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Old 4th Dec 2011, 14:02
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awblain
 
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Re: code0

My understanding is that the flow from the nose is rather smooth. The vortex generators then add energy/turbulence to the airflow/boundary layer, to stop it from detaching at the relatively sharp window edges and forming big eddies that dissipate energy and make lots of noise: the vortex generators introduce small-scale vortices into the flow, and the flow then instead follows the contours of the windows, dissipating less energy and being quieter.
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