Patent ID: 9658124
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: F03D,G01F,G01L,G01P

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: disposing a plurality of sensors on a surface of an aerodynamic system; receiving a first sensor signal and a second sensor signal from the plurality of sensors; determining at least one correlation parameter based on the first sensor signal and the second sensor signal; receiving a plurality of stored parameters from a database, wherein each of the plurality of stored parameters is representative of a corresponding flow condition; comparing the at least one correlation parameter with the plurality of stored parameters and selecting at least one matching stored parameter; and determining a matching flow condition based on the at least one matching stored parameter, wherein the matching flow condition comprises one of an attached and laminar flow condition, an attached and transitioning flow condition, an attached and turbulent flow condition, a separated flow condition, or a re-attached flow condition.