Blown flap, the Glossary
Blown flaps, blown wing or jet flaps are powered aerodynamic high-lift devices used on the wings of certain aircraft to improve their low-speed flight characteristics.[1]
Table of Contents
64 relations: Aerodynamics, Aircraft, Airfoil, Angle of attack, Antonov An-70, Antonov An-72, Antonov An-74, Arado Ar 232, BAC TSR-2, Blackburn Buccaneer, Bleed air, Boeing 747, Boeing C-17 Globemaster III, Boeing YC-14, Boundary layer, Boundary layer control, Bréguet 960 Vultur, Cargo aircraft, Cessna 170, Circulation control wing, Coandă effect, Dornier Do 24, Fighter aircraft, Flap (aeronautics), Flow control (fluid), Flow separation, Fluid, General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon, Grumman F9F Panther, High-lift device, Hunting H.126, Jet engine, Leading edge, Leading-edge extension, Lift coefficient, Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, Lockheed T2V SeaStar, McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, Messerschmitt Bf 109, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23, NASA, National Gas Turbine Establishment, North American A-5 Vigilante, North American Aviation, ONERA, Powered lift, Royal Aircraft Establishment, Shin Meiwa US-1A, ShinMaywa US-2, ... Expand index (14 more) »
- Boundary layers
Aerodynamics
Aerodynamics (ἀήρ aero (air) + δυναμική (dynamics)) is the study of the motion of air, particularly when affected by a solid object, such as an airplane wing.
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Aircraft
An aircraft (aircraft) is a vehicle that is able to fly by gaining support from the air.
Airfoil
An airfoil (American English) or aerofoil (British English) is a streamlined body that is capable of generating significantly more lift than drag. Blown flap and airfoil are aircraft wing design.
Angle of attack
In fluid dynamics, angle of attack (AOA, α, or \alpha) is the angle between a reference line on a body (often the chord line of an airfoil) and the vector representing the relative motion between the body and the fluid through which it is moving. Blown flap and angle of attack are aircraft wing design.
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Antonov An-70
The Antonov An-70 (Антонов Ан-70) is a four-engine medium-range transport aircraft, and the first aircraft to take flight powered only by propfan engines.
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Antonov An-72
The Antonov An-72 (NATO reporting name: Coaler) is a Soviet transport aircraft, developed by Antonov.
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Antonov An-74
The Antonov An-74 (Russian: Антонов Ан-74, NATO reporting name: Coaler) is a Soviet/Ukrainian transport aircraft developed by Antonov.
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Arado Ar 232
The Arado Ar 232 Tausendfüßler (German: "Millipede"), sometimes also called Tatzelwurm, was a cargo aircraft that was designed and produced in small numbers by the German aircraft manufacturer Arado Flugzeugwerke.
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BAC TSR-2
The British Aircraft Corporation TSR-2 is a cancelled Cold War strike and reconnaissance aircraft developed by the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC), for the Royal Air Force (RAF) in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Blackburn Buccaneer
The Blackburn Buccaneer is a British carrier-capable attack aircraft designed in the 1950s for the Royal Navy (RN).
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Bleed air
Bleed air in aerospace engineering is compressed air taken from the compressor stage of a gas turbine, upstream of its fuel-burning sections.
Boeing 747
The Boeing 747 is a long-range wide-body airliner designed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the United States between 1968 and 2023.
Boeing C-17 Globemaster III
The McDonnell Douglas/Boeing C-17 Globemaster III is a large military transport aircraft that was developed for the United States Air Force (USAF) from the 1980s to the early 1990s by McDonnell Douglas.
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Boeing YC-14
The Boeing YC-14 is a twinjet short take-off and landing (STOL) tactical military transport aircraft.
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Boundary layer
In physics and fluid mechanics, a boundary layer is the thin layer of fluid in the immediate vicinity of a bounding surface formed by the fluid flowing along the surface. Blown flap and boundary layer are aircraft wing design and boundary layers.
