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 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 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 - 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 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 -