Patents Assigned to Nikolaus Vida
  • Method and apparatus for controlling the boundary or wall layer of a continuous medium
    Patent number: 6119987
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of aerohydrodynamics and heat and mass transfer and especially relates to a method and an apparatus for controlling the boundary layer or the wall layer of a continuous medium consisting of gases, liquids and/or their mixtures in the vicinity of a surface (1) for changing the flow structure, turbulence level, transfer of the impulse, transfer of heat and/or admixtures by influencing of the flow and changing of the velocities of the continuous medium particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: Nikolaus Vida
    Inventors: Gennady Iraklevich Kiknadze, Ivan Alexandrovich Gachechiladze, Valery Grigorievich Oleinikov