Browsing Faculty of Engineering by Author "Spedding, G.R."
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On the wing density and the inflation factor of aircraft
Huyssen, R.J.; Mathews, E.H.; Liebenberg, L.; Spedding, G.R. (Royal Aeronautical Soc, 2016)The aviation industry is dominated by the domain of heavier-than-air, fixed-wing, subsonic flight, and central to any design in this domain is the wing itself. One of the earliest debates in aviation still centres around ... -
Wing-body circulation control by means of a fuselage trailing edge
Huyssen, R.J.; Spedding, G.R.; Mathews, E.H.; Liebenberg, L. (American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronatics, 2012)Ideal flight sheds the least amount of kinetic energy into a wake while imparting momentum sufficient to balance the vehicle weight. This combination defines a unique downwash distribution for the wake, which an aircraft ...