Natural Laminar Flow and Laminar Flow Control
Published in January 1992
Book
Hardback
VII, 411 pages
978-3-540-97737-7 (ISBN)
Description
The objective of the book is to present a comprehensive view of the subject of natural laminar flow and laminar flow control research ranging across the spectrum from mathematical theories and computational tools to wind tunnel experiments and flight tests. Each article is both a review and an archival reference.
TOC: Contents: 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.
TOC: Contents: 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.
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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.