Smooth Explanation
In your article on another strategy for designing a laminar flow wing, there was considerable emphasis on the use of “discrete roughness elements” (DRE) to reduce the crossflow instability associated with swept wings (AW&ST Sept. 20/27, p. 61). The DRE are reported to be a few microns in height and...
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