Circulation control has the potential to improve current gust and maneuver load alleviation schemes, with the ultimate goal of reducing wing structure weight and saving fuel. A Coandă-type flow actuator is integrated on the pressure side of a two-dimensional airfoil model, and its load alleviation performance and dynamic behavior are determined experimentally. Quasi-steady force and wake measurements are conducted in a wind tunnel to quantify the effect of the actuator on lift and drag. Lift decrements of Δ c l = 0.682 are reached for steady blowing, exceeding typical gust-induced wing loads in magnitude. For pulsed blowing, only moderate mass flow reductions of up to 25% are achieved, caused by discontinuous flow turning around the Coandă surface. Unsteady force and pressure measurements characterize the dynamic lift response to the actuation. The total onset time of the lift response, normalized by the ratio of chord length to freestream velocity, is t * = 0.98 1.11 for actuator activation and t * = 1.07 1.18 for actuator deactivation. These values are below typical onset times for gust loads ( t * = 4 48 ). The present results show a high-lift reduction potential and fast dynamic behavior of the Coandă-type flow actuator, making it a viable candidate for fast and effective load alleviation.


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    Title :

    Coandă-Type Flow Actuation for Load Alleviation


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Journal of Aircraft ; 59 , 5 ; 1303-1319


    Publication date :

    2022-04-04


    Size :

    17 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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