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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
May. 23, 2011
Ahmed A. Hassan, Mesa, AZ (US);
Casey L. Madsen, Normandy Park, WA (US);
Garrett M Billman, Troy, MO (US);
Mary M. Billman, Troy, MO (US);
Ahmed A. Hassan, Mesa, AZ (US);
Casey L. Madsen, Normandy Park, WA (US);
Garrett M Billman, Troy, MO (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
An air vehicle includes an airfoil designed for transonic flight. The airfoil has a region of supersonic flow during transonic flight. A surface of the airfoil has upstream and downstream orifices at or within the region. The air vehicle further includes an active flow control system for controlling air vehicle motion during transonic flight by controlling flow through the orifices to alter strength and location of a shock wave in the region. The system creates an aerodynamic imbalance to move the shock wave.