An evaluation of the mass and power scaling of synthetic jet actuator flow control technology for civil transport aircraft applications

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering

Volumn 222, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 357-372

  Crowther, W J ^a   Gomes, L T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aircraft systems; Flow control; Mass; Power; Synthetic jet actuator

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; AIRCRAFT; BOUNDARY LAYERS; ESTIMATION; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; FLOW CONTROL; JET AIRCRAFT; JETS; MIXING; OPTIMIZATION; POWER GENERATION; TECHNOLOGY; TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT;

AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS; BOUNDARY LAYER MIXING; CASE STUDIES; CIVIL TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT; CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES; ELECTRICAL POWER; EMPIRICAL RULES; FLOW CONTROL SYSTEMS; FLUID POWER; MASS; PEAK VELOCITIES; POWER; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; POWER CONVERSIONS; POWER EFFICIENCIES; POWER SCALING; SYNTHETIC JET ACTUATOR; SYNTHETIC JET ACTUATORS;

CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 49749096037     PISSN: 09596518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09596518JSCE519     Document Type: Article

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