A NACA0025 coflow jet airfoil model, including the inner and outer airfoils, was designed and manufactured through 3D printing technology. Using the duct connecting the leading- and trailing-edge slots formed by the inner and outer airfoils, eight plasma actuators are arranged in the duct and synchronously driven by two high-voltage alternating-current sources to realize the plasma coflow jet (PCFJ) flow control technique. The test angle of attack range is 8–30°, and the Reynolds number is 68,000. The induced airflow characteristics were studied, and the flow control mechanism of the PCFJ airfoil was explored using the detailed two-component particle image velocimetry technique. The results in the quiescent air show that in addition to the injection at the leading-edge slot and the suction at the trailing-edge slot, the actuators on the upper surface of the inner airfoil provide local flow acceleration and momentum injection. The results in the wind tunnel show that the PCFJ airfoil has a better performance in delaying flow separation, and its time-averaged flow separation position is delayed by 46% compared with the baseline airfoil. The mixing shear layer that becomes turbulent in advance and the subsequent coherent vortex structures, the injection at the leading edge and suction at the trailing edge, and local flow acceleration and momentum injection of the plasma actuators are the key factors for the mechanism of separation delaying of the PCFJ flow control technique.


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    Title :

    Flow Separation Control over an Airfoil Using Plasma Co-Flow Jet


    Contributors:
    Li, Bo (author) / Meng, Xuanshi (author) / Yin, Shiqing (author) / Hui, Weiwei (author) / Li, Huaxing (author)

    Published in:

    AIAA Journal ; 60 , 4 ; 2195-2206


    Publication date :

    2021-10-19


    Size :

    12 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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