Potential fuel savings due to hybrid laminar flow control under operational conditions

Aeronautical Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 1052, 2001, Pages 581-588

  Young, T M ^a   Fielding, J P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ENGINES; AIRCRAFT MODELS; AVIATION; DRAG; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; FLOW CONTROL; FUEL CONSUMPTION; LAMINAR FLOW;

AIRCRAFT SURFACE; BOEING (CO); FUEL SAVINGS; HYBRID LAMINAR FLOW CONTROL (HLFC); OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS;

FUEL ECONOMY;

EID: 2542473107     PISSN: 00019240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0001924000012525     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. JAA, Joint Airworthiness Requirements OPS 1, European Joint Aviation Authorities.
2. YOUNG, T.M. and FIELDING, J.P. Flight operational assessment of hybrid laminar flow control (HLFC) aircraft, European drag reduction conference, 19-21 June 2000, Potsdam, Germany.
3. COLEMAN, W.S. Roughness due to insects. Boundary Layer and Flow Control, Vol II, 1961, LACHMANN, G.V. (Ed), Pergammon Press.
4. CROOM, C.C. and HOLMES, B.J. Insect contamination protection for laminar flow surfaces, 1986, Langley symposium on aerodynamics, Vol 1, December 1986.
5. HUMPHREYS, B. Contamination avoidance for laminar flow surfaces, First European forum on laminar flow technology, March 1992, Hamburg.
6. HALL, G.R. On the mechanics of transition produced by particles passing through an initially laminar boundary layer and estimated effect on the LFC performance of the X-21 aircraft, 1964, Northrop Corp.
7. NASTROM, G.D., HOLDERMAN, J.D., DAVIS, R.F. Cloud-encounter and particle-concentration variabilities from GASP data, NASA TP-1886, 1981.
8. JASPERSON, W.H., NASTROM, G.D., DAVIS, R.E. and HOLDERMAN, J.D. GASP cloud encounter statistics: implications for laminar flow control night, J Aircr, November 1984.
9. IPCC, Aviation and the Global Atmosphere, a Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 1999, Cambridge University Press.
10. Boeing, Performance Engineer General Course Notes, Volumes No 1 and 2, 1996, The Boeing Company.
11. Boeing, Performance Engineers Manual 7G7, undated. The Boeing Company.
12. Boeing, Operations Manual: Boeing 757-200, Volume III, 1993, The Boeing Company.
13. Boeing, Hybrid laminar flow control study: final technical report, 1992, NASA CR-165930.
14. ROBERT, J-P. Hybrid laminar flow control - a challenge for a manufacturer, 1992, First European forum on laminar flow technology, March 1992, Hamburg.
15. MULLENDER, A.J. and RIEDEL, H.A. Laminar flow nacelle flight test me, 1996, Second European forum on laminar flow technology, June 1996, Bordeaux.
16. WILSON, R.A.L. The Introduction of Laminar Flow to the Design and Optimisation of Transport Aircraft, 1997, PhD thesis, Cranfield University.