25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS 2006-2.11.3

APPLICATION OF ADVANCED SURFACE SENSORS FOR THE DETECTION AND CONTROL OF FLOW SEPARATION ON AN INDUSTRIAL HIGH-LIFT CONFIGURATION

L. Hoefener, J. Leuckert, K.- P. Neitzke*, M. J. Hucker**, C. Warsop**, W. Nitsche
TU Berlin, Germany; *Airbus, Germany; **BAE SYSTEMS, UK

Keywords: MEMS, advanced surface sensors, flow separation and transition detection, high-lift flow control

This paper describes the results of experimental investigations of flow characterisation and control on the leading edge slat of an industrial high-lift configuration consisting of a slat, a main wing and a flap using advanced MEMS surface-sensors. Signals of surface-sensor arrays clearly show location of transition and separation.

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