Accession Number:

ADD002088

Title:

Impinging Jet Flow Controller.

Descriptive Note:

Patent Application,

Corporate Author:

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY WASHINGTON D C

Personal Author(s):

• Williams,Donald E.

Report Date:

1975-08-18

Pagination or Media Count:

12.0

Abstract:

The patent application describes a system for flow control for use with a vertical propulsion aircraft to reduce suckdown effects causing instability in takeoff and landing maneuvers. Flow control is effected by the use of a thin, two-dimensional grid array of either diamond shapes or parallel ribs.

Descriptors:

• *Vertical takeoff aircraft
• Stabilization systems
• Flow fields
• Takeoff
• Aircraft landings
• Instability
• Patents
• Grids
• Jet flow
• Problem solving

Subject Categories:

• Fluid Mechanics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE