At high thrust (during take-off), strong fan suction disrupts the airframe boundary layer flow, producing fan-induced flow distortion that draws in high-momentum, highly-unsteady turbulent flow ...

American Institute of Physics (AIP). (2013, October 18). Wrangling flow to quiet cars and aircraft. ScienceDaily. Retrieved May 3, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2013 / 10 ...

Research reveals why next-generation engine noise grinds our gears Date: May 15, 2025 Source: University of Bristol Summary: A breakthrough study has revealed why emerging electric aircraft engine ...

Last week, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced that they’d conducted a successful flight test of an aircraft with a sci-fi-sounding propulsion system called an ion ...

NASA says the first-ever large-scale wind-tunnel tests of a robust fan capable of operating in turbulent flow have proved successful, marking an early step on the path to a new generation of ...

DARPA has awarded Aurora Flight Sciences a phase 2 contract for its CRANE (Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors) program, following wind tunnel testing of a small-scale X-plane ...

Previous applications of AFC include boundary layer control (BLC) using wing blowing to reduce the landing speed of naval aircraft such as the Dassault Etendard IV, Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer and ...

They then simulated the effects of the actuators in a non-turbulent boundary layer and over a small aircraft wing. Further tests are needed, but early results suggest serpentine flow wrangling may ...