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Method for Reducing the Drag of Increasing Forebody Roughness 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
20050237947
Acquisition Source
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Document Type
Other - Patent
External Source(s)
DRC-099002
Authors
Stephen A Whitmore (Armstrong Flight Research Center Edwards, United States)
Edwin J Saltzman (Armstrong Flight Research Center Edwards, United States)
Timothy R Moes (Armstrong Flight Research Center Edwards, United States)
Kenneth W Iliff (Armstrong Flight Research Center Edwards, United States)
Date Acquired
August 23, 2013
Publication Date
May 17, 2005
Subject Category
Aircraft Design, Testing And Performance
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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