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No. 269
DECAL~GE
By Richard M. Eock
~-:ashin[ton
Novembe r, 1927
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COlv.i~;1ITTEE
FOR AERONAUTtCS.
~i-;r NGS
OF
By Richard M. Mock .
Introduction
It is known that in a bipl ane the load is not distributed
equally b etween t h e wi ngs .
A des i gner
must Y-now the total load each wing carries in orde r that
~::...::
was first inv est i gated, usin g th e vortex theory and later by
experiment s in the wi nd t unnel . I n order to obliterate a poss i*A Thesis submitted t o the faculty of the Col lege of Eng ineering , New York Uni vel'S i ty, i~ part ial fu l fi llment of the requ irement s fo r the de gr e e in Bachelor of Sc ien c e i n Mechanical Engi nee ring, May, 1927.
N. A. O. A. Technical : ot e No . 269
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acc ordin g to the def i n i ti ons gi v en by the Nat ional Adv isory Oommittee for Ae ronaut i cs in thei r r ep ort No . 240 (Refer enc e 1)
The d.ecalag e shal l be ca lled po s i t i ve wh en the lower wing
has a smal ler angle of attack than t h e u ppe r wing .
Th e decal age
aT
N. A . O. A. T ec hn i ca 1 Not e r 0
269
p l ~ne
parallel to the p l an e o f
s~nm e t ry.
shall be used !
0L
ga p
spa n of up p er wing
= span of 1 0Yl o r wi ng
= a rea of upp er wi ng
= area of l ower wing
= anE;le of stag ge r
L
= t otal lift on a wi ng
= tota l d ra g on a win g
0 Lo
01u
01'
N. A.
269
0Lo
or the effective
Sim ilarly,
the effective lift coef ficient of the lower wing viill b e called
Lu'
The effect of t h e lower wing on the lift coef ficient of
the upper wi11 be called
I:::.
0Luo = 0Lo - 0L
(upper wi ng alone)
I:::.
0Lou
OL
airfoil and the c irculation about this imaginary line are equal.
The circulation about one win g is d i stur bed by the presence of
the other i n two ways.
(Reference 2a) :
b'o +' . . , . . . . . .
ro cos
"2 x
[ -r=~=====~====;:;::=- +
b
:2
(-.!1.
+ x ~2 + ~-
1G
4 'Ii G
\2
COS2~
jb(2
]
0.
\.
V2
ro
-----,=~==~=====7
11
(b O
+ \2
G s in
+ j---:;:::~=2=+=(::;::b=0=_:::::::x=2=c=o=s=2=~
\2
whe re
Vv
t erfe ren ce .
~s
/:, Vou
- -
(Referenc e 2b ):
0Lo 8 0
4 n b o bu
( Reference 2b)
and similarly,
/:, Vuo =
V'J
~
The va l ue of
( Ref erenc e 2b )
The value of
and
A is
A is g iven below .
= -
!;,.
o.ou
Lo 8 0
4iT b o b u
(v + x)
(Refe rence 2 0)
0Lu 8u
4 n b o bu
(v - x)
(Reference 2 c )
and s imilarly,
The va l ue of v
l y.
t;, o.uo
and
the valu es
~; ive n
~(A 1 ) - ~( 11.2 ) ;
~( A)
c os~
2
( / 1 - 11. cos :2 B
,'
-v
v ~ (-'1 ) - 1)( A2 ) ; ,
1)(A)
sinf3
(J
+ lo g e
'"
- 1)
( 1 + sin~) ( J 1 + 1\)
sin f3 +J 1 + 'A2 cos 2 f3
( Ref erence 2)
/1. 1
+ bu
= 2O G
a nd
L = a1
av
!J.
V + a1
an.
!J.
a + D 6 a
(Reference 2g)
ne gl i g ible
6.V+
where
: , (P Lu Su
C'
a.
V,,v 2 )
6.a
!J.
Vou
Vv
6. V
o. . C1u
,
6. a
0 a
obt~in :
CLo So
= 2 0Lu [- 4
TT
.a
~]
Lu [ 57 .
3 So (v
4 TT b o bu
a.
( Due to c~an ge in
'110rl' zonta l l ' ,l.".,....._L, "J " '';_ ~-J.Y>.)
