Drag management structure. The structure includes a tube having an entrance and exit along a longitudinal axis. At least one row of stationary swirl generating vanes is provided at the entrance, the swirl vanes disposed at an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis selected to produce a steady streamwise vortex in a fluid at the tube exit. A fan rotor may be disposed upstream of the stationary vanes.
申请公布号
WO2009110943(A3)
申请公布日期
2009.12.23
申请号
WO2008US86791
申请日期
2008.12.15
申请人
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY;SPAKOVSZKY, ZOLTAN, S.;SHAH, PARTHIV, N.;MOBED, DARIUS, D.;KERREBROCK, JACK, L.
发明人
SPAKOVSZKY, ZOLTAN, S.;SHAH, PARTHIV, N.;MOBED, DARIUS, D.;KERREBROCK, JACK, L.