Predicting Tail Buffet Loads of a Fighter Airplane

TBMG-1765

01/01/2006

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Buffet loads on aft aerodynamic surfaces pose a recurring problem on most twin-tailed fighter airplanes: During maneuvers at high angles of attack, vortices emanating from various surfaces on the forward parts of such an airplane engine inlets, wings, or other fuselage appendages) often burst, immersing the tails in their wakes. Although these vortices increase lift, the frequency contents of the burst vortices become so low as to cause the aft surfaces to vibrate destructively.

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"Predicting Tail Buffet Loads of a Fighter Airplane," Mobility Engineering, January 1, 2006.
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Jan 1, 2006
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TBMG-1765
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English