The trailing vorticity shed by a pointed wing (taper ratio = 0) is
- concentrated into a single strong tip vortex.
- shed almost entirely from the wing root.
- spread fairly evenly along the whole span.
Explanation from PART66Online
Trailing vorticity is shed at a rate set by how fast the circulation changes across the span, not by how large the circulation is. On a pointed wing the loading falls almost linearly from root to the point tip, so that rate is nearly constant and the sheet is spread along the span instead of rolling into one strong tip vortex. At the root the circulation is at its maximum and its spanwise rate of change is zero, so no vorticity is shed there at all.
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RK asked · 17 Feb 2021
any help ? why is like this
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