Towards Practical Hybrid Laminar Flow Control: Boundary Layer Stability with Suction and Scalability of Pressure Losses across Perforated Sheets

Hybrid laminar flow control (HLFC) reduces skin friction drag, by combining boundary layer suction with pressure gradient tailoring to delay boundary layer transition. This research addresses two key developments required to perform the aerodynamic design of suction-type HLFC components. First, an existing numerical transition prediction tool...