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Álvaro Torres Salas

Carlos García Nieto

Enrique Guinaldo Fernández

Soledad Crespo Peña

Francisco Javier Honorato Ruiz

Iker Vélez De Mendizábal Alonso

Pablo Cebolla Garrofe

Jesús Javier Vázquez Castro

Álvaro Calero Casanova

Iker Vélez De Mendizabal Alonso

A lifting device including: a movable discontinuity () located in a surface of the lifting device, the movable discontinuity () being movable between: an active position in which the movable discontinuity () acts as vortex generator, and a passive position in which the movable discontinuity () is integrated into the surface of the lifting surface, a conduit () located in the spanwise direction of the lifting surface and in communication with the movable discontinuity (), the lifting surface including openings () in its surface spanwise distant from each other in communication with the conduit (), the movable discontinuity () and the conduit () being configured such that when an airflow goes through the conduit (), this airflow activates the movable discontinuity () to act as a vortex generator of the lifting surface.

Lifting surface

A lifting surface comprising a movable discontinuity located in the surface of the lifting surface. The movable discontinuity is movable between an active position in which the movable discontinuity acts as vortex generator, and a passive position in which the movable discontinuity is integrated into the surface of the lifting surface without acting as vortex generator. The lifting surface may be in an elevator, the elevator being rotatable around a hinge line with respect to the rest of the lifting surface. A bar is rigidly joined to the elevator. The bar, the elevator and the movable discontinuity are configured such that when the elevator rotates with respect to the rest of the lifting surface, the bar moves the movable discontinuity that departs from the surface of the lifting surface, acting as a vortex generator.

A tip structure for an aircraft airfoil, such as a control surface (ailerons, flaps, elevators, rudders, etc) and/or a lifting surface (wings, HTP's, VTP's) is a unitary body and includes a tip shell and a metallic material on the outer surface of the tip shell suitable to withstand a lighting strike. The tip shell has been obtained by a single-stage injection molding process using a thermoplastic composite material having fibers dispersed therein, and the metallic material has been integrally formed with the tip shell.

Thermoplastic moulded injected tip structure for an aircraft

A leading edge section with laminar flow control includes: a perforated outer skin, a perforated inner skin, and a plurality of suction chambers formed between the outer skin and the inner skin. The leading edge section includes a plurality of stringers span-wise arranged at the leading edge section, and integrally formed with the outer skin, such that the inner skin is joined to the stringers. A method for manufacturing a leading edge section integrating a laminar flow control system is described, wherein a perforated inner skin is joined with a perforated outer skin having a plurality of stringers integrally formed with the outer skin, such that suction chambers are defined by a part of the outer skin, a part of the inner skin and a pair of stringers.

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Álvaro Torres Salas