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The effects on cruise drag of installing long-duct refan-engine nacelles on the McDonnell Douglas DC-8-50 and -61.

Author:
Donelson, J. E.
Published:
May 1, 1973.
Physical Description:
1 electronic document
Additional Creators:
Callaghan, J. T. and Morelli, J. P.
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Summary:
A high-speed wind tunnel test was conducted to determine the effect on cruise performance of installing long-duct refan-engine nacelles on the DC-8-50 and -61 models. Drag data and wing/pylon/nacelle channel pressure data are presented. At a typical cruise condition there exists a very small interference drag penalty of less than one-percent of total cruise data for the Refan installation. Pressure data indicate that some supersonic flow is present in the inboard channel of the inboard refan nacelle installation, but it is not sufficient to cause any wave drag on boundary layer separation. One pylon modification, which takes the form of pylon bumps, was tested. It resulted in a drag penalty, because its design goal of eliminating shock-related interference drag was not required and the bump thus became a source of additional parasite drag.
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Collection:
NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
Note:
Document ID: 19730017296.
Accession ID: 73N26023.
NASA-CR-121218.
MDC-J5947.
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