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B1.5 - Sensitivities of Laminar Suction Boundary Layers for Large Reynolds Numbers
  • ICA B "Flight Physics and Vehicle Systems"
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    • B4.1- Collaborative Multidisciplinary Structural Design and Thermal Management for Electric Aircraft
    • B3.5 - Production technologies for hybrid suction designs - Bonding of micro-perforated sheets for hybrid laminar flow control suction panels
    • B3.2 - Advancing the additive xHLFC suction panel concept towards wind-tunnel readiness
    • B3.1 - Protective, multifunctional suction shells for hybrid laminar flow control: Design, integration, simulation and testing
    • B2.5 - EverScale - Enhancement and verification of load alleviation technologies by subscale flight testing
    • B2.4- Hybrid load alleviation by fluidic/reversed control and nonlinear structures
    • B2.3 - ARGO2 - Integrated design of control methods for stability of elastic aircraft
    • B1.9 - Validation of turbulent boundary layer-induced sound transmission through a fuselage section
    • B1.8 - Wind-tunnel experiments of advanced design of swept-wing with suction surfaces
    • B1.7 - Extension of Correlation-based Transition Transport Models for Laminar Aircraft Design
    • B1.6 - Effective Design Methods and Design Exploration for Laminar Wing and Fuselage
    • B1.5 - Sensitivities of Laminar Suction Boundary Layers for Large Reynolds Numbers
    • B1.3- Physics of broadband noise of sound sources from installed propulsors
    • JRG-B1 - Physics of Laminar Wing and Fuselage
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    • B1.1 - Propeller and wing aerodynamics of distributed propulsion
    • B1.2 - Aerodynamic analysis of partly embedded boundary layer ingesting propulsors
    • B1.3 - Fast non empiric prediction of propulsion installation related noise
    • B1.4 - Transition Prediction and Design of Hybrid Laminar Flow Control on Blended Wing Bodies Based on 3D Parabolized Stability Equations
    • B2.1 - Load reduction potential of nonlinear stiffness and damping technologies
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    • B2.3 - Active load Reduction for enabling a 1-G wing using fOrward-looking and distributed sensors (ARGO)
    • B2.4 - Morphing structures for the 1g-wing
    • B3.1 - Global and Local Design Methodology for Laminar Flow Control
    • B3.2 - Process simulation and multiscale manufacturing of suction panels for laminar flow control
    • B3.3 - Thin Plies in Application for Next Generation Aircraft (TANGA)
    • B3.4 - New methods for failure and fatigue analysis of suction panels for laminar flow control
    • B5.1 - ADEMAO: Aircraft Design Engine based on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization
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    • JRP - Permeation assessment for cryogenic applications by means of Fiber Bragg Grating sensors
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B1.5 - Sensitivities of Laminar Suction Boundary Layers for Large Reynolds Numbers

The concept of the laminar wing, which has been around for decades, is once again being increasingly discussed due to the climate crisis and is therefore the subject of research by the SE2A cluster. However, the wing aerodynamic does not hold the only potential for saving the energy resources required for flight. The fuselage of a conventional wing-fuselage configuration accounts for approximately half of the total drag in cruise flight. Using a Hybrid Laminar Flow Control system on the wings, the drag portion of the fuselage increases significantly. To reduce this drag, an attempt must be made to increase the laminar flow length on the fuselage. This can be done, among other things, by boundary layer suction in sensitive regions, analogous to that on the wing. However, the flow conditions are different from those on the wing, which is why the pressure gradient on the fuselage plays minor role in the ideal flow. This allows HLFC systems operating much more efficiently.
Relevant investigations of the laminar boundary layers are being carried out as part of this project. On the one hand, a design of a sequential suction geometry on a flat plate NWB model of DLR is carried out, where Reynolds numbers up to 20 million can be achieved. On the other hand, the influence of the secondary suction panel on the boundary layer that is stimulated by the primary suction panel will be examined by DNS. In cooperation with the internal research goal from the first phase of the cluster, the optimization of the suction surface geometry, a concept for the establishment of a HLFC system on the aircraft fuselage is to be developed.

Wind tunnel model in the test section. It is a flat plate with an aerodynamically shaped nose and exchangable GRP panels. A suction panel is installed in the center region of the model.
On the infrared image, laminar and turbulent regions are visible. The flow is coming from the left. Behind the suction panel, the laminar region is significantly extended in contrast to regions without suction.
Dr. Heinrich Lüdeke (Principal Investigator)
German Aerospace Center (DLR), Braunschweig
heinrich.luedeke(at)dlr.de
Dr. Peter Scholz (Principal Investigator)
Institut für Strömungsmechanik
p.scholz(at)tu-bs.de
Richard von Soldenhoff
German Aerospace Center (DLR), Braunschweig
Richard.vonSoldenhoff(at)dlr.de
Konstantin Thamm
Institut für Strömungsmechanik
k.thamm(at)tu-braunschweig.de
Infrared image of researchers from projects B1.5 and B3.2 after successful wind tunnel tests in November 2023
Infrared image of researchers from projects B1.5 and B3.2 after successful wind tunnel tests in November 2023
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