Aeronautics and astronautics – Aircraft sustentation – Sustaining airfoils
Patent
1973-12-28
1976-07-27
Blix, Trygve M.
Aeronautics and astronautics
Aircraft sustentation
Sustaining airfoils
23926533, 244 53R, B64C 2100
Patent
active
039715345
ABSTRACT:
A method of controlling flow attachment to the wing and flap surfaces of an upper surface blowing type aircraft by horizontally controlling the divergence of the jet exhaust of the aircraft engines to control the vertical thickness of the exhaust is disclosed. In addition to controlling the thickness of the exhaust, control of the divergent exhaust also provides control over the outward velocity component of the exhaust which further provides control over flow attachment by controlling the flow of ambient air under the jet exhaust. In one form, the apparatus of the invention comprises one or more side panels, located at the end of the engine exhaust nozzle, adjacent to the surface of the wing. When the panels are moved outwardly, openings are formed which allow the exhaust to horizontally diverge. When the panels are moved inwardly, the openings are closed and the exhaust is no longer diverted and thinned. In an alternate form, the apparatus of the invention comprises movable vanes mounted on the wing, slightly rearwardly of the end of the exhaust nozzle. The vanes are movable so as to either divert the exhaust outwardly and thin it, or to be aligned with the exhaust stream to have little or no effect on the exhaust whereby it remains unthinned.
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Blix Trygve M.
Kelmachter Barry L.
The Boeing Company
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