Report no. 609, Experimental investigation of wind-tunnel interference on the downwash behind an airfoil: By Abe Silverstein and S. Katzoff. 8 pages, illustrations, 23 × 29 cms. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1937. Price 10 cents

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1937
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 58 KB
• Volume: 224
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0016-0032
• DOI: 10.1016/s0016-0032(37)90824-x

✦ Synopsis

The interference of the wind-tunnel boundaries on the downwash behind an airfoil has been experimentally investigated and the results have been compared with the available theoretical results for open-throat wind tunnels. As in previous studies, the simplified theoretical treatment that assumes the test section to be an infinite free jet has been shown to be satisfactory at the lifting line. The experimental results, however, show that this assumption may lead to erroneous conclusions regarding the corrections to be applied to the downwash in the region behind the airfoil where the tail surfaces are normally located. The results of a theory based on the more accurate concept of the open-jet wind tunnel as a finite length of free jet provided with a closed exit passage are in good qualitative agreement with the experimental results.