Reactive Conformal Inlet Technology Enhancement

Abstract

As part of its Reactive Conformal Inlet Technology Enhancement (RECITE) program, AFRL is examining conformal inlet technology. Because they are flush to an air vehicle's fuselage, conformal engine air inlets cause less drag than other inlet designs. AFRL recently investigated a conformal inlet and two active flow control slot variations. Test results showed that the smaller flow control slot performed as desired and was most effective at lower wind tunnel Mach numbers and at higher active flow control mass flow rates. AFRL engineers will incorporate these valuable data into future RECITE inlet designs that require smaller amounts of active flow control air.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA463634

Entities

People

  • Angela Scribben
  • Melissa Withrow

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerospace Craft
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Aircrafts
  • Engineers
  • Flow
  • Flow Rate
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Hypervelocity Flow
  • Information Exchange
  • Mach Number
  • Mass
  • Mass Flow
  • Military Research
  • Wind Tunnels

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.