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The Langley 8-ft Transonic Pressure Tunnel Laminar-Flow-Control Experiment

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The NASA’s response to the oil shortage and price increases of the 70’s was the creation of the Aircraft Energy Efficiency (ACEE) Program. Its objective was to provide aerodynamic and controls technology that would enable the design of commercial transports with substantially better fuel efficiency than those in service at the time. This program had a number of facets, most of which were centered on supercritical airfoil/wing and winglet technology, and included both industry and NASA in-house research components. This paper concerns one of the NASA in-house activities, the Langley Laminar Flow Control (LFC) Project, which was carried out in the Langley 8-foot Transonic Pressure Tunnel (8-ft TPT). The idea for such an undertaking came from Dr. Werner Pfenninger in 1975 and stemmed, primarily, from a desire to know more about the compatability of a high performance supercritical wing with laminar flow control. The possible adverse effect of a large supersonic zone and its associated wave structure on the stability of a suction controlled boundary layer was a particular concern.

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Abbreviations

ACEE:

NASA’ Aircraft Energy Efficiency Program

ARC:

NASA Ames Research Center

ATM:

atmospheric pressure, 14.7 psi

CF:

crossflow

HLFC:

hybrid laminar flow control

Hz:

Hertz

LE:

leading edge

LFC:

laminar flow control

LRC:

NASA Langley Research Center

LTPT:

NASA Langley Low Turbulence Pressure Tunnel

RSL:

reference suction level ( = CQ/CQref)

TE:

trailing edge

TS:

Tollmien-Schlichting

8-ft TPT:

NASA Langley 8-ft Transonic Pressure Tunnel

12-ft PT:

NASA Ames 12-ft Pressure Tunnel

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