The veteran physicist and aerospace engineer shares insights into the challenges and breakthroughs in microwave plasma ...

The conditions outside a cruising airliner are those of intense cold, thin air, and potentially lethal atmospheric conditions ...

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His work utilizes a combination of manned and unmanned aircraft observations and turbulence-resolving large-eddy simulations to improve the modeling of boundary-layer processes in hurricane ...

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 ...

This work has as a fundamental objective the numerical study of the effects of synthetic jet actuators on the flow of the boundary layer developed on a flat plate and on a hypothetical airfoil. The ...

Boeing planned to complete 50 orders for Chinese customers this year but is now assessing options as China refuses Boeing plane deliveries owing to the trade war.

NASA Dryden played a key role in advancing the Grumman F-14 Tomcat's capabilities through two major research programs. From 1979 to 1985, NASA 991 explored high-angle-of-attack handling and spin ...

In addition, its propulsion system uses 'boundary layer ingestion' – taking airflow close to the aircraft’s body to generate thrust, thereby further enhancing efficiency.

“The accurate prediction of boundary layer transition is critical for the aerodynamic design of aircraft, especially for the aerothermodynamic design of hypersonic vehicles.

DARPA has awarded a contract to Aurora Flight Sciences to build a full-scale aircraft called the X-65. It will test a new technology that replaces moving control surfaces with Active Flow Control ...

This allows the flow of air just above the treetops to accelerate uninhibited and insulated from surface friction below through the depth of the wind shear layer.