Accession Number:

ADA278321

Title:

The Interference between Struts in Various Combinations

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION HAMPTON VA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER

Personal Author(s):

• Biermann, David
• Herrnstein, William H., Jr

Report Date:

1933-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

12.0

Abstract:

This report presents the results of tests made in the N.A.C.A. 7- by 10-foot wind tunnel to determine the interference drag arising from various arrangements of streamline struts and round struts, or cylinders. Determinations were made of the interference drag of struts spaced side by side, struts in tandem, tandem struts encased in a single fairing, a strut intersecting a plane, and struts intersecting to form a V. Three sizes of struts were used for most of the tests. These tests show that the interference drag arising from struts in close proximity may be of considerable magnitude, in some instances amounting to more than the drag of the struts themselves.

Descriptors:

• *WIND TUNNEL TESTS
• *STRUTS
• FLIGHT TESTING
• INTERFERENCE
• DRAG
• AIRCRAFT

Subject Categories:

• Aerodynamics
• Structural Engineering and Building Technology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE