ANALYSIS OF HINGE MOMENT DATA FOR RECTANGULAR AND NEAR RECTANGULAR TRAILING EDGE CONTROLS AT SUPERSONIC AND TRANSONIC SPEEDS

摘要

Similarity rules have been used at supersonic and transonic speeds to obtain a correlation of available experimental data on hinge moment curve slope, (dCH/dη), and to compare the experimental values with theoretical estimates.nThe effects of varying control aspect ratio, thickness chord ratio, body interference, hinge line location, and trailing edge thickness are examined, suitable theoretical or empirical methods for predicting these effects are indicated, and their range of validity and accuracy determined.