Experimental results in DBD plasma actuators for air flow control

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 40, Issue 6 PART 2, 2012, Pages 1678-1687

  Neretti, Gabriele ^a   Cristofolini, Andrea ^a   Borghi, Carlo A ^a   Gurioli, Alessandro ^b   Pertile, Roberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b LEONARDO S P A   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dielectric barrier discharge (DBD); electrohydrodynamic (EHD) interaction; flow plasma control; plasma actuator

Indexed keywords

ACTUATOR GEOMETRY; AIR FLOW CONTROL; APPLIED VOLTAGES; AVERAGE POWER; DBD PLASMA; DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGES; DIELECTRIC SURFACE; ELECTRODE PAIRS; ELECTRON NUMBER DENSITIES; GAS SPEED; NONTHERMAL; PITOT TUBES; PLANAR GEOMETRIES; PLASMA ACTUATOR; PLASMA CONTROL; PLASMA-INDUCED; ROTATIONAL TEMPERATURE; SPECTROSCOPIC MEASUREMENTS; SPEED INCREASE; SUPPLY VOLTAGES; TRANSLATIONAL TEMPERATURE; VIBRATIONAL TEMPERATURE; VOLUME FORCE; WALL JET;

ACTUATORS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS; FLOW CONTROL; PLASMA CONFINEMENT;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 84862284748     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2012.2191801     Document Type: Article

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