Upcoming experiments should pave the way toward the first practical applications of drag-reducing laminar flow control on a transport aircraft under NASA’s Environmentally Responsible Aviation (ERA) ...

SAN ANTONIO – If you need to get everyone outside for a little bit, why not throw in a little physics?! This Blake’s Brainiacs experiment is all about laminar flow, one of two main types of flow that ...

NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's F-15B Research Testbed aircraft has been busy this spring, flying an experimental test fixture in partnership with Aerion Corporation of Reno, Nevada. NASA Dryden ...

How NACA used the P-51 Mustang to advance laminar flow, transonic research, and drag reduction, shaping both WWII air combat ...

A large composite outer wing section designed to prove the operational feasibility of drag-reducing natural laminar flow (NLF) for future aircraft is being evaluated by Airbus for flight test on a ...

If one looks at many practical fluid flows, either around bodies (flow of air over an airplane wing) or through conduits, (flow through pipes), the problem of turbulence presents itself in almost ...

A typical challenge for re-entry vehicles during flight is an effective control of hypersonic transition and the laminar/turbulent state of the boundary layer. The state of the boundary layer is of ...

The science pros at TKOR show how to create flawless laminar flow at home using just a balloon, exploring fluid dynamics in a mesmerizing DIY experiment.