Reactive Conformal Inlet Technology Enhancement

摘要

As part of its Reactive Conformal Inlet Technology Enhancement (RECITE) program, AFRL is examining conformal inlet technology. Because they are flush to an air vehicle's fuselage, conformal engine air inlets cause less drag than other inlet designs. AFRL recently investigated a conformal inlet and two active flow control slot variations. Test results showed that the smaller flow control slot performed as desired and was most effective at lower wind tunnel Mach numbers and at higher active flow control mass flow rates. AFRL engineers will incorporate these valuable data into future RECITE inlet designs that require smaller amounts of active flow control air.