Flow Control for Supersonic Inlet Applications

Abstract

This reports provides a summary of research conducted over a period of 2.5 years into the application of micro vortex flow control to supersonic mixed compression inlets. The research performed under this contract has led directly or contributed to a significant number of conference and journal publications. The ley lessons learned are described and illustrated with relevant data. Archival publications are given for further reading as they provide more detailed information. The purpose of this report is to summarize the body of work and highlight the most significant findings in the context of supersonic inlet flows. As a result of this research, lessons learned are given in Section 7 of the final technical report which are relevant to future inlet design and development.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 10, 2014
Accession Number
ADA602774

Entities

People

  • Holger Babinsky

Organizations

  • University of Cambridge

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Compression
  • Contracts
  • Flow
  • Fluid Flow
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Hypervelocity Flow
  • Inlets
  • Layers
  • Lessons Learned
  • Shock
  • Shock Waves
  • Supersonic Inlets
  • Vortex Generators

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics