Abstract: An assessment is made of determinations from NASA research on viscous drag reduction for aircraft, which extends to both laminar flow control and turbulent drag reduction methods. Attention is given to achievements in natural and suction-induced laminar flow control, hybrid systems incorporating both principles, turbulent drag reduction by means of low momentum fluid injection from discrete tangential slots, large eddy breakup devices, and an 'ion wind' system that functions on an inversion of the corona wind phenomenon. Surface-based drag reduction effects under study involve 'riblets', or small longitudinal surface striations, convex curvatures, and rigid, wavy walls.
Publication Year: 1984
Publication Date: 1984-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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