The development of next-generation high-maneuverability aircraft requires new technologies for controlling asymmetric separated vortices at high angles of attack. Plasma flow control is an emerging type of active flow control technology that can be used to control asymmetric vortices over slender bodies by means of pulsed dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma actuators. However, some problems worthy of further study remain unsolved. For example, the stimulation strength is inadequate, the region of discharge is small, and the control mechanism is unclear. This paper proposes a double-side sliding pulsed discharge (DSPD) plasma actuator that combines a sinusoidal alternating current (AC) pulsed plasma actuator with two high-voltage direct current (DC) components. This actuator can generate two groups of unsymmetrical large-scale coherent vortex structures to balance the vorticity of the asymmetