Variable-width aerodynamic device

摘要

There is described a variable-width aerodynamic device (10) associable to aerodynamic high lift structures (30), the variable-width aerodynamic device (10) comprising: a main body (11) substantially flat and having constant thickness; a first longitudinal edge (12) associated to the aerodynamic high lift structure (30); and a second non-rectilinear longitudinal edge (13), forming, with the first longitudinal edge (12), a variable width (Lv) along its length.

主权项

1. A wing comprising an aerodynamic high lift mobile structure having leading and trailing edges, and a variable-width aerodynamic device attached to the aerodynamic high lift mobile structure, wherein the variable-width aerodynamic device comprises:
a substantially flat main body member of constant thickness attached to and extending laterally outwardly from a side region of the aerodynamic high lift mobile structure, wherein the main body member includes (i) forward and rearward crosswise edges extending parallel to the leading and trailing edges of the aerodynamic high lift mobile structure, (ii) a first longitudinal edge adjacent the side region of the aerodynamic high lift mobile structure and extending between the forward and rearward crosswise edges, and (iii) a second longitudinal edge laterally spaced from the first longitudinal edge and extending between the forward and rearward crosswise edges, and wherein, the second longitudinal edge is non-rectilinear along a lengthwise extent thereof between the forward and rearward crosswise edges so as to establish variable widthwise dimensions of the main body member with the first longitudinal edge and thereby define respective portions of the main body member having larger and smaller widthwise dimensions along the lengthwise extent thereof.