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A history of suction-type laminar flow control with emphasis on flight research
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Braslow, Albert L. |
| Copyright Year | 1999 |
| Description | Laminar-flow control is an area of aeronautical research that has a long history at NASA's Langley Research Center, Dryden Flight Research Center, their predecessor organizations, and elsewhere. In this monograph, the author, who spent much of his career at Langley working with this research, presents a history of that portion of laminar-flow technology known as active laminar-flow control, which employs suction of a small quantity of air through airplane surfaces. This important technique offers the potential for significant reduction in drag and, thereby, for large increases in range or reductions in fuel usage for aircraft. For transport aircraft, the reductions in fuel consumed as a result of laminar-flow control may equal 30 percent of present consumption. Given such potential, it is obvious that active laminar-flow control with suction is an important technology. In this study, the author covers the early history of the subject and brings the story all the way to the mid-1990s with an emphasis on flight research, much of which has occurred at Dryden. This is an important monograph that not only encapsulates a lot of history in a brief compass but also does so in language that is accessible to non-technical readers. NASA is publishing it in a format that will enable it to reach the wide audience the subject deserves. |
| File Size | 4113291 |
| Page Count | 86 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19990058717 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t3c014903 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1999-07-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Suction Laminar Boundary Layer Drag Reduction Control Surfaces Histories Fuel Consumption Research Active Control Boundary Layer Control Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
