AU2001260965A1 - Vortex generation for control of the air flow along the surface of an airfoil - Google Patents

Vortex generation for control of the air flow along the surface of an airfoil

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AU2001260965A1
AU2001260965A1 AU2001260965A AU6096501A AU2001260965A1 AU 2001260965 A1 AU2001260965 A1 AU 2001260965A1 AU 2001260965 A AU2001260965 A AU 2001260965A AU 6096501 A AU6096501 A AU 6096501A AU 2001260965 A1 AU2001260965 A1 AU 2001260965A1
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airfoil
control
air flow
flow along
vortex generation
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T. Terry Ng
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University of Toledo
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University of Toledo
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64C—AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
    • B64C23/00—Influencing air flow over aircraft surfaces, not otherwise provided for
    • B64C23/06—Influencing air flow over aircraft surfaces, not otherwise provided for by generating vortices
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64C—AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
    • B64C2230/00—Boundary layer controls
    • B64C2230/04—Boundary layer controls by actively generating fluid flow
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64C—AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
    • B64C2230/00—Boundary layer controls
    • B64C2230/06—Boundary layer controls by explicitly adjusting fluid flow, e.g. by using valves, variable aperture or slot areas, variable pump action or variable fluid pressure
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02T—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
    • Y02T50/00—Aeronautics or air transport
    • Y02T50/10—Drag reduction
AU2001260965A 2000-01-10 2001-01-10 Vortex generation for control of the air flow along the surface of an airfoil Abandoned AU2001260965A1 (en)

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US09480198 2000-01-10
US09/480,198 US6302360B1 (en) 2000-01-10 2000-01-10 Vortex generation for control of the air flow along the surface of an airfoil
PCT/US2001/000743 WO2001054975A2 (en) 2000-01-10 2001-01-10 Vortex generation for control of the air flow along the surface of an airfoil

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WO (1) WO2001054975A2 (en)

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