TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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LIST OF FIGURES Iv 



LIST OF TABLES v 



LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS vi 



ABSTRACT 1 



ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION 1 



INTRODUCTION 1 



BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF TIP VORTEX LITERATURE 3 



REPRESENTATION OF TIP VORTEX ROLLUP 4 



TIP VORTEX ABATEMENT CONCEPTS 7 



SCHEMES PROPOSED IN THE LITERATURE 7 



SPANT^ISE LOAD DISTRIBUTION 7 



PLANFORM: DELTA, SWEEP, AND OGEE TIP 12 



WING TIP EDGE DETAIL 14 



SERRATED LEADING EDGE 14 



POROUS TIP 16 



ENDPLATES, WINGLETS, FENCES, AND CONTRAVANES 16 



BULBOUS TIP 19 



TIP DUCT 19 



TIP SPOILER 21 



TRAILING EDGE DEVICES: SPLINES AND HONEYCOMB 21 



TIP MASS INJECTION 21 



OTHER CONCEPTS 25 



SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 25 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 29 



APPENDIX - ALPHABETICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF TIP VORTEX LITERATURE. ... 31 



REFERENCES 59 



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