A Brief Review on Potential Flow Solver Techniques Used for Studying Stalling Conditions of the Aircraft Wings in Multiple- Lifting-Surface Configuration

Vasanth Kumar Gurushankar, Priyanka Garg

Abstract


Of the many phases of flight conditions encountered in mid-air, there is seldom anything
more frightening than stall as the forces acting on flight post-stall quickly renders aircraft as
a huge aluminum structure obeying the commands of gravity. In the present work, a short
review of literature related to time to time efforts being made in order to understand the flow
behavior over the aircraft wings in multiple lifting surface configuration and the stall
characteristics of formation flight using various potential flow solver techniques.

Keywords: wing, unsteady aerodynamics, potential flow, stall, formation flight, VLM,
decambering approach, lift.

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