controlSurfaceBorderSpoilerType

complexType · extension complexBaseType · sequence

Inner or outer border of a spoiler

A border is a section of the wing through two points of the chord surface of the component segment: the leading edge point PLE at etaLE and xsiLE, and the trailing edge point PTE at etaTE and xsiTE. etaTE defaults to etaLE. The section plane contains both points and the normal of the component segment. The η and ξ coordinates refer to the parent of the control surface.

The upper side of the spoiler is the upper surface of the wing between the two points. relHeightLE gives the height of the lowest point of its leading edge between the lower (0) and the upper (1) surface of the wing; the lower side of the spoiler runs from there to the trailing edge. Alternatively, leadingEdgeShape (leadingEdgeShapeType) or airfoil (contourReferenceType) define the section.

Sections at the inner borders of three control surfaces: (a) a flap whose rounded leading edge passes through the nose point at relHeightLE 0.5 and meets the skin at xsiUpperSkin 0.9 and xsiLowerSkin 0.7 of the flap chord from its trailing edge; (b) a slat whose hollow rear side runs from xsiTEUpper 0.15 over the point at xsiTE 0.04 and relHeightTE 0.45 to xsiTELower 0.12; (c) a spoiler between xsiLE 0.55 and xsiTE 0.69 with the lowest point of its leading edge at relHeightLE 0.8

The figure shows the sections at the inner borders of the flap, the slat and the spoiler of the example in controlSurfacesType, with the values that define their contours.

Attributes

NameTypeConstraintsUseDefaultDescription
@externalDataDirectoryxsd:stringoptionalDirectory of the external data file
@externalDataNodePathxsd:stringoptionalPath of the node inside the external data file
@externalFileNamexsd:stringoptionalName of the external data file

Child elements

NameTypeConstraintsOccurrenceHow often the element may appear at this place. The schema writes it as minOccurs and maxOccurs on the declaration.DefaultDescription
sequenceThe children below must appear in exactly this order. Each may repeat as often as its own occurrence allows.
etaLEetaIsoLineType[1..1] requiredSpanwise position of the leading edge point
etaTEetaIsoLineType[0..1] optionalSpanwise position of the trailing edge point (default: etaLE)
xsiLExsiIsoLineType[1..1] requiredChordwise position of the leading edge point
xsiTExsiIsoLineType[1..1] requiredChordwise position of the trailing edge point
choiceExactly one of the alternatives below may appear, unless the occurrence next to this line says otherwise.
relHeightLEdoubleBaseType[0..1] optionalRelative height of the lowest point of the leading edge between the lower (0) and the upper (1) surface of the wing
leadingEdgeShapeleadingEdgeShapeType[0..1] optionalShape of the leading edge
airfoilcontourReferenceType[0..1] optionalAirfoil contour of the border

Used by

In a dataset · 6 paths

In the schema · 2 declarations

TypeName
controlSurfaceOuterShapeSpoilerTypeinnerBorder
controlSurfaceOuterShapeSpoilerTypeouterBorder