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Boundary layer control
Boundary layer control refers to methods of controlling the behaviour of fluid flow boundary layers. Blown flap and boundary layer control are aircraft wing design and boundary layers.
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Bréguet 960 Vultur
The Bréguet Br 960 Vultur was a prototype two-seat carrier-based attack and anti-submarine aircraft (ASW) built for the French Navy (Marine Nationale) during the early 1950s.
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Cargo aircraft
A cargo aircraft (also known as freight aircraft, freighter, airlifter or cargo jet) is a fixed-wing aircraft that is designed or converted for the carriage of cargo rather than passengers.
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Cessna 170
The Cessna 170 is an American single-engine, four seat, general aviation aircraft produced by the Cessna Aircraft Company between 1948 and 1956.
Circulation control wing
A circulation control wing (CCW) is a form of high-lift device for use on the main wing of an aircraft to increase the maximum lift coefficient and reduce the stalling speed. Blown flap and circulation control wing are aircraft wing design.
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Coandă effect
The Coandă effect is the tendency of a fluid jet to stay attached to a convex surface. Blown flap and Coandă effect are boundary layers.
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Dornier Do 24
The Dornier Do 24 is a 1930s German three-engine flying boat designed by the Dornier Flugzeugwerke for maritime patrol and search and rescue.
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Fighter aircraft
Fighter aircraft (early on also pursuit aircraft) are military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat.
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Flap (aeronautics)
A flap is a high-lift device used to reduce the stalling speed of an aircraft wing at a given weight. Blown flap and flap (aeronautics) are aircraft controls.
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Flow control (fluid)
Flow control is a field of fluid dynamics.
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Flow separation
In fluid dynamics, flow separation or boundary layer separation is the detachment of a boundary layer from a surface into a wake. Blown flap and flow separation are boundary layers.
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Fluid
In physics, a fluid is a liquid, gas, or other material that may continuously move and deform (flow) under an applied shear stress, or external force.
General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is an American single-engine supersonic multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for the United States Air Force (USAF).
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Grumman F9F Panther
The Grumman F9F Panther is an early carrier-based jet fighter designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Grumman.
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High-lift device
In aircraft design and aerospace engineering, a high-lift device is a component or mechanism on an aircraft's wing that increases the amount of lift produced by the wing. Blown flap and high-lift device are aircraft wing design.
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Hunting H.126
The Hunting H.126 was an experimental aircraft designed and built by British aviation company Hunting Aircraft.
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Jet engine
A jet engine is a type of reaction engine, discharging a fast-moving jet of heated gas (usually air) that generates thrust by jet propulsion.
Leading edge
The leading edge is the part of the wing that first contacts the air;Crane, Dale: Dictionary of Aeronautical Terms, third edition, page 305. Blown flap and leading edge are aircraft wing design.
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Leading-edge extension
A leading-edge extension (LEX) is a small extension to an aircraft wing surface, forward of the leading edge. Blown flap and leading-edge extension are aircraft wing design.
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Lift coefficient
In fluid dynamics, the lift coefficient is a dimensionless quantity that relates the lift generated by a lifting body to the fluid density around the body, the fluid velocity and an associated reference area. Blown flap and lift coefficient are aircraft wing design.
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Lockheed F-104 Starfighter
The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter is an American single-engine, supersonic interceptor which was extensively deployed as a fighter-bomber during the Cold War.
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Lockheed T2V SeaStar
The Lockheed T2V SeaStar, later called the T-1 SeaStar, is a carrier-capable jet trainer for the United States Navy that entered service in May 1957.
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McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II
The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is an American tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber originally developed by McDonnell Aircraft for the United States Navy.
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Messerschmitt Bf 109
The Messerschmitt Bf 109 is a German World War II fighter aircraft that was, along with the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, the backbone of the Luftwaffe's fighter force.
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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-21; NATO reporting name: Fishbed) is a supersonic jet fighter and interceptor aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union.
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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 (Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-23; NATO reporting name: Flogger) is a variable-geometry fighter aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau in the Soviet Union.
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NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.
