Practical wall-turbulence drag reduction through adaptive control

考虑到我们与世隔绝的地理位置以及由此导致的更大比例的长途航班，航空燃料价格的长期上涨对澳大利亚航空公司的影响不成比例。由此产生的更高票价也将直接影响到澳大利亚的国际旅游。减少燃料成本上涨的影响，同时减少二氧化碳和其他排放的一种方法是减少对飞机的阻力。这个项目将加深对壁面湍流和自适应控制的理解，并利用这一点来实验演示主动减少表面摩擦阻力。该结果同样适用于包括海上运输、管道流动和燃烧室设计在内的其他一系列应用。

Long term increases in the price of aviation fuel disproportionately impacts on Australian carriers, given our geographic isolation and the resulting greater percentage of long-haul flights. The resulting higher fares will also have a direct impact on international tourism to Australia. One way to reduce the impact of rising fuel cost, and to reduce CO2 and other emissions at the same time, is to decrease drag on aircraft. This project will develop understanding in wall turbulence and adaptive control, and use this to experimentally demonstrate active reductions in skin friction drag. The results are equally applicable to a range of other applications including sea transport, pipe flows and combustor designs.