ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
First and foremost, I thank God, the Almighty who gave me the inner strength,
resource and ability to complete the work successfully without any complications.
I am grateful to our Principal, Dr. Saji C. B, for his valuable advices. I am also
thankful to Prof. K. R. Rajan, Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, for
his valuable advice and motivation.
I whole heartedly thank my seminar guide Ass.Prof. Lijush Paul, Dept. of Mechanical
Engineering for his valuable advice and support.
I convey my sincere thanks to all other faculties in the department for their
support and encouragement. I thank all my friends who have helped me during the
work with their Inspiration and cooperation. I truly admire my parents for their constant
encouragement and enduring support, which was inevitable for the support of this
venture. Once again I convey my gratitude to all those people who directly or indirectly
influenced my work.
ALEN SHIBU THOMAS
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ABSTRACT
One of the most important, yet simple innovations in aviation engineering has
been the invention and implementation of the winglet on the airplane wingtip.
The concept of winglets has been taken from the wing tip of bird. A simple
mechanical piece, the winglet reduces drag caused by swirling vortices of air
around the tips of wings to increase the lift to drag ratio, efficiency, range, and
payload.
In this seminar I will be covering the topics like what winglets are, different types
of winglets, analysis of reducing the induced drag using winglet at the wingtip,
their implementation and the benefits.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CONTENT PAGE NO:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I
ABSTRACT II
TABLE OF CONTENTS III
LIST OF FIGURES IV
LIST OF TABLES VI
LIST OF ABBREVATION VII
1. INTRODUCTION...........................................................................01
2. REVIEW OF LITERATURE……………………………………...02
2.1 WINGLETS..........................................................................02
2.2 TYPES OF WINGLETS…………………………………..03
2.3 THEORY BEHIND………………………………………....05
3. DESIGN……………………………………………………………….08
4. ANALYSIS……………………………………………………………..10
5. RESULT AND DISCUSSION……………………………………..12
6. CONCLUSION..................................................................................14
7. SCOPE OF FUTUREWORK………………………………………15
8. REFERENCES………………………………………………………..16
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LIST OF FIGURES
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Fig 1 Aircraft Winglet 2
Fig 2 Aircraft Winglet 2
Fig 3 Blended Winglet 3
Fig 4 Double Blended Winglet 3
Fig 5 Double Blended Winglet 4
Fig 6 Circular Winglet 4
Fig 7 Spiroid Winglet 5
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Fig 8 Winglet Vortices 6
Wingtip vortices formation on the wing with and
Fig 9 6
without winglet
Fig 10 Wingtip Vortices 7
Fig 11 Aircraft wing cross section 8
Fig 12 Vortices formed for wing without winglet 10
Fig 13 Vortices occurring for blended winglet 10
Fig 14 Vortices occurring for circular winglet 11
Control zones for showing vortices for wing
with blended winglet and wing with circular
Fig 15 winglet 11
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LIST OF TABLES
TABLE NO. CAPTION PAGE NO.
CD of deferent winglets for different
TABLE- 1
AOA
12
Range difference for deferent series of
TABLE- 2 Boeing 737 13
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LIST OF ABBREVATION
AC - Aircraft
AOA - Angle of Attack
L/D - Lift/Drag
AR - Aspect Ratio
CL - Coefficient of Drag
CDI - Coefficient of Induced Drag
CL - Coefficient of Lift
nm - Nautical Mile
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