Implementation of air injection into the turbulent boundary layer of aircraft wing using external pressurized flow

Abstract

The possibility of using the injection of air into the incompressible turbulent boundary layer of an axisymmetric wing through a finely perforated area provided on the wing surface was studied. The air blowing was implemented via the supply of external pressurized flow through a permeable leading edge of the wing. It is shown that, with the blowing section located on the “flat” side of the wing, only an insignificant reduction in airfoil drag could be achieved. Simultaneously, the data obtained show that there exists a possibility of raising the lift-drag ratio due to a more appropriate choice of blowing-section location in the rarefaction region of the flow.