© Experimental And Numerical Investigation Of 65 Degree Delta And 65/40 Degree Double-Delta Wings Al-Garni, AZ; Saeed, F; Al-Garni, AM AMER INST AERONAUT ASTRONAUT, JOURNAL OF AIRCRAFT; pp: 71-76; Vol: 45 King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals Summary In this study, an experimental and numerical investigation was carried out to obtain lift, drag, and pitching moment data on 65 degree delta and 65/40 degree double-delta wings. The experimental tests were conducted at the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals low-speed wind-tunnel facility, whereas the numerical tests were performed using the commercial computational fluid dynamics software FLUENT. Results from both experiments and numerical predictions were compared to other experimental data found in literature as well as to the theory of Polhamus. The results of comparison of surface pressure coefficient distribution and vortex breakdown location show good agreement with experiments. Overall,, the comparison of result shows good agreement between different experimental studies as well as good agreement with the computational fluid dynamics predictions and the theoretical calculations. References: ALGARNI AZ, 2001, CANADIAN AERONAUTICS, V47, P85 BRENNENSTUHL U, 1982, C INT COUNC AER SCI, P1133 EARNSHAW PB, 1964, 3424 AER RES COUNC EKATERINARIS JA, 1994, AIAA J, V32, P2471 EKATERINARIS JA, 1995, J AIRCRAFT, V32, P457 ERICSSON LE, 1999, J AIRCRAFT, V36, P349 FUJII K, 1988, J NUMERICAL METHODS, V8, P1319 GAI SL, 2004, AERONAUT J, V108, P27 GRISMER DS, 1995, J AIRCRAFT, V32, P1303 HEBBAR SK, 1996, J AIRCRAFT, V33, P743 Copyright: King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals;

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