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US 2011/0210211 A1Published application
DISCRETE CO-FLOW JET (dCFJ) AIRFOIL
AssigneeUniversity of Miami
InventorsGecheng ZHA, Bertrand P.E. DANO
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Abstract
The present invention provides an aircraft having one or more fixed wings in a flying wing configuration, where the aircraft further includes a high performance co-flow jet (CFJ) circulating about at least a portion of an aircraft surface to produce both lift and thrust.
Claims20
An aerodynamic structure, comprising:
- a leading edge;
- a trailing edge;
- an injection opening proximate the leading edge having a length, the injection opening being partially obstructed to define a plurality of injection openings;
- at least one recovery opening located between the plurality of injection openings and the trailing edge;
- and
- one or more engine portions positioned between the recovery opening and the trailing edge.
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An aircraft, comprising:
- an aircraft body defining a leading edge, a trailing edge, a first wing, and a second wing;
- an injection opening having a length proximate the leading edge;
- a plurality of flaps disposed proximate the injection opening, the plurality of flaps at least partially obstructing the injection opening to define a plurality of injection openings;
- at least one recovery opening located between the injection opening and the trailing edge;
- and
- one or more engines defining a fluid intake in fluid communication with the recovery opening.
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An aerodynamic structure, comprising:
- a leading edge, a trailing edge, a first wing, and a second wing;
- a plurality of tabs mounted on the first and second wings, the plurality of tabs defining a plurality of injection openings spanning the lengths of the first and second wings;
- at least one recovery opening located between the plurality of injection openings and the trailing edge;
- and
- one or more engine portions positioned between the recovery opening and the trailing edge, the one or more engine portions in fluid communication with the plurality of injection openings and the recovery opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.