PROGRESS IN DEVELOPING INNOVATIVE FLOWCONTROL IN A CASCADE THRUST REVERSER

摘要

Aircraft thrust reverser design can bepotentially improved by replacement ofmechanical flow control devices with fluidicflow control. An experimental andcomputational program to analyse flow in anatural blockage type reverser duct has beenundertaken and has identified the delay of inletramp flow separation and reduction of flowblockage as being objectives for the applicationof flow control.