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Patent Inventor Names
Kurt M. Chankaya0
Brian R. Smith0
Paul D. McClure0
Sergey Macheret0
Date of Patent
July 17, 2012
0Patent Application Number
124777600
Date Filed
June 3, 2009
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Patent abstract
An object moving through a fluid uses plasma to keep turbulent mixing vortices associated with turbulent air away from the majority of the surface of the object. The plasma may be used to enhance physical riblets, or the plasma may create a virtual riblet.
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