TY - JOUR
T1 - Liquid anti-contamination systems for hybrid laminar flow control aircraft - A review of the critical issues and important experimental results
AU - Young, T. M.
AU - Humphreys, B.
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - Contamination of the aircraft leading edges by insects and other airborne particles is a major operational concern for the implementation of hybrid laminar flow control (HLFC) - an active drag reduction technique, which has the potential to produce significant fuel savings for airliners. A review of the critical issues is provided, encompassing the transition mechanism, insect distributions and concepts for contamination mitigation. The use of liquid/foam-based systems has proved to be very successful, as is evident in the review of experimental work.
AB - Contamination of the aircraft leading edges by insects and other airborne particles is a major operational concern for the implementation of hybrid laminar flow control (HLFC) - an active drag reduction technique, which has the potential to produce significant fuel savings for airliners. A review of the critical issues is provided, encompassing the transition mechanism, insect distributions and concepts for contamination mitigation. The use of liquid/foam-based systems has proved to be very successful, as is evident in the review of experimental work.
KW - De-icing systems
KW - Insect contamination
KW - Laminar flow control (LFC)
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=4744369294&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1243/0954410041872825
DO - 10.1243/0954410041872825
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:4744369294
SN - 0954-4100
VL - 218
SP - 267
EP - 277
JO - Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering
JF - Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering
IS - 4
ER -