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Multiple Jet Blowing Around The Blunt Trailing Edge Of A Circulation Controlled Airfoil, John K. Harvell, Milton E. Franke Nov 1985

Multiple Jet Blowing Around The Blunt Trailing Edge Of A Circulation Controlled Airfoil, John K. Harvell, Milton E. Franke

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A circulation controlled airfoil has a body structure with leading and trailing ends and upper and lower surfaces extending therebetween, and a cylindrical member disposed along the trailing end of the body structure between the upper and lower surfaces thereof so as to form a rounded, blunt trailing edge surface on the airfoil. A first blowing jet slot is defined between the outer surface of the cylindrical member and the trailing end of the body structure adjacent its upper surface. A second blowing jet slot is defined in a tubular wall of the cylindrical member. The latter member can be …