{"id":8854,"date":"2024-07-26T22:08:48","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T14:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/?p=8854"},"modified":"2024-07-26T22:11:26","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T14:11:26","slug":"how-to-reduce-induced-drag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/aviation\/how-to-reduce-induced-drag\/","title":{"rendered":"How to reduce induced drag?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reference:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facc.com\/en\/BEyond-Blog\/Flying-better-Winglets-make-aircraft-quieter-and-more-efficient#:~:text=The%20simplest%20way%20to%20reduce%20induced%20drag%20is,induced%20drag%20is%20torn%20apart%20and%20distributed%20vertically.\">Flying better: Winglets make aircraft quieter and more (facc.com)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.centennialofflight.net\/essay\/Theories_of_Flight\/Reducing_Induced_Drag\/TH16.htm\">Reducing_Induced_Drag (centennialofflight.net)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">How to reduce induced drag?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Winglet<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facc.com\/var\/site\/storage\/images\/_aliases\/medium\/medien-bibliothek\/bilder\/blog\/so-funktionieren-winglets\/function\/2723563-1-ger-DE\/Function.png\" \/><\/li>\n<li><strong>High aspect ratio wing<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Long span\/short chord wing (high aspect ratio), the wing tip vortices are smaller because of the reduced airflow from the lower to the upper surface of the wing and therefore the induced drag is less (other factors being equal).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reference: Flying better: Winglets make aircraft quieter and more (facc.com) Reducing_Induced_Drag (centennialofflight.net) &nbsp; How to reduce induced drag? &nbsp; Winglet High aspect ratio wing Long span\/short chord wing (high aspect ratio), the wing tip vortices are smaller because of the reduced airflow from the lower to the upper surface of the wing and therefore the<a class=\"read-more \" href=\"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/aviation\/how-to-reduce-induced-drag\/\" title=\"Read More\"> <span class=\"button default\">Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,78],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aviation","category-principal-of-flying"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8854"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8858,"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8854\/revisions\/8858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}