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Experimental pressure evaluation near a sail leading edge under real conditions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

G. Lombardi  and
A. Tonelli
G. Lombardi
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Pisa, Italy
A. Tonelli
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Pisa, Italy
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Abstract

The aerodynamic condition corresponding to the optimum sail trim has been long debated; in the present note this aerodynamic aspect of the sails is studied by means of pressure measurements near the sail leading-edge. By analysing the pressure acting on the leading edge zone it can be evidenced that, when the sail is “optimally” trimmed, it is actually in the aerodynamic condition corresponding to the ideal angle of attack.

Type
Technical Note
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 98 , Issue 978 , October 1994 , pp. 319 - 322
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1994 

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