ABSTRACT Methods are presented for calculating aerodynamic interference loads on aircraft components. The report treats wing-tail interference, effects of stores and effects of en- gines. In the first part, a simple method is proposed for cal- culating the load distribution on the tail in the presence of wing and fuselage. Next, a modified image method is de cribed for calculating interference loads of wing-body-store combinations. The last part deals with the aerodynamic in- terference effects on lifting surfaces in the presence of either a propeller slipstream or a jet slipstream. General effects of small flow disturbances on aircraft loads are also con- sidered briefly. iiiSECTION 1 1 m1, Vv, CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION. . een WING-BODY-TAIL INTERFERENCE. A, INTRODUCTION B. DESCRIPTION OF THE METHOD . 3 C. NUMERICAL CALCULATION AND COM- PARISON WITH EXPERIMENT . : é INTERFERENCE EFFECTS ON ENGINE NACELLES AND STORES . ee: A, INTRODUCTION . . i 9 B, DESCRIPTION OF PROCEDURE 9 1. General Remarks . / 9 2. Calculation of Upwash Distribution on the Wing . call 3. Stores and Engine Nacelles. : 4 4. Effects of Wing Interference on Lift Distribution on Nacelle . . peace, C. NUMERICAL CALCULATION AND EX- PERIMENTAL DATA. : : 19 SLIPSTREAM EFFECT . . : . 21 A. INTRODUCTION . . . au B. FLOW FIELD GENERATED BY AN ISOLATED PROPELLER... . . ai 1, Propeller Operating at Zero Angle of Attack. ect 2. A Propeller Operating at an Angle of Attacka@ yp. See ncated C, PROPELLER AND WING INTERACTIONS AT SUBSONIC SPEEDS. . . . . . fy D. “INTERFERENCE FLOW". . 2... . . 27 1. Condition on the Trailing Vortex Sheet 29 2. Conditions on the Boundary of the Slipstream . eeeCONTENTS (Continued) SECTION PAGE E. COMPARISON WITH EXPERIMENT F. SIMPLIFICATION OF NUMERICAL CALCULATION . . . . G. JET SLIPSTREAM INTERFERENCE . 7 H, DISCUSSION ON NONUNIFORMITY . - a APPENDIX CALCULATION OF THE CHANGE IN CIRCULA- SOU ee eae eee eae et REFERENCES . . eae taiecaened eee 32 33 33 36 37 43