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A History of Suction-Type Laminar - Flow Control with Emphasis on Flight Research

A History of Suction-Type Laminar - Flow Control with Emphasis on Flight Research

Braslow, Albert L.

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Transportation GeneralAir Combat

ISBN10: 1478239530
ISBN13: 9781478239536
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: Jul 13 2012
Pages: 86
Weight: 0.49
Height: 0.18 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.02
Language: English
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, Albert L. Braslow, 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.

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