Natural Laminar Flow and Laminar Flow Control

R.W. Barnwell, M.Y. Hussaini (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

411 Seiten

2011 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4612-7703-3 (ISBN)

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Research on laminar flow and its transition to turbulent flow has been an important part of fluid dynamics research during the last sixty years. Since transition impacts, in some way, every aspect of aircraft performance, this emphasis is not only understandable but should continue well into the future. The delay of transition through the use of a favorable pressure gradient by proper body shaping (natural laminar flow) or the use of a small amount of suction (laminar flow control) was recognized even in the early 1930s and rapidly became the foundation of much of the laminar flow research in the U.S. and abroad. As one would expect, there have been many approaches, both theoretical and experimental, employed to achieve the substantial progress made to date. Boundary layer stability theories have been formu lated and calibrated by a good deal of wind tunnel and flight experiments. New laminar now airfoils and wings have been designed and many have been employed in aircraft designs. While the early research was, of necessity, concerned with the design of subsonic aircraft interest has steadily moved to higher speeds including those appropriate to planetary entry. Clearly, there have been substantial advances in our understanding of transition physics and in the development and application of transition prediction methodolo gies to the design of aircraft.

Laminar Flow Control: Introduction and Overview.- Laminar Flow Flight Experiments — A Review.- Flight Research on Natural Laminar Flow Applications.- Subsonic Natural-Laminar-Flow Airfoils.- Design Philosophy of Long Range LFC Transports with Advanced Supercritical LFC Airfoils.- Wave Interaction Theory and LFC.- Supersonic Laminar Flow Control.- The Langley 8-Ft Transonic Pressure Tunnel Laminar-Flow-Control Experiment.

Reihe/Serie	ICASE NASA LaRC Series
Zusatzinfo	VII, 411 p.
Verlagsort	New York, NY
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Mechanik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Strömungsmechanik
	Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau
ISBN-10	1-4612-7703-5 / 1461277035
ISBN-13	978-1-4612-7703-3 / 9781461277033
Zustand	Neuware