TY - CHAP A1 - Mertens, Josef T1 - Laminar leading edges: manufacturing, contamination, and operational aspects - results from the German RaWid programme N2 - RaWid was the German national technology programme on transonic aerodynamics and supporting technologies, lasting from 1995 to 1998. One of the main topics was laminar wing development. Besides aerodynamic design work, many operational aspects were investigated. A manufacturing concept was developed to be applied to operational laminar wings and empennages. It was built in a large scale manufacturing demonstrator with the aerodynamic shape of a 1,5 m section of the A320 fin nose. Tolerances in shape and roughness fulfilled all requirements. The construction can easily be adapted to varying stiffness and strength requirements. Weight and manufacturing costs are comparable to common nose designs. The mock-up to be designed in ALTTA is based on this manufacturing principle. Another critical point is contamination of suction surfaces. Several tests were performed to investigate perforated titanium suction surfaces at realistic operational conditions: - a one year flight test with a suction plate in the stagnation area of the Airbus "Beluga" - a one year test of several suction plates in a ground test near the airport - a one year test of a working suction ground test installation at all weather conditions. No critical results were found. There is no long term suction degradation visible. Icing conditions and ground de-icing fluids used on airports did not pose severe problems. Some problems detected require only respection of weak design constraints. KW - Laminare Strömung KW - Ansaugsystem KW - Profilumströmung KW - Laminarprofil KW - RaWid KW - hybrid laminar flow KW - suction systems KW - suction structure KW - contamination KW - operational aspects Y1 - 2000 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Mertens, Josef ED - Sobieczky, H. T1 - Aerodynamic multi point design challenge T2 - New design concepts for high speed air transport.- (Courses and lectures / International Centre for Mechanical Sciences ; 366) N2 - In the chapter “Son of Concorde, a Technology Challenge” one of the new challenges for a Supersonic Commercial Transport (SCT) is multi-point design for the four main design points: - supersonic cruise - transonic cruise - take-off and landing - transonic acceleration. KW - Drag Reduction KW - Pitching Moment KW - Leading Edge Vortex KW - Wave Drag KW - Variable Geometry Y1 - 1997 SN - 3-2118-2815-X U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-2658-5_4 SP - 53 EP - 67 PB - Springer CY - Wien [u.a.] ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Mertens, Josef ED - Sobieczky, H. T1 - Required aerodynamic technologies T2 - New design concepts for high speed air transport. - (Courses and lectures / International Centre for Mechanical Sciences ; 366) N2 - In the preceeding chapters on “Son of Concorde, a Technology Challenge” and “Aerodynamic Multipoint Design Challenge” it was explained, that a well balanced contribution of new technologies in all major disciplines is required for realisation of a new Supersonic Commercial Transport (SCT). One of these technologies - usually one of the most important for aircraft-is aerodynamics. Here, the required “pure” aerodynamic technologies are specified in more detail, according to our present knowledge. Increasing insight into the problems may change the balance of importance of the individual technologies and may require some more contributions. We must never confine our knowledge to the knowledge base of an expert at a given time, but must stay open for new insights. KW - Mach Number KW - Wind Tunnel KW - Supersonic Flow KW - Pitching Moment KW - Wave Drag Y1 - 1997 SN - 3-2118-2815-X U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-2658-5_5 SP - 69 EP - 96 PB - Springer CY - Wien [u.a.] ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Mertens, Josef ED - Sobieczky, H. T1 - Certification of supersonic civil transports T2 - New design concepts for high speed air transport. - (Courses and lectures / International Centre for Mechanical Sciences ; 366) N2 - Since certification of Concorde new certification standards were introduced including many new regulations to improve flight safety. Most of these standards are to prevent severe accidents in the future which happened in the past (here: after Concorde’s certification). A new SCT has to fulfill these standards, although Concorde had none of these accidents. But accidents - although they sometimes occurred only for a specific aircraft type - have to be avoided for any (new) aircraft. Because of existing aircraft without typical accident types having demonstrated their reliability, they are allowed to go on based on their old certification; although sometimes new rules prevent accident types which are not connected to specific aircraft types - like e.g. evacuation rules. Anyway, Concorde is allowed to fly based on its old certification, and hopefully in the future will fly as safely as in the past. But a new SCT has to fulfill updated rules like any other aircraft, and it has to be “just another aircraft” [75]. KW - Noise Exposure KW - Evacuation Rule KW - Severe Accident KW - Certification Rule KW - Thermal Fatigue Testing Y1 - 1997 SN - 3-2118-2815-X U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-2658-5_6 SP - 97 EP - 103 PB - Springer CY - Wien [u.a.] ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Mertens, Josef ED - Sobieczky, H. T1 - Supersonic laminar flow T2 - New design concepts for high speed air transport. - (Courses and lectures / International Centre for Mechanical Sciences ; 366) N2 - Supersonic transports are very drag sensitive. Technology to reduce drag by application of laminar flow, therefore, will be important; it is a prerequisite to achieve very long range capability. In earlier studies it was assumed that SCTs would only become possible by application of laminar flow [376]. But today, we request an SCT to be viable without application of laminar flow in order to maintain its competitiveness when laminar flow becomes available for subsonic and supersonic transports. By reducing fuel burned, laminar flow drag reduction reduces size and weight of the aircraft, or increases range capability -whereas otherwise size and weight would grow towards infinity. Transition mechanisms from laminar to turbulent state of the boundary layer flow (ALT, CFI, TSI) function as for transonic transports, but at more severe conditions: higher sweep angles, cooled surfaces; higher mode instabilities (HMI) must at least be taken into account, although they may not become important below Mach 3. Hitherto there is a worldwide lack of ground test facilities to investigate TSI at the expected cruise Mach numbers between 1.6 and 2.4; in Stuttgart, Germany one such facility -a Ludwieg tube- is still in the validation phase. A quiet Ludwieg tunnel could be a favourable choice for Europe. But it will require a new approach in designing aircraft which includes improved theoretical predictions, usage of classical wind tunnels for turbulent flow and flight tests for validation. KW - Wind Tunnel KW - Flight Test KW - Supersonic Wind Tunnel KW - Parabolized Stability Equation Y1 - 1997 SN - 3-2118-2815-X U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-2658-5_18 SP - 275 EP - 290 PB - Springer CY - Wien [u.a.] ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Mertens, Josef A1 - Becker, K. ED - Ballmann, Josef T1 - Numerical solution of flow equations : an aircraft designer's view T2 - Nonlinear hyperbolic equations - theory, computation methods, and applications : proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Nonlinear Hyperbolic Problems, Aachen, FRG, March 14 to 18, 1988. - (Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics ; 24) N2 - Today the most accurate and cost effective industrial codes used in aircraft design are based on the full potential equation coupled with boundary layer equations. However, these are not capable to solve complicated three-dimensional problems of vortical flows and shocks. On the other hand Euler and Navier-Stokes codes are too expensive and not accurate enough for design purposes, especially in regard of drag and interference prediction. The reasons for these deficiencies are investigated and a way to overcome them by future developments is demonstrated. Y1 - 1989 SN - 3-528-08098-1 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-87869-4_41 N1 - International Conference on Nonlinear Hyperbolic Problems <3, 1988, Aachen> SP - 403 EP - 412 PB - Vieweg CY - Braunschweig ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Mertens, Josef ED - Sobieczky, H. T1 - Son of Concorde, a technology challenge T2 - New design concepts for high speed air transport. - (Courses and lectures / International Centre for Mechanical Sciences ; 366) N2 - Concorde (Figure 9) is the only supersonic airliner which has been introduced into regular passenger service. It is still in service at British Airways and Air France without any flight accidents, and probably will stay in service for at least for ten more years. KW - Technology Challenge KW - Multidisciplinary Design Optimization KW - Specific Fuel Consumption KW - Engine Efficiency KW - Sonic Boom Y1 - 1997 SN - 3-2118-2815-X U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-2658-5_3 SP - 31 EP - 51 PB - Springer CY - Wien [u.a.] ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mertens, Josef T1 - Charakteristiken des Staub-Gas-Gemisches JF - Zeitschrift für angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik : ZAMM. 65 (1985), H. 4 Y1 - 1985 SN - 1521-4001 SP - T211 EP - T213 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mertens, Josef A1 - Klevenhusen, K. D. A1 - Jakob, H. T1 - Accurate Transonic Wave Drag Prediction Using Simple Physical Models JF - AIAA-Journal. 25 (1987), H. 6 Y1 - 1987 SN - 0001-1452 SP - 799 EP - 805 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mertens, Josef A1 - Röger, Wolf T1 - F-Schlepp: Problem Taumelschwingung JF - Aerokurier. 44 (2000), H. 10 Y1 - 2000 SN - 0341-1281 N1 - in der Bereichsbibliothek unter der Signatur 23 Z 391-2000 SP - 73 EP - 73 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mertens, Josef A1 - Henke, Rolf T1 - Adaptive technologies for future civil air transport JF - Air & Space Europe. 3 (2001), H. 3-4 Y1 - 2001 SN - 1247-5793 SP - 80 EP - 82 ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Mertens, Josef T1 - Instationäre Strömungen von Gasen mit brennbaren Partikeln Y1 - 1983 N1 - Aachen, Techn. Hochschule, Diss., 1983 CY - Aachen ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Mertens, Josef T1 - Next steps envisaged to improve wing performance of commercial aircraft T2 - Aerodynamic drag reduction technologies : proceedings of the CEAS/DragNet European Drag Reduction Conference, 19–21 June 2000, Potsdam, Germany. - (Notes on numerical fluid mechanics ; 76) Y1 - 2001 SN - 3-540-41911-X (Print) SN - 978-3-540-45359-8 (Elektronisch) U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-45359-8_26 SP - 246 EP - 255 PB - Springer CY - Berlin [u.a.] ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Mertens, Josef T1 - Reduction of aerodynamic drag (RaWid)-Status after the first year of the program T2 - New results in numerical and experimental fluid mechanics. - (Notes on numerical fluid mechanics ; 60) N2 - The technology programme “Reduction of aerodynamic drag (RaWid)” for high speed aerodynamics at Daimler-Benz Aerospace Airbus is sponsered by the German ministry for education, research and technology since July 1, 1995. Connected to this industrial programme are the cooperation programmes “MEGAFLOW” under leadership of the DLR and “Transition” by the DFG, and several contributions by DLR and universities. The programme is oriented towards technologies required for a MEGALINER which gains momentum by the ambitious plans for a new large Airbus A3XX. In the first year new technological steps were undertaken in theory, design and experiment. Some critical steps were verified by wing designs checked in wind tunnel tests. KW - Wind Tunnel KW - Aerodynamic Drag KW - Flight Test KW - Friction Drag Y1 - 1997 SN - 3-528-06960-0 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-86573-1_2 SP - 7 EP - 14 PB - Vieweg CY - Braunschweig [u.a.] ER - TY - PAT A1 - Mertens, Josef A1 - Velden, Alexander van der A1 - Kelm, Roland T1 - Flugzeug mit Flügeln, deren maximaler Auftrieb durch steuerbare Flügelkomponenten veränderbar ist : Offenlegungsschrift DE102004045732 ; Offenlegungstag: 30.03.2006 = Aircraft with wings whose maximum lift can be altered by controllable wing components Y1 - 2006 N1 - Zugleich EP1791755A1. - Volltext über Datenbank: http://publikationen.dpma.de/ PB - Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt CY - München ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Mertens, Josef A1 - Velden, Alexander van der A1 - Kelm, Roland A1 - Kokan, David T1 - Application of MDO to large subsonic transport aircraft Y1 - 2000 N1 - Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit <38, 2000, Reno, NV> ; (AIAA Paper ; 00-0844) PB - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics CY - Reston, Va. ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mertens, Josef T1 - Luft hat keine Balken, aber enorme Kräfte : Aerodynamik - die unsichtbare Kraft JF - HEmagazin : das Hocheffizienz-Magazin von Wilo. 2006 (2006), H. 1 Y1 - 2006 SP - 4 EP - 9 PB - - ER - TY - PAT A1 - Mertens, Josef A1 - Lajain, Henri T1 - Method of fabricating leading edge nose structures of aerodynamic surfaces : patent no.: US 6,415,510 B2 ; date of patent: Jul. 9, 2002 Y1 - 2002 N1 - Volltext auch in der Datenbank http://publikationen.dpma.de/ zu finden unter der Nummer US000006415510B2 PB - United States Patent and Trademark Office CY - [Washington, DC] ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mertens, Josef T1 - Required technologies for supersonic aircraft JF - Fluid dynamics research on supersonic aircraft : this report is a compilation of the edited proceedings of the special course on "Fluid dynamic research on supersonic aircraft" held at the Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics (VKI) in Rhode-Saint-Genese, Belgium, 25-29 May 1998 Y1 - 1998 SN - 92-837-1007-X N1 - (RTO educational notes ; 4) SP - 5.1 EP - 5.16 PB - Research and Technology Organization CY - Neuilly-sur-Seine ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mertens, Josef T1 - Multi point design challenges for supersonic transports JF - Fluid dynamics research on supersonic aircraft : this report is a compilation of the edited proceedings of the special course on "Fluid dynamics research on supersonic aircraft" held at the Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics (VKI) in Rhode-Saint-Genese, Belgium, 25-29 May 1998 Y1 - 1998 SN - 92-837-1007-X SP - 8.1 EP - 8.12 PB - Research and Technology Organization CY - Neuilly-sur-Seine ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mertens, Josef T1 - Laminar flow for supersonic transports JF - Proceedings : March 16 - 18, 1992, Congress Centrum, Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany / organized jointly by: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. ... [Programme committee J. Szodruch ...] Y1 - 1992 SN - 3-922010-73-3 N1 - DGLR-Bericht ; 92,06 SP - 319 EP - 323 PB - DGLR CY - Bonn ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mertens, Josef T1 - Aerodynamische Ziele des Adaptiven Flügels (ADIF). JF - DGLR-Jahrbuch 1998 Bd. 1 Y1 - 1998 N1 - DGLR-JT98-213 SP - 47 EP - 52 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mertens, Josef A1 - Hünecke, Klaus T1 - Experimentelle Untersuchung zur Landeeigenschaft von Hyperschall-Fluggeräten / Hünecke, Klaus ; Mertens, Josef JF - DGLR-Jahrbuch 1988 Bd. 1 Y1 - 1988 N1 - DGLR-88-123 SP - 706 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mertens, Josef A1 - Kelm, R. A1 - Velden, A. van der T1 - Interdisziplinäre Auslegung eines Verkehrsflugzeugflügels JF - DGLR-Jahrbuch 1999 Bd. 3 Y1 - 1999 N1 - DGLR-JT99-156 SP - 1605 EP - 1610 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mertens, Josef T1 - Einige herausragende Ergebnisse des Technologieprogramms "Reduktion des Aerodynamischen Widerstands (RaWid)" JF - DGLR-Jahrbuch 1999 Bd. 3 Y1 - 1999 N1 - DGLR-JT99-047 SP - 1461 EP - 1468 ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Mertens, Josef T1 - Reduktion des aerodynamischen Widerstands (RaWid) : Abschlußbericht ; Laufzeit des Vorhaben, Berichtszeitraum: 01.07.1995 bis 31.12.1998 / Verf.: J. Mertens Y1 - 1999 N1 - Förderkenzeichen BMBF 20 A 9595 A. Engl. Zsfassung u.d.T.: Reduction of aerodynamis drag (RaWid) - final report . auch als elektronisches Dokument vorh. PB - DaimlerChrysler Aerospare Airbus GmbH CY - Hamburg ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Mertens, Josef T1 - Reduktion des aerodynamischen Widerstands (RaWid) : Abschlußbericht ; Laufzeit des Vorhaben, Berichtszeitraum: 01.07.1995 bis 31.12.1998 / Verf.: J. Mertens Y1 - 1999 N1 - Parallel als gedruckte Ausgabe erschienen PB - DaimlerChrysler Aerospare Airbus GmbH CY - Hamburg ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Mertens, Josef ED - Nitsche, Wolfgang T1 - Some important results of the technology programme RaWid T2 - New Results in Numerical and Experimental Fluid Mechanics : Contributions to the 11th AG STAB/DGLR Symposium Berlin, Germany 1998. - Vol. 2. - (Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics ; 72) Y1 - 1999 SN - 978-3-663-10903-7 (Print) SN - 978-3-663-10901-3 (Elektronisch) U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-663-10901-3_41 SP - 315 EP - 322 PB - Springer Fachmedien CY - Wiesbaden ER -