Method and apparatus for controlling a vehicle

Details Method and apparatus for controlling a vehicle Method and apparatus for controlling a vehicle

2006-02-07

2006-02-07

Barefoot, Galen (Department: 3644)

Aeronautics and astronautics

Aircraft sustentation

Sustaining airfoils

C244S207000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06994297

ABSTRACT:
A method of controlling movement of a vehicle including generating a fluid jet adjacent an aerodynamic surface of the vehicle, and changing at least one of a strength and a position of a shock wave traveling over the aerodynamic surface of the vehicle by directing the jet into a boundary layer flow of air attached to the aerodynamic surface.

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