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Method for reducing the drag of blunt-based vehicles by adaptively increasing forebody roughnessA method for reducing drag upon a blunt-based vehicle by adaptively increasing forebody roughness to increase drag at the roughened area of the forebody, which results in a decrease in drag at the base of this vehicle, and in total vehicle drag.
Document ID
20080005085
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Other - Patent
Authors
Whitmore, Stephen A.
Saltzman, Edwin J.
Moes, Timothy R.
Iliff, Kenneth W.
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
May 17, 2005
Subject Category
Aerodynamics
Report/Patent Number
Patent Application Number: US-PATENT-APPL-SN-449906
Patent Number: US-PATENT-6,892,989
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
Patent
US-PATENT-6,892,989
Patent Application
US-PATENT-APPL-SN-449906

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