Transition of the attachment fine boundary layer was investigated using a large swept cylinder. Results for natural transition and transition tripping with two-dimensional trip wires were simila to those obtained by Poll ...

The project sponsors design and manufacture skewed roller brake devices for use in aircraft flight control actuation systems. Design tools have previously been developed to predict the torque characteristics ofthese ...

A methodology has been developed to model the direct consequences of laminar flow technology on wing, empennage and nacelle surfaces. In particular two concepts were considered, namely Natural Laminar Flow (NLF) and Hybrid ...

The existence o f an atmospheric icing th re a t to a irc ra ft operating in moist, low altitudes at temperatures below freezing is well known. The objective o f this study was to develop an a irc ra ft ice protection ...