Aerospace Engineering Interview Question:

Do you know what are the different lift augmentation devices present?

Submitted by: Muhammad

Lift augmentation devices provides flaps that are moving wing sections that increase wing camber and provide an angel of attack. Flaps have their own use like if an aircraft takes off and land in a short distance then the wings of it should produce sufficient lift at lower speed. Flaps provide a way to slow down the aircraft. There two categories and they are as follows:
► Trailing edge flaps includes different flaps like
► Plain flap that is used to retract the complete section of trailing edge and it is used in downward.
► Split flap gets formed by the hinged lower part of trailing edge and the lowered top surface remains unchanged and it eliminates the airflow that occurs over the top of the surface of the plain flap.
► Leading edge flaps: is used to augment the low speed lift that is swept on the wing aircraft. They help in increase the camber and allow the coupling to operate together with the trailing edge flaps.
Submitted by: Muhammad