National Gas Turbine Establishment
The National Gas Turbine Establishment (NGTE Pyestock) in Farnborough, part of the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE), was the prime site in the UK for the design and development of gas turbine and jet engines.
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North American A-5 Vigilante
The North American A-5 Vigilante is an American carrier-based supersonic bomber designed and built by North American Aviation (NAA) for the United States Navy.
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North American Aviation
North American Aviation (NAA) was a major American aerospace manufacturer that designed and built several notable aircraft and spacecraft.
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ONERA
The Office national d'études et de recherches aérospatiales (ONERA) is the French national aerospace research centre.
Powered lift
A powered lift aircraft takes off and lands vertically under engine power but uses a fixed wing for horizontal flight.
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Royal Aircraft Establishment
The Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) was a British research establishment, known by several different names during its history, that eventually came under the aegis of the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), before finally losing its identity in mergers with other institutions.
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Shin Meiwa US-1A
The Shin Meiwa PS-1 and US-1A is a large STOL aircraft designed for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and air-sea rescue (SAR) work respectively by Japanese aircraft manufacturer Shin Meiwa.
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ShinMaywa US-2
The ShinMaywa US-2 is a large Japanese short takeoff and landing amphibious aircraft that employs boundary layer control technology for enhanced STOL and stall suppression performance.
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Slipstream
A slipstream is a region behind a moving object in which a wake of fluid (typically air or water) is moving at velocities comparable to that of the moving object, relative to the ambient fluid through which the object is moving.
Stagnation point
In fluid dynamics, a stagnation point is a point in a flow field where the local velocity of the fluid is zero.
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Stall (fluid dynamics)
In fluid dynamics, a stall is a reduction in the lift coefficient generated by a foil as angle of attack increases. Blown flap and stall (fluid dynamics) are aircraft wing design.
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Supermarine Scimitar
The Supermarine Scimitar is a single-seat naval strike aircraft that was designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Supermarine.
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Supermarine Spitfire
The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and after World War II.
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Tangent
In geometry, the tangent line (or simply tangent) to a plane curve at a given point is, intuitively, the straight line that "just touches" the curve at that point.
Thrust vectoring
Thrust vectoring, also known as thrust vector control (TVC), is the ability of an aircraft, rocket or other vehicle to manipulate the direction of the thrust from its engine(s) or motor(s) to control the attitude or angular velocity of the vehicle.
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Turbulence
In fluid dynamics, turbulence or turbulent flow is fluid motion characterized by chaotic changes in pressure and flow velocity.
Variable-sweep wing
A variable-sweep wing, colloquially known as a "swing wing", is an airplane wing, or set of wings, that may be modified during flight, swept back and then returned to its previous straight position.
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Vietnam
Vietnam, officially the (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's fifteenth-most populous country.
Vought F-8 Crusader
The Vought F-8 Crusader (originally F8U) is a single-engine, supersonic, carrier-based air superiority jet aircraft designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Vought.
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Westland Aircraft
Westland Aircraft was a British aircraft manufacturer located in Yeovil, Somerset.
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Wing
A wing is a type of fin that produces lift while moving through air or some other fluid.
Wing loading
In aerodynamics, wing loading is the total weight of an aircraft or flying animal divided by the area of its wing.
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See also
Boundary layers
- Blasius boundary layer
- Blown flap
- Boundary layer
- Boundary layer control
- Boundary layer suction
- Boundary layer thickness
- Bypass transition
- Coandă effect
- Falkner–Skan boundary layer
- Flow separation
- Görtler vortices
- Laminar–turbulent transition
- Mangler Transformation
- Sweeping jet actuators
- Tesla turbine
- Thermal boundary layer thickness and shape
- Transition point
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blown_flap
Also known as Blown flaps, Boundary layer control system.
, Slipstream, Stagnation point, Stall (fluid dynamics), Supermarine Scimitar, Supermarine Spitfire, Tangent, Thrust vectoring, Turbulence, Variable-sweep wing, Vietnam, Vought F-8 Crusader, Westland Aircraft, Wing, Wing loading.