In engineering, boundary layer control refers to methods of controlling the behaviour of fluid flow boundary layers. It may be desirable to reduce flow...

In physics and fluid mechanics, a boundary layer is the thin layer of fluid in the immediate vicinity of a bounding surface formed by the fluid flowing...

which also includes various boundary layer control systems, systems using directed prop wash, and circulation control wings. Internal blown flaps were...

Boundary layer suction is a boundary layer control technique in which an air pump is used to extract the boundary layer at the wing or the inlet of an...

In meteorology, the planetary boundary layer (PBL), also known as the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) or peplosphere, is the lowest part of the atmosphere...

wing, the splitter plate diverts the boundary layer away from the engine intake. It is a form of boundary layer control. When a body, such as a wing or a...

devices include leading-edge slots, leading edge root extensions, and boundary layer control systems. The size and lifting capacity of a fixed wing is chosen...

and landing, Blackburn adopted a new aerodynamic control technology, known as boundary layer control (BLC). BLC bled high-pressure air directly from the...

flow separation or boundary layer separation is the detachment of a boundary layer from a surface into a wake. A boundary layer exists whenever there...

improve directional stability at supersonic speed, and installing a boundary layer control system (BLCS) to reduce landing speed. Problems were encountered...

mechanical engineer whose research combines control theory and fluid dynamics in boundary layer control and its applications including ship resistance...

rough/unpaved field operations. S-25 This aircraft was used for Boundary Layer Control (BLC) tests, with compressor bleed air blown over the leading edges...

Japanese short takeoff and landing amphibious aircraft that employs boundary layer control technology for enhanced STOL and stall suppression performance....

intended to lower induced drag and be stall resistant, along with boundary layer control methods. Many of the details are disclosed in US patent 8657226 ...

constant-speed fully feathering propellers), the YC-123D also had a boundary layer control system fitted. This system directs air from the engines at high...

converted flying boat featured numerous adaptations, including a novel boundary layer control system to provide enhanced Short Takeoff/Landing (STOL) performance...

the 170 and its derivative, the U.S. Army L-19, as test beds for boundary layer control research, under contract to the Office of Naval Research and the...

manufacturer Northrop used the aircraft as a technology demonstrator for boundary layer control concepts. Data from General characteristics Crew: 1 Length: 59 ft...

were used for experimental work on avionics, missile systems and boundary layer control systems, remaining active into the 1970s. Data from Tupolev Tu-104[page needed]...

experimental vessel used for testing propulsion systems, hull forms, and boundary-layer control techniques. Development was undertaken by the Malakhit Design Bureau...

converted into the piston-powered Stroukoff YC-123D to evaluate boundary layer control systems. In the late 1940s, Chase Aircraft had developed the XG-20...

airflow over the control surfaces at the trailing edge. VGs are typically rectangular or triangular, about as tall as the local boundary layer, and run in...

A turbulator is a device that turns a laminar boundary layer into a turbulent boundary layer. Turbulent flow can be desired on parts of the surface of...

turboprop engines. An-12D-UPS (Oopravleniye Pogranichnym Sloyem – BLC [boundary layer control]) A BLC variant of the proposed An-12D, with two turbo-compressors...

Talon 1959 1,146 Advanced trainer Northrop X-21 1963 2 Experimental boundary layer control aircraft Northrop M2-F2 1966 1 Experimental rocket powered lifting...

new wing design with extended wingtips (increasing wing area) and boundary layer control. Su-15s with the new wing went into production in 1969. They were...

panels to a serrated semicircle with a compression bump and the boundary layer control vents were simplified. The fuselage and empennage trailing edge...

laminar flow control (HLFC) on the leading edge of an A350 prototype vertical stabiliser, with passive suction similar to the boundary layer control on the...

applies to any fluid flow, and is most often used in the context of boundary layers. In 1883 Osborne Reynolds demonstrated the transition to turbulent...

the handling characteristics at the lower required speed, while boundary layer control was added. This took high-pressure air from the engine and, using...