The trailing vortex on a pointed wing (taper ratio = 0) is
- at the tip.
- distributed evenly along the span.
- at the root.
Explanation
On a sharply pointed wing with zero tip chord the lift, and hence the bound circulation, is concentrated inboard and falls to zero at the point tip, so the strongest trailing vorticity is shed near the root. The vanishing tip carries negligible loading and therefore sheds little vorticity.
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any help ? why is like this
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