Shock wave and turbulent boundary layer interactions are phenomena encountered in high-speed flows, where abrupt pressure changes associated with shock waves impinge upon the viscous layer of fluid ...

In order to determine the best way to simulate a road in the full-scale climatic wind tunnel of the Voklswagenwerk AG, a series of comparative tests between road and tunnel have been carried out. In ...

A typical challenge for re-entry vehicles during flight is an effective control of hypersonic transition and the laminar/turbulent state of the boundary layer. The state of the boundary layer is of ...

Plasma technology based on Dielectric Barrier Discharge (DBD) has been widely demonstrated to be a novel active flow control method. In order to make the plasma flow control technology more practical, ...

The stars of the "Jaws" films--sharks--have recently become the subject of a new engineering research project. The project explores energy conservation and boundary layer control in regard to a ...

I had a customer who was thermal printing strip steel. The steel is washed with solvents and blown dry. He was having a problem: When the strip's speed increased, the thermo printer would catch fire.

Turbulence makes many people uneasy or downright queasy. And it's given researchers a headache, too. Mathematicians have been trying for a century or more to understand the turbulence that arises when ...

A seasoned F-4 instructor taught the author about a critical inspection panel on the wing (for the Boundary Layer Control duct) whose discoloration or bowing indicated a dangerous, uncontained leak, a ...

The Buccaneer was purpose-built for low-level nuclear strike against heavily defended targets. Its rotating weapons bay, boundary layer control, and extreme structural strength allowed stable flight ...