(Due to change
i n vertical
veloc i ty)
~~
\I
+ x) ]
2 CLu [ 4
OL 0 3u
TT b
b
I-L J +
o u
a
a
OLu
Su (v - x ) ]
a
[57 . 3 4 IT b b
o u
_ 20 ,
c~ ord
rat io was
10 ,
o ,
+2 o ,
The characteristics of each airfo il we re de termi n ed by t e s ti ng the airfo il in the wind tunnel .
ar e g iven in Figu r e 4 .
The re su lt s of th e s e tests
upper and .~owe r wing have the same span, the same area , and
the same lift
b
:=
(3
C1 0
(3
a.
b
:=
slope .
:=
2"
(
~ S
\ 2 n b /
form(~c ferenc e
(C1 0 C1 u) + (57 . 3 ( v - 2 x H ( C1 u )
\. 4 n ) \
b
/
~,
and
A.1
A.1
b
bu
= 2o +
G
A.2
b - b
= 2o G u =
:=
and
from F i gures
A.2
~ ( A.1)
5. 1
= v ( A.1.)
x = x ( A.1 )
:=
1. 8 .
2h) :
= 0 as the re is no stagge r
10
TAB LE I.
Theoret i ca l
Angl e
of
att a ck*
-2
decalage
6. CLu o '
- 1
decal age
+1
decalage
+2
decalage
+3
decal ago
+4
decal age
- . 02 281
- . 01 801
-. 0 1 31 2
--
- . 02 1 47
- . 01 838
- . 01 586
- . 01251
- . 01785
- . 0155
- . 01 37
1- 011 7
+ 2
- . 0070
- . 0064
- . 0058
I 0050
1-.
+ 4
+ . 0077
+ . 007 1
+. 0058
+ . 0058
-oo::J
--
--
--
--
+ . 0053
+ . 0045
+ . 00417
+ 6",
+ . 0274
+ . 0257
+ . 0240
+ . 0220
I + . 0202
I
+ . 0 183
+ . 01 66
+ 8
+ . 0522
+ . 0499
+ . 0464
+. 0435
+ . 0402
+ . 037 1
+. 0342
+1 0
+ . 08 10
+ . 01 68
+ . 0728
+ . 0695
I + . 0645
+ . 060 3
+. 0560
+1 2
+ . 1 1 25
I + . 1080
+ . 1035
+ . 0982
I + . 0930
+ . 0889
+ . 0828
+1 4
+ . 0872
+ . 1 345
+ . 1332
+ . 1280
+ .1 225
+ . 1162
+ . 1100
I
I
1
+1 5
--
I + . 0920
+1 6
--
--
+ . 1 446
+ . 1 404
+. 1350
+ . 1 298
+ . 1 230
+ . 0279
+ . 0435
+ . 0425
+ . 0408
+ . 0393
11
TABLE II.
U.S. A. 27
Theoretical ef f ectivG 0Lo) abs . lift coefficient of upper win g .
+40
decala g e
Angle
of
a ttack*
- 2
decala ge
-1
decala ge
No
decala g e
+1
decal age
- 4
.17719
.181 99
.18688
--
--
--
--
- 2
.31653
. 32962
. 33214
. 33549
. 33889
--
--
. 4521 5
.4545
. 4567
. 4583
.. 45989
.46202
. 46421
+ 2
. 6024
. 6086
. 6092
. 610
. 610 55
. 61122:.ri .6117 5
+ 4
.7 557
.7 5 51
.7 538
.7 538
. 7533
.7 525
.7 5217
+ 6 -.
.9104
. 9087
. 907
. 905
. 9032
. 901 3
.8996
+ 8
1. 0722
1.0699
1. 0664
1.0635
1. 0602
1.0 571
1.0 542
+10
1. 231
1. 2268
1. 2228
1. 2195
1. 2145
1 . 2103
1. 206
+12
1. 3955
1.391
1. 3865
1. 3812
1. 3760
1.3719
1.36 58
+14
1. 477 2
1. 5245
1. 5232
1. 518
1. 5125
1. 5062
1. 500
+ 1 5
--
1 . 523
1. 5256
1. 57 1 4
1. 5660
1. 5608
1.5 540
+16
--
-,
. 9379
. 9535
. 9525
. 9508
.9493
+2
decalag e
+3
decala g e
12
TABLE III.
