METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING A LAMINAR FLOW ON A SURFACE OF AN AIRCRAFT

In a method and a system for monitoring a laminar flow on a surface (11) of an aircraft (10), a surface (11) of an aircraft (10) is observed by on optical sensor (21), and image data of that surface (11) is processed by an image processing system (22) in order to determine an actual extend of a lami...

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Main Authors Schlipf, Bernhard, Daandels, Dort
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 30.08.2023
Subjects
AIRCRAFT
ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
AVIATION
COSMONAUTICS
EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT
FLYING SUITS
PARACHUTES
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:In a method and a system for monitoring a laminar flow on a surface (11) of an aircraft (10), a surface (11) of an aircraft (10) is observed by on optical sensor (21), and image data of that surface (11) is processed by an image processing system (22) in order to determine an actual extend of a laminar flow on the surface (11). The actual extend of the laminar flow on the surface (11) is compared with a previous extend of the laminar flow on the surface (11), and/or with a potential maximum extend of laminar flow on the surface (11) determined from flight parameters (25) of the aircraft (10). A reduction or a possible optimization of the laminar flow is detected and further processed to improve the laminar flow.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20220158946