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Article: Study findings from A. Berard et al provide new insights into aircraft.
- Article from:
- Journal of Transportation
- Article date:
- November 21, 2009
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According to recent research published in the Journal of Aircraft, "This paper describes a methodology that inexpensively predicts the buffet envelope of new transport airplane wing geometries at the conceptual design stage. The parameters that demonstrate a strong functional sensitivity to buffet onset were identified and their relative effect was quantified."
"To estimate the buffet envelope of any target aircraft geometry, the method uses fractional change transformations in consort with a generic reference buffet onset curve provided by the authors or the buffet onset of a known seed airplane. The explicit design variables required to perform buffet onset ...