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The working principles of canard wings and its aerodynamic advantages and effects on aircraft
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Abstract
Canard wings have gradually become more and more popular since the advent of the supersonic jet era, and research on the subject has become more detailed in order to be able to manoeuvre this pair of small wings more perfectly and effectively. This paper mainly studies the aerodynamic principle of the canard wings and the impact of its aerodynamic advantages on the efficacy and stealth performance of the aircraft under different aerodynamic stability and makes a comparative analysis with the horizontal tail. Through literature analysis and review as well as a small number of comparative analyses, this paper concludes that although canard wings can provide many aerodynamic advantages, they also have their limitations. Canards can only be effectively coupled when they are close to the main wing and longitudinally higher than or equal to the height of the main wings. The radar cross-section (RCS) characteristic of the canard wings will increase with the angle of its deflection.
Keywords
Close-coupling, Static stability, Pitching moment coefficient, Radar cross-section (RCS), anti-gravity
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Lai,W. (2024). The working principles of canard wings and its aerodynamic advantages and effects on aircraft. Applied and Computational Engineering,91,83-88.
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