@inproceedings{f6330a9abda24b3984554f1ec0fe816a,
title = "A study of lift for a tandem-biplane wing configuration: Screening of geometric factors by computer simulation",
abstract = "A computer-simulation study is presented on geometric- and aerodynamics-factor screening. The optimized response is the lift for a tandem-biplane wing configuration, the so-called Henry Mignet's {"}Pou du Ciel{"} (Flying Flea) configuration. Ad-hoc software was developed as an application of the lifting surface method of vortex-rings on the assumption of incompressible potential flux. The developed computer code was verified against wind-tunnel experimental data. The study showed that the code yielded good estimation of lift values. A saturated factorial experimental design was used to estimate from computer simulations the effects of seven factors on the lift-value responses. Such initial screening was followed by a factorial design for some relevant interaction-effects between active factors. The results from screening suggest that all considered {"}geometric{"} factors, but that of wing {"}inflexion{"}, may have a significant effect on lift coefficient and Clα values. The employed scheme shows the feasibility of (a) combining active parameters into dimensionless-factors to reduce the number of studied inputs, and of (b) using {"}expert knowledge{"}.",
author = "Molina, {G. J.} and Garcia, {J. O.} and Fuentes, {J. N.} and Herrera, {D. A.}",
year = "2008",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781605604152",
series = "Society for Experimental Mechanics - 11th International Congress and Exhibition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics 2008",
pages = "1171--1182",
booktitle = "Society for Experimental Mechanics - 11th International Congress and Exhibition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics 2008",
note = "11th International Congress and Exhibition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics 2008 ; Conference date: 02-06-2008 Through 05-06-2008",
}