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mostly constant position on the aft p<strong>or</strong>tion <strong>of</strong> the wing, parallel to the TE. Differences are<br />

expected in the tip-launcher region, such as the small secondary shock aft <strong>of</strong> the primary shock<br />

near the tip launcher due to the tip launcher notch seen in the roll oscillation case. The most<br />

interesting difference, however, is aft <strong>of</strong> the shock on the inboard p<strong>or</strong>tion <strong>of</strong> the wing where<br />

apparent separation <strong>of</strong> the shock is evident. This is much m<strong>or</strong>e visible upon animation. F<strong>or</strong> the<br />

clean-wing case, this separation appears to occur all the way out to the wing tip and be much<br />

m<strong>or</strong>e significant overall. F<strong>or</strong> the tip-launcher case, it looks like the separation begins to occur<br />

near the tip, but then interacts with the secondary shock due to the launcher, resulting in less<br />

separation. This same trend is seen at the inboard separation.<br />

Upon animation <strong>of</strong> Figure 6-39 C) and D), the clean-wing case reveals that as the aircraft<br />

pitches nose-down, the Mach=1 iso-surface wraps around the wingtip at the LE extending about<br />

one-half the length <strong>of</strong> the wing. This surface then wraps around the bottom surface <strong>of</strong> the wing at<br />

the LE, and continues along the LE, tapering <strong>of</strong>f well inboard. Upon animation <strong>of</strong> the tip-<br />

launcher case in Figure 6-39 A) and B), it is revealed that as the aircraft pitches nose-down, the<br />

Mach=1 iso-surface is inhibited from wrapping around the wingtip at the LE by the tip launcher.<br />

It wraps around the tip launcher at about one-half the way down the tip. The shock along the LE<br />

still wraps around the bottom surface <strong>of</strong> the wing. F<strong>or</strong> both cases, the presence <strong>of</strong> LE antenna<br />

causes the shock to snake along the bottom surface <strong>of</strong> the wing and connect to the base <strong>of</strong> the LE<br />

antenna just like f<strong>or</strong> the roll case. However, it also appears that the f<strong>or</strong>ward shock on the LE<br />

antenna attaches to the shock on the LE edge <strong>of</strong> the wing.<br />

From animation <strong>of</strong> Figure 6-40 A) and B), v<strong>or</strong>tices are seen rotating along the tip launcher,<br />

c<strong>or</strong>responding to the pitching up and down <strong>of</strong> the aircraft. Rotation in the LE antenna v<strong>or</strong>tex is<br />

also apparent as the aircraft is pitching up and down. The tip v<strong>or</strong>tex and LE antenna v<strong>or</strong>tex share<br />

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