U.S.A . 27
-. 082 7 51 -.077 3
--
. 04 522 - . OLH68
--
I
I
+4
deca1a ge
--
--
--
-. 06574 -. 0611
- . 05635
- . 0860
-.138 1
- .1 31 6
- . 1 230
- .117 0
- .18 75
- . 1 794
- .171 3
- .1631
-.1 554
1-. 2460
- . 235 6
- . 2263
<")1 ,-,,-,
- . 2073
3065
1-.2961
-.2858
-. 2775
1-. 26 56 - . 2550
, -. 2443
) - . 3603
- . 3 51 0
- . 341 5
-.3 30
- . 31 87
-.3094
- . 296 4
- . 3003
- . 3961
-. 3908
-. 3808 1- . 3702
-. 3 578
-. '34 53
/-. 3090
-. 4 1 00
-.4020
3917
-. 381 5
- . 3685
-.19 65
- . 2606
255 .6
- . 2 49 1
- . 2426
- . 2038
+ 8
-. 2533
1-.
I
+1~
--
+16
--
1-, .1957
I
I
--
I -~'
.:"-, _ 00
1-.
1-.
+3
deca.l age
+ 6
+14
--
+ 4
+12
+2
decala g e
- . 0 735 1- . 069 3
+ 2
+10
+1
deca1ag e
1-.
198 1
13
TAB LE IV.
U. S . A. 27
The o r et i ca l
Angle
of
a t tack*
- 2
0
+ 2
effect i ve
_ 2
decal age
_1
d e cal age
No
decalage
+1
d ecal ag e
+2
decal age
+30.
d e cala ge
~ 320 0 2
. 24899
.l 7 604
--
--
--
--
. 41 562
. 35173
. 29936
. 239 7 8
.1 5832
--
--
. 53225
. 452 7
. 3965
. 3337
. 28226
. 2 1 39
. 5664
. 5068
. 4288
. 37385
. 3 1 235
. 2620
. 6282
+4
de cal ag e
1 .4365
+ 4
.7242
. 6640
. 6030
. 5419
. 4834
. 4070
.3 53 0
+ 6
. 81 62
.7 563
. 6955
.63 60
. 5767
. 51 69
.4596
+ 8
. 8967
. 8490
. 7844
.7257
. 6664
. '6082
. 5499
+1 0
. 9765
. 9209
. 8642
. 817 5
. 7544
. 6970
. 6387
+1 2 0
1. 029 7
. 9860
.941 5
. 88 7
. 831 7
.7 856
.7 236
+1 4
. 609 7
1. 034 9
. 9992
. 9562
. 9127
. 8592
. 8 047
+1 5
--
. 601 0
. 9880
. 9453
. 901 5
. 848 5
+1 6
--
--
1.17 0 4
1.1344
1. 0879
1. 040 4
1. 020
. 7 1 35
N. A. C. A. Technical Note
~o .
269
14
From Figure 4:
a CL =
a..
CL
a a..
. 067 7
. 0747
=b =
G
1 . 5 ft.
= a5 ft .
U. s . A. a7 airfoi l s :
C:. LOU
=-
(5 .1 )( . 37 5 ) C
C - 57 . 3 (1. 8)~ . 3 7 5)C ( . 0747)
1u 4 TT ( 1. 5)
2 TT ( 1. 5 ) 2
10
10
. 1023 C10
.1 023 C1u
15
+3 0
+4
387 a irfoil .
g les of attack .
Th e s e
calcu~ati ons
The angle
The
/
That is, if
the upper wi ng had the same angle of a ttack a nd its lift was not
disturbed by the pr e s ence of the lower wi ng.
From the values g i ven i n Fi gu r e 4, the effect ive li ft of .
t he upp er and lower wi ngs were cal culat ed by means of th e above
resu lts.
suIts for the G~tt in gen 387 airfoil are given b elow:
Angl e of At t a ck
_ 40
-.01115
. 3858 5
-.011 55
. 5119
-. 00 50
. 68 30
- ,010 5
. 8 785
-.0 330
1. 0610
An gle of Attack
16
CLuo
_ 80
- .058
1.2290
-100
-.0856
1~3836
-120
-.1180
1 . 5430
-140
- . 1413
1. 6293
-150
-.1490
1 . 6590
-160
- . 1 538
1. 6758
Figur e 7 .
The Resu lts of t he Theoretical Investigat ion
I n discussing the re sults of the investi gation f rom the
view of the vortex theory at this point the wind tunn el test resul ts or any con clusions drawn f rom them will be omitted .
