A tab deployable from the trailing edge of a main airfoil element forces flow onto a following airfoil element, such as a flap, to keep the flow attached and thus enhance lift. For aircraft wings with high lift systems that include leading edge slats, the slats may also be provided with tabs to turn the flow onto the following main element.
Lift enhancing tabs for airfoils
1994-03-15
Miscellaneous
No indication
English
Lift-Enhancing Tabs on Multielement Airfoils
NTIS | 1995
|Lift-Enhancing Tabs on Multielement Airfoils
NTRS | 1995
|Lift-Enhancing Tabs on Multielement Airfoils
Online Contents | 1995
|Lift-enhancing tabs on multielement airfoils
AIAA | 1995
|Lift-Enhancing Tabs on Multi-Element Airfoils
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1993
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