Experimental study of laminar-turbulent transition on a swept wing with local boundary-layer suction at subsonic velocities

The effect of local suction of the boundary layer gas near the leading edge of the upper surface of a swept wing (with the sweep anglex=35°) on the extent of the laminar flow region is studied on a large half-model at subsonic velocities. Various experimental methods were used. The data are subjected to a comparative analysis. Moscow. Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 4, pp. 65–73, July–August, 1998.