The var ia t ion of
11 CLuo
i"1i th
the
CL
II
fo r the Gottingen
lo c ity tends to decrea se the lift of the upper wing, wh ile the
17
Th erefore,
This is
the po int when the U. S.A.27 airfoil is at 3 0 and the G~ttingen 387
i$ at 3. 25
3 . 25 0 for t h e Go t tingen 387, the effect of the horizontal component is predominant, therefor e
increase i n decalage.
versed.
CLuo
decalage increases
CLuo .
CLuo
will be negative.
As an increase in deca-
CLuo
will
This phenomenon is
the lift of the other, the ratio of the lift of the upper to
the lift of the lower will be g reater than one.
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269
18
fect ive lift on the upper TI ing to that on the lower wing will be
g reater th.s.n it would b e i f this effec t were neglected .
At
I n this experiment
Anothe r chuck
was sc rewed to roof of the wind tunnel directly above the chuck
used for the wing just menti oned.
accurately by means of a p lumb b ob .
The
N. A. C. A. Techniclll r ote
~Jo .
269
19
t~e
wing in place.
By
rotating the u pper spindlc in the chuck the interf erin g or dummy
wing was used either as t h e upper or lower wing of the biplane.
Of course in one position the wing ID. S turned to keep the leading edge into the wind .
re 8 gives
Fi
win ~J
directly
The investi gation was made in 4-foot wind tunn el at New York
University .
full- scale dra wing, s howing these crosses, was made of the win gs.
The wings were placed in the tunnel at approximately the desired
20
~ings,
the crosscs, and therefore the wings, were in the des ired posit i on .
It has been stated that the lift vras investigated at varioue:
angles of decala gc> when the gap/chord ratio ~as one, and t her e
was no stagger .
since the ful l drawing , used to place the viings, was mad e with
that gap/chord ratio.
I t may
appe~r
chord of the upper 'sinG dru.vID at the lead i ng edge, of the u pper
wing .
I n order to prevent the vlinESs from having any stagger, a
small j i g
num .
VTL,s
used .
I t consisted of a small
1fT"
"Til
"Til .
This c l amp
"Til
ed g e of the upper vYing so that 'when the leading edge of the lower
YJ i ng was brought up flush with the other sicie of the h ead of the
1:0 .
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21
attac k .
To measure the effective lift of the upp er win g, the wing i n
the chuck, just described , was used as the upper wing.
wing was t h en put in pl ace .
After the
II
The lower
to the upper wing, the lower wing was careful ly set at t he c orrect decala g e by means of the dividers.
lo cked in pl ace and the decala ge checked:
II
Til
was removed, the tunnel was started and a rea din g taken.
clamp
With
the decalage se t, the wings we r e both rotated abou t the same axis,
so that rea dings could be taken at all a ngles of atta ck, without
further adjustment .
The
tests wer e run wit hout remov i ng the 'wi ng in the lower chuck between runs.
removed .
22
TABLE V.
u . S . A. 27
Wind. t unn el re sul t s fo r
An gle
of
a tta ck*
_2
d eca1age
_1 1 No
d e ca- I dec al a gs
l a ge
..,..
Ii
-. 089
I
044
-. 061 1-.
-. 0 8 4 1-. 0 7 7
-. 1 28
-.113
- . 09 8
I
-. 068
-. 09 1
+10
+12
+1 4
-. 1 58
-.1 47
- .1 2 4
I
+3
decal a ge 1
+. 01 3 5
-. 031 51 - . 01 7
+ 6
+ 8
+2
decal a ge I
!
+ . 0123
+4
deca1 a ge
-. 0 8 6
I -. 0 43
+ 2
+ 4
+1
d e ca1a ge
I
I
I
I
-.11 3
-. 031
-. 0 51
I -.030
-. 073
-.10 7
I
I
+1 5
+1 6
,
-. 0 78
-. 07 3
- . 098
-. 083
-.10 5
-. 02 2
-. 085
-. 09 9
+ . 059
-~
..-- -------....----~-----
N. A. 0 . A. Te c l1n i ca 1. Not e No . 2 69
23
TAB LE VI.
U. S . A. 2 7
Wi n d tunnel r esu lts fo r e ff ect i ve
An gle
of
attack*
_ 2
decalage
- 1
decfl.la ge
I
I
No
de calage
0L 01 ab s . l i f t
+1
decala ge
+2
deca l a ge
- 4
. l7 53
- 2
. 305
. 334
. 362
. 379
. 391 5
+ 2
+ 4
. 662
. 664
. 67 1
. 688
+1 4
+4
decal age
. 4365
. 472
. 69 7
. 718
. 726
. 942
. 947
. 8 10
. 892
. 9 07
. 922
. 929
. 935
1 . 051
+1 0
+12
+3
decal a ge
. 58 7
+ 6
+ 8
. 406
coef . of upp e r
1 . 125
1.136
1 . 159
1.17
1.178
1 . 883
+1 5
+16
*Angl e of at t ack i s measu r ed on uppe r wi n g .
