High-lift airfoil separation with dielectric barrier discharge plasma actuation

AIAA Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2884-2898

  Little, Jesse ^a,c   Samimy, Mo ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATOR PERFORMANCE; AIRCRAFT APPLICATIONS; CARRIER SIGNALS; DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGE PLASMAS; DYNAMIC LOADINGS; FLAP DEFLECTION; FREE-STREAM; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGH-LIFT AIRFOILS; LIFT ENHANCEMENT; LOW-FREQUENCY PERTURBATIONS; MASS FLUX; MODULATION WAVEFORMS; MOMENTUM COEFFICIENT; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PLASMA ACTUATOR; SEPARATED REGION; TURBULENT BOUNDARY-LAYER; TURBULENT FLUCTUATION; UNDERLYING DYNAMICS;

ACTUATORS; AIRCRAFT CONTROL; AIRFOILS; AMPLIFICATION; ANGLE OF ATTACK INDICATORS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DYNAMIC LOADS; FLOW CONTROL; PLASMA THEORY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT; TURBULENT FLOW;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 78650370364     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.J050452     Document Type: Conference Paper

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