The pitching delta wing

Delta wings in steady flow can provide high lift at large angles of attack and are therefore used on many highperformance aircrafts. However, the unsteady aerodynamic properties of a delta wing are practically unknown, although vital for operating and designing airplanes for poststall and other maneuvering. In this study, the flowfields around two pitching delta wings with apex angles of 90 and 60 deg were visualized in a towing tank at chord Reynolds numbers up to 3.5 xlO. The reduced frequency was varied in the range 0.05-3. The leadingedge separation vortex went through a growth-decay cycle with hysteresis during a pitching period. A distinct change of the separated flow was observed at a reduced frequency around ir.

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