The performance and application of sweep wing aircraft

Kainan Chen

doi:10.54254/2753-8818/9/20240719

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Chen,K. (2023). The performance and application of sweep wing aircraft. Theoretical and Natural Science,9,73-80.

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The performance and application of sweep wing aircraft

Kainan Chen *^,1,

¹ University of Shanghai for Science and Technology

* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

https://doi.org/10.54254/2753-8818/9/20240719

Abstract

With the development of science and technology, more and more civil and military aircraft have adopted swept-back wing shapes. this paper explores the relationship between the angle of swept-wing and the lift, drag and lift-drag ratio of the aircraft, and expounds it in combination with the actual swept-wing aircraft, such as Boeing737 and MIG-23 to find the best sweep angle of the aircraft in the appropriate range and analyze the effect of swept wing angle on flight speed. This paper studies and analyzes the data through literature retrieval and data processing and cites data models from many academic journals. The experimental data are mainly derived from computational fluid dynamics and wind tunnel simulation. This paper finds that a wider sweep angle can result in better aerodynamic performance, suited for supersonic flight, while a smaller sweep angle can result in a better lift-drag ratio, it is suitable for takeoff and landing of aircraft and low-speed flight attitude.

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Sweep Wing, Lift-Drag Ratio, Aerodynamics

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Chen,K. (2023). The performance and application of sweep wing aircraft. Theoretical and Natural Science,9,73-80.

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Volume title: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Computing Innovation and Applied Physics

Conference website: https://www.confciap.org/

ISBN：978-1-83558-129-2(Print) / 978-1-83558-130-8(Online)

Conference date: 27 January 2024

Editor：Yazeed Ghadi

Series: Theoretical and Natural Science

Volume number: Vol.9

ISSN：2753-8818(Print) / 2753-8826(Online)

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