1 . 185
1 . 20
24
TABLE VII.
U.S.A . 27
_2
decalag e
_1
decal a ge
No
decala g e
+1
decal age
- 2
- . 043
- . 036
-.0335
- . 051 5
- . 1 04
- . 108
- . 105
+1 4
- .11 57
-~1 308
-.168
-. 120
-.1 455
- . 099
-. 107
- . 2045
- . 180
- . 252
- . 248
-. 21 5
- . 237
- . 118
- . 1 77
- . 197
- . 209
+10
+1 2
-.1145
-. 099
+ 6
+ 8
+4
decal age
- . 0426
+ 2
+ 4
+3
decala g e
+ . 0055
+2
decala ge
- . 21 1
-. 197
- . 230
- . 243
- . 21 4
- . 246
- . 250
-. 222
- . 262
- . 232
+1 5
+1 6
- . 218
25
TAB LE VIII.
LS . P-.2 7
Wind tunn el r-esul ts for e f: ect ive CLu, abs . lift c oe r . of lower wing
I _ 9O
An g le
I
d~caof
attack* la c e
-1
d ecala ge
- 4
i~o
+1
decalage
de c a l a ge
+3
d ecala g e
+4
d ecala g e
1.0322
. 1138 5
- 2
0
+2
d e calag c
.1 204
. 57 2
. 494
. 4065
. 3345
. 2~,>35
.1403
. 779
. 711
. 643
. 563
. 4725
. 422
.180
+ 2
+ 4
+ 6
+ 8
. 973
. 8 76
. 8 73
.741
. 669
. 6115
. 3 16
.11 6
1.094
1.037
. 995
. 888
.833
. 568
1. 068
1.046
+10
+12
+14
1.14
+15
+16
*A n g1e of attack i s ~ easured on upper wing .
26
6 CLuo ,
as
27
foil were calculated, pl ot ted, a nd found to :?;i ve SOL e very consistent results .
t~1ere
t~le
0..
II
ch ec k on the re sult s
G~ttin gen
For t h is rea s on
obt~ ined
The
The re-
t~e
The
6 0Luo '
the
effect of the upper wing up on the lift chara cte ri stics of the
lower, g ive a cu rve wit h a sl ope very s i milar to that ob ta ined
by the theoretical investigation-
Though t he e f f e ct increases
28
All
t ..qget.hex., wh il e the trailing edges of the wing are moved app rox-
29
onl y including the interf erence between the c irculations and the
v o rtices .
ed g es of t h e wings closer to gether wh en there is positive decal a ge and by having the trailing edges f arther apart wh en there
is ne ga tive decala ge has b een neglected .
Venturi eff ect tends to increase the velocity of the air b etween the wings, reducing the circulation about the upper wing
and increasing the circulation about the lower wing .
I t has
6,
CLuo
negative, as in
30
Ve ~1tu ri
e ff ect
increases~
m~ny
ot he r p oints i n the
6. CLuo,
The hor i-
Ac cording to
31
were stagger, since one wing meets the wind b efore the other.
This may caus e the lowe r wi ng to b e le ss a ff ected b y the tip
v o rt i ces of t he u pper wi ng , t h e transverse v ortices remain i ng
the same .
the Venturi eff ect tends to decrease the circulation of the upper wing and i n crea s e the circulation of t h e lower wing .
The
Venturi ef fect is not as great as that produced by the interference of the c irculations.
The tip vortic e s of each w:i.ng tend to decrease the lift of
the other.
Therefo re,
N. A. C. A. T e c 1m i ca 1 K0 t c !Ii 0
269
32
the total lift of a b i ul ane is less t han t hat of tvvo similar monoplane wings .
Since t h e lift of each wing is decr eas ed a nd t hat of the
lower wi ng i s decrea sed m0 Te than t hat of t h e upper, the ratio
of t he effec tive lift of th e upper wing to that of t he lower
wing will b e g reater than one except at small angl e s of attack
and when there i s no or n egative decala ge.
Wh en t h e decalage is
33
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