[bvw]

I have a question about eddy currents. A plasma is more than a hot gas -- it's a electical fluid. Two little eddies next to another, for example, can act like a restriction point, redircting, concentrating flow. It may be that a set of little dings in the tile could act to create a sort of welder's flame of directed hot concentrated plasma. Especially in an area of curvature, inflection -- like the glove area. Have such effects been studied in simulation or in experiment?

[Thud]

I've read that NASA was concerned about that earlier, FWIW.

[XBob]

1749 - "I have a question about eddy currents. "


If the wheel well door were 'missing', given the relative size of the well compared to the whole wing, the altitude, attitude, and speed, an 'eddy' would build up in the well. Would this 'eddy' perhaps form a 'natural' cover, causing new incoming 'air' to slip-stream over it?

Think about a water skier 'barefooting'.

[XBob]

1749 - "I have a question about eddy currents. "


If the wheel well door were 'missing', given the relative size of the well compared to the whole wing, the altitude, attitude, and speed, an 'eddy' would build up in the well. Would this 'eddy' perhaps form a 'natural' cover, causing new incoming 'air' to slip-stream over it?

Think about a water skier 'barefooting'.