Passive control of transition in three-dimensional boundary layers, with emphasis on discrete roughness elements. Academic Article

abstract

• A brief review of laminar flow control techniques is given and a strategy for achieving laminarization for transonic transport aircraft is discussed. A review of some flight-test results on swept-wing transition is presented. It is also shown that polished leading edges can create large regions of laminar flow because the flight environment is relatively turbulence free and the surface finish reduces the initial amplitude of the stationary crossflow vortex.

authors

• Reed, Helen
• Saric, William

published proceedings

• Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci

author list (cited authors)

• Saric, W. S., Carpenter, A. L., & Reed, H. L.

citation count

• 79

complete list of authors

• Saric, William S||Carpenter, Andrew L||Reed, Helen L

publication date

• April 2011

publisher

• The Royal Society  Publisher

published in

• Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences  Journal

keywords

• Discrete Roughness
• Laminar Flow Control
• Three-dimensional Boundary Layers
• Transition

PubMed Central ID

• 21382818

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1098/rsta.2010.0368

start page

• 1352

end page

• 1364

volume

• 369

issue

• 1940

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2010.0368