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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2018
Applicant:
Airbus Operations Limited, Bristol, GB;
Inventors:
Richard Hewson, Bristol, GB;
William Tulloch, Bristol, GB;
Assignee:
Airbus Operations Limited, Bristol, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 23/06 (2006.01); B64C 3/18 (2006.01); B64F 5/00 (2017.01); B64C 3/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 23/069 (2017.05); B64C 3/187 (2013.01); B64F 5/00 (2013.01); B64C 3/58 (2013.01); Y02T 50/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
An aircraft () having a wing () and a wing tip device () at the tip of the wing (), wherein the wing tip device () includes a rib () positioned in a span wise region (C) of the wing tip device () in which transonic flow occurs when the aircraft () is in flight. A method of designing an aircraft () including predicting where transonic flow occurs on the wing tip device () when the aircraft () is in flight, and designing the wing tip device () with a rib () positioned in the span wise region (C) of the wing tip device () in which the predicted transonic flow occurs.