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The rolling up of a trailing vortex sheet

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

R. R. Clements and
D. J. Maull
R. R. Clements
Affiliation:
Cambridge University Engineering Department
D. J. Maull
Affiliation:
Cambridge University Engineering Department
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The rolling up of the vortex sheet shed from a finite aspect ratio wing into discrete vortices has been extensively investigated in the past. Most of these investigations have, however, considered wings having an elliptic loading.

The early design charts of Silvertstein et al gave downwash angles for a variety of flapped and unflapped aerofoils by considering the trailing vortex sheet to be composed of discrete line vortices but ignored the rolling up process that takes place.

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Technical Notes
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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 77 , Issue 745 , January 1973, pp. 46 - 51
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1973 

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