Dynamics of airfoil separation control using zero-net mass-flux forcing

AIAA Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3103-3115

  Raju, Reni ^a,c   Mittal, Rajat ^a,c   Cattafesta, Louis ^b,d  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering ^*

^d Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC PERFORMANCES; BEST RESPONSES; FORCING FREQUENCIES; GAIN INSIGHTS; NATURAL TIMES; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; SEPARATION BUBBLES; SEPARATION CONTROLS; SHEAR LAYERS; VORTEX DYNAMICS; WAKE REGIONS;

AERODYNAMICS; AIRFOILS; DYNAMICS; GAS DYNAMICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SEPARATION; VORTEX FLOW;

FREQUENCY RESPONSE;

EID: 57649107212     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.37147     Document Type: Article

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