Plasma-actuator burst-mode frequency effects on leading-edge flow-separation control at reynolds number 2.6 × 105

Hikaru Aono; Soshi Kawai; Taku Nonomura; Makoto Sato; Kozo Fujii; Koichi Okada

doi:10.2514/1.J055727

Plasma-actuator burst-mode frequency effects on leading-edge flow-separation control at reynolds number 2.6 × 10⁵

Hikaru Aono, Soshi Kawai, Taku Nonomura, Makoto Sato, Kozo Fujii, Koichi Okada

ENG - Aerospace Engineering

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This paper investigates the control of leading-edge flow separation over an airfoil using a dielectric-barrier discharge plasma actuator. A chord-based Reynolds number and an angle of attack are 2.6 × 10⁵ and 18.8 deg, respectively. The flow around the stalled airfoil is computed by using large-eddy simulations. The body-force distribution-based plasma actuator model is adopted and set near the leading edge of the airfoil. Effects of a nondimensional burst frequency with a constant duty cycle onthe performance of flow control are studied. It isfound that, for the cases of the nondimensional burst frequencies 5, 10, 25, and 50, lift-to-drag ratios increase in comparison with that in the cases of the burst frequencies 1 and 100 and without the control. Controlled flow separates near the 30% chord from the leading edge due to adverse pressure gradient associated with the angleofattack. Mechanisms of suppression of the leading-edge flow separation in those cases are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3789-3806
Number of pages	18
Journal	AIAA journal
Volume	55
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2514/1.J055727
Publication status	Published - 2017

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Plasma-actuator burst-mode frequency effects on leading-edge flow-separation control at reynolds number 2.6 × 10⁵

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