Piezoceramic composite actuators for flow control in low Reynolds number airflow

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1201-1212

  Bilgen, Onur ^a   De Marqui Jr , Carlos ^b   Kochersberger, Kevin B ^a   Inman, Daniel J ^a  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

flow control; low Reynolds number; MFC; NACA 0010 airfoil; unimorph actuator

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC FORCES; COMPOSITE ACTUATOR; ELECTROMECHANICAL MODELS; FLOW CONTROL TECHNIQUES; FLOW INDUCED; HELIUM BUBBLES; LEADING EDGE; LIFT ENHANCEMENT; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; MACRO FIBER COMPOSITE; MAXIMUM LIFT COEFFICIENT; MFC; NACA 0010 AIRFOIL; NONUNIFORM; OPTIMUM FREQUENCY; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PERIODIC EXCITATIONS; PIEZOCERAMIC; POWER CONSUMPTION; REDUCED FREQUENCY; SEPARATED FLOWS; SEPARATION DELAY; SOLID-STATE ACTUATORS; STRUCTURAL DISPLACEMENT; UNIMORPH; UNIMORPH ACTUATORS;

FLIGHT DYNAMICS; FLOW CONTROL; FLOW VISUALIZATION; HELIUM; LIFT; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 78650156295     PISSN: 1045389X     EISSN: 15308138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1045389X10381656     Document Type: Article

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