraft to take off , the shorter the take - off path etc . but according to ( 3 ), if c y & gt ; 1 , the weight of an aircraft is greater than lifting force for a wing and it cannot take off . therefore the calculation above shows that classic aerodynamics lacks a theory of flow around a wing which moves through unperturbed air . there is a corresponding mathematic model for a wing with the patented profile proposed . it is based on the assumption that lifting force for a wing is a result of difference in pressure between upper ( p b ) and lower ( p h ) surfaces and it can be expressed in the following equation ( 4 ): since pressure on the upper surface of a wing with the proposed profile b - 1 is always equal to pressure of unperturbed air ( p 0i ) at the flight level ( p oi = p 0i ), after expanding ( 4 ) one will get : p 0i — unperturbed air pressure at the flight level , n / m 2 , ρ i — unperturbed air density at the flight level , kg / m 3 , υ μi — linear velocity of air molecules at the flight level , m / s . under normal conditions ( t = 0 ° c ., p 0 = 101 325 pa ) velocity of air molecules is υ μi = 47131 . 725 m / s . [ d . h . baziev fundamentals of a unified theory of physics . moscow , pedagogics , 1994 , p . 619 ] tgβ = h / b 1 — relation between average height of the master cross - section and outer chord , β — angle of divergence of the upper and lower contours at the front edge of a wing , b — chord of a wing , ad ( fig2 and 3 ), m . b 1 — outer chord ad 1 ( fig2 and 3 ), m . introducing values y i = c y · m i g i and tgβ in ( 5 ), one gets a completed equation for lifting force for a wing with the proposed profile b - 1 . it does not have any coefficients , since all physical and geometric parameters have been taken into account , which take part in forming lifting force for a wing ( y ) for subsonic speeds of an aircraft ( υ ≦ 1m ): from ( 6 ) it follows that in take - off mode the right part of an aircraft must be higher than the left one , i . e . lifting force is greater than take - off weight of an aircraft . and on cruise flight weight and lifting force of an aircraft become equal . meanwhile the value of lifting force in ( 6 ) always takes a negative sign which shows that this force is directed against the gravitational force vector , i . e . upwards . equation for lifting force for a wing for aircraft speeds ( υ & gt ; 1m ), where m is mach number , y = 1 . 36805912 is adiabatic coefficient of air in the wall boundary layer by υ & gt ; 1m fig1 illustrates a wing profile , where ad is a chord and the lower contour ; ac 1 d is the upper contour ; cc 1 is the largest thickness of a profile ; dd 1 = h — height of the master cross - section of a wing ; angle cac 1 = β — angle of divergence of the upper and lower contours . as one can see in fig2 , the proposed variant has an acute - angled front edge with the following features : 1 ) exceptionally acute nose angle , cac 1 = b , which is the angle of divergence of the upper and lower contours , while the front edge of a wing ( a ) for supersonic aircrafts is extremely sharp like blade . 2 ) the lower contour ( ad )— chord ( b )— is a straight line forming a high - speed wall boundary layer , which has a large amount of kinetic energy and causes excess pressure along the lower surface of a wing ( ad ). a wing with this profile has minimal frontal drag and maximal lifting force and as a result extremely high aerodynamic quality against the prototype . the main part of the upper contour ( ac 1 ) is represented by a horizontal straight line parallel to the motion vector of the aircraft wing or to the aircraft main longitudinal axis . the tail section of the upper contour from the point of the largest thickness ( c 1 ) of a profile up to the tailing edge ( d ) is performed as a flat curve ( c 1 d ). because of the sharp front edge ( a ), which is the beginning of the upper contour , the interaction of the windstream with the upper contour is completely avoided , which leads to the elimination of wave drag and liberation from aerodynamic flutter in all flight modes of the aircraft . fig2 illustrates a wing profile , where a is a moderately sharp front edge , b is the beginning of the lifting surface of a wing ( bd ), ab is a flat curve connecting the lower and upper contours forming the front edge , c 1 d is a flat curve connecting the upper contour with the tailing edge . 1 ) the main parts of the upper contour ac 1 and the lower contour bd can be parallel or not , it depends on the radius of curvature ab ( fig2 ) and the height of the master cross - section . 2 ) the sharp front edge directs all windstream under the wing onto the lower contour because there is no angle of incidence in the upper contour which is caused by parallel alignment of the upper contour to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft . 3 ) the windstream interacts only with the lower contour ( abd ) which has no segment with negative angle of incidence . also , as studies showed , a high - speed wall boundary layer is formed along the lower contour at speed υ ≦ 0 . 6 m at speed υ & gt ; 0 . 6 m the wall layer ends at point ( b ), but because of the windstream a densified underlayer is formed under the wing , this underlayer supports the lifting surface of the wing ( bd ), as a result specific lifting force for a wing with this profile is two times greater than of the prototype . this feature becomes apparent when a wing moves through unperturbed air . this is the basic profile , which can be used to design a series of profiles by changing angle of divergence of the upper and lower contours between 0 ° and 90 °, and also by changing the height of the master cross - section widely . supersonic aircrafts are equipped with wings with sharp front edges and acceptably low value of the master cross - section height , which depends on several technical conditions . heavy - duty aircrafts are equipped with this profile or its variations , in this case height of the master cross - section depends on take - off weight and speed on the flight strip at the moment of take - off . the upper contour of the wing profile ( ac 1 ) is parallel to the motion vector of the aircraft or to the aircraft main longitudinal axis . thus , setting angle of the upper surface of a wing with the proposed profile is 0 °, while setting angle of a wing with the classic profile is always greater than zero and changes between 2 ° and 6 °. fig3 illustrates a wing profile , where a is a sharp front edge , ac 1 is a rectilinear section of the upper contour , c 1 d is a flat curve connecting the upper contour with the tailing edge , and ad is a flat curve connecting the front and tailing edges forming the lower contour . concept of the invention has been confirmed by the practical realization of the method . example of realization of the proposed method for forming lifting force for a wing and devices for realizing said method in order to confirm the realizability of the method and efficiency of the devices , four wing models with profiles according to fig1 and fig2 and naca - 23015 profile with the same geometric parameters ( wingspan , chord and wing thickness ) were constructed . the test model was mounted on an ac commutator motor shaft with capacity of w = 400 w , and speed n = 14 000 rpm . the motor with the wing was installed on a massive platform which was fixed on an electronic balance pan “ nikoteks npv - 15 kg ” with tolerance δ =± 0 . 005 kg . the balance pan was shielded by a large impenetrable duralumin disk . the wing models were made of magnesium - aluminum alloy , their surface was thoroughly polished . experimental studies confirmed higher efficiency of wings with proposed profiles compared to the prototype representing a wing with the classic profile forming lifting force mainly through creation of exhaustion along the upper contour . the results are shown in tables 1 - 4 ( see appendix ). specific lifting force for a wing ( y s , n / m 2 ) as a function of speed x is accepted as the control dynamic parameter . let us compare the wing with the profile according to fig1 with other wings : with the profile according to fig2 and naca - 23015 profile assuming that wing motion speeds through unperturbed air are equal : 1 ) υ 3 = 25 . 068 m / s ( b - 1 , table 1 ), y s3 = 247 . 944 n / m 2 , υ 1 = 25 . 917 m / s ( naca , table 2 ), y s1 = 64 . 378 n / m 2 , 2 ) υ 11 = 62 . 777 m / s ( b - 1 , table 1 ), y s11 = 1724 . 982 n / m 2 , υ 5 = 62 . 207 m / s ( naca , table 2 ), y s5 = 287 . 807 n / m 2 , 3 ) υ 9 = 69 . 309 m / s ( b - 2 , table 3 ), y s9 = 1105 . 787 n / m 2 , υ 6 = 69 . 309 m / s ( naca , table 2 ), y s6 = 355 . 972 n / m 2 , 4 ) υ 10 = 56 . 516 m / s ( b - 1 , table 1 ), y s10 = 1388 . 486 n / m 2 , υ 6 = 56 . 413 m / s ( b - 2 , table 3 ), y s6 = 708 . 158 n / m 2 , as ensues from this comparison of experimental results , the wing with the profile according to fig1 indicates a substantial advantage in all four examples over the prototype and the wing with profile according to fig2 , it is reflected by coefficient k . analysis of the results confirms that the proposed method for forming lifting force for a wing and series of profiles based on fig2 for realizing said method are considerably better than the classic method and the classic profile . based on the above , one can make a conclusion that the proposed method for forming lifting force for a wing and devices for realizing said method can be implemented in practice with reaching the indicated technical result . a . m . volodko , m . p . verkhozin , v . a . gorshkov helicopters . guidebook . moscow , military edition , 1992 . helicopters of countries around the world . edited by v . g . lebed , moscow , 1994 . d . h . baziev fundamentals of a unified theory of physics . moscow , pedagogics , 1994 , 640 pages . t . i . ligum , s . y . skripchenko , l . a . chulsky , a . v . shishmarev , s . i . yurovsky aerodynamics of the tu - 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