Brake flap for an aircraft

B - Operations – Transporting – 64 – C

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B64C 23/06 (2006.01)

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CA 2627232

Described is a brake flap for an aircraft, which brake flap, for the purpose of delaying the aircraft, can be set at an angle relative to the airstream flowing around it, wherein the flap (20) comprises a free edge (21) which when set at an angle is spaced apart from the exterior skin of the aircraft, and generates an edge vortex in the airstream flowing around said aircraft. According to the invention the free edge (21) comprises a number of individual edge sections (22) that divide the edge vortex into a number of partial vortices.

La présente invention concerne un volet de freinage pour un aéronef, lequel volet de freinage, dans le but de ralentir l~aéronef, peut être incliné par rapport au courant d~air qui s~écoule autour de lui, le volet (20) comprenant un bord libre (21) qui, lorsqu~il est incliné, est espacé de l~enveloppe extérieure de l~aéronef et génère un tourbillon de bord dans le courant d~air qui s~écoule autour dudit aéronef. Selon l~invention, le bord libre (21) comprend un nombre de sections de bord individuelles (22) qui divisent le tourbillon de bord en un nombre de tourbillons partiels.

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