@article{CHEN2026, 
author = {Jinhui CHEN and Wanting LIU and Zhiyuan LI and Haoyi CAI and Jie WU},
title = {Drag and heat reduction in a hypersonic turbulent boundary layer via wall blowing},
year = {2026},
journal = {Acta Aeronautica et Astronautica Sinica},
volume = {47},
number = {13},
keywords = {hypersonic flow, micro-blowing, turbulent boundary layer, drag reduction, heat reduction},
url = {https://www.sciopen.com/article/10.7527/S1000-6893.2026.33473},
doi = {10.7527/S1000-6893.2026.33473},
abstract = {Hypersonic vehicles are subjected to severe aerodynamic drag and thermal loads during practical flight. To address the issues of high skin-friction drag and intense aerodynamic heating under hypersonic turbulent boundary layer conditions, Large Eddy Simulation (LES) is performed to investigate the drag-and heat-reduction effects of wall micro-blowing through small pores on a Mach number of 6 flat-plate turbulent boundary layer. By comparing smooth-wall and porous-wall configurations, the streamwise distributions of the skin-friction coefficient and wall temperature are analyzed. The results show that wall micro-blowing can simultaneously reduce skin-friction drag and wall thermal load, with the maximum local drag-reduction and heat-reduction rates reaching 17.8% and 7.6%, respectively. Further analysis of the flow-control mechanisms reveals that micro-blowing lifts the mean velocity profile of the turbulent boundary layer, redistributes near-wall low-speed fluid toward the outer region, and is accompanied by enhanced streamwise velocity fluctuations and shear Reynolds stress. Turbulence statistics indicate that micro-blowing intensifies the intermittency of near-wall turbulence, increases the occurrence probability of ejection events, and strengthens the outward transport of low-momentum fluid, which contributes to drag reduction while effectively alleviating wall heat load. These results demonstrate that micro-blowing through small pores has promising potential for simultaneous drag and heat reduction in hypersonic turbulent boundary layers.}
}