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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2014
Brian T. Rosenberger, Aledo, TX (US);
Eric Frederick Charlton, Grapevine, TX (US);
Daniel N. Miller, Bainbridge Island, TX (US);
Brian T. Rosenberger, Aledo, TX (US);
Eric Frederick Charlton, Grapevine, TX (US);
Daniel N. Miller, Bainbridge Island, TX (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a wing includes a low pressure side, a high pressure side opposite the low pressure side, and a drag reducing apparatus coupled to the low pressure using an adhesive. The drag reducing apparatus includes a first side coupled to the low pressure side of the wing, and a second side opposite the first side, the second side comprising a plurality of vortex generators arranged in an array configuration, the array configuration of vortex generators operable to weaken a wingtip vortex generated by the wing by generating one or more vane vortices near an end of the low pressure side of the wing.