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Selected experiments in laminar flow: an annotated bibliography
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Drake, Aaron Kennelly Jr., Robert A. |
| Copyright Year | 1992 |
| Description | Since the 1930s, there have been attempts to reduce drag on airplanes by delaying laminar to turbulent boundary layer transition. Experiments conducted during the 1940's, while successful in delaying transition, were discouraging because of the careful surface preparation necessary to meet roughness and waviness requirements. The resulting lull in research lasted nearly 30 years. By the late 1970s, airframe construction techniques had advanced sufficiently that the high surface quality required for natural laminar flow (NLF) and laminar flow control (LFC) appeared possible on production aircraft. As a result, NLF and LFC research became widespread. This report is an overview of that research. The experiments summarized herein were selected for their applicability to small transonic aircraft. Both flight and wind tunnel tests are included. The description of each experiment is followed by corresponding references. Part One summarizes NLF experiments; Part Two deals with LFC and hybrid laminar flow control (HLFC) experiments. |
| File Size | 1543707 |
| Page Count | 34 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19930023037 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t2x39q128 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1992-12-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Aerodynamics Flight Tests Wings Annotations Laminar Boundary Layer Supersonic Aircraft Drag Reduction Laminar Flow Wind Tunnel Tests Boundary Layer Transition Aircraft Design Boundary Layer Control Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
