delta-wing-vortex-liftlisted
Install: claude install-skill ashfordeOU/aero-agent-skills
# Delta Wing Vortex Lift (aerodynamics/cfd/delta-wing-vortex-lift)
Use when the task is the separated-flow lift of a sharp-edged slender
delta wing: the Polhamus leading-edge suction analogy (NASA TN D-3767,
1966) that adds a leading-edge-separation vortex term to the attached
potential term. The leaf is the only separated-flow vortex-lift model in
the library; it covers the regime the attached-flow siblings exclude. It
pairs with aerodynamics/cfd/vortex-lattice-method, which owns the
horseshoe-vortex attached-flow linear range, and with
aerodynamics/high-lift/high-lift-systems for the mechanical-device
alternatives. Valid for sharp leading edges, subsonic flow, aspect ratio
about 0.5 to 2.0, alpha up to about 25 degrees. Does not model vortex
breakdown onset (empirical charts only, not modeled), circulation
control, blown flaps, or ice accretion.
## Domain quick reference
- Aspect ratio of a full delta: AR = 4 / tan(Lambda_LE); 76 deg sweep
gives about 1.0 and 45 deg gives 4.0.
- Total lift (TN eq. 15): CL = Kp sin(a) cos^2(a) + Kv cos(a) sin^2(a),
the sum of the potential term and the vortex term.
- Potential term: CL_pot = Kp sin(a) cos^2(a), with the slender-wing
small-angle slope Kp = pi * AR / 2.
- Vortex term: CL_vort = Kv cos(a) sin^2(a), where Kv is the leading
edge suction force coefficient, linear from 3.14 at AR 0 to 3.45 at
AR 4 (clamped beyond 4).
- Drag due to lift: CD_i = CL * tan(a), the product of the total lift
coefficient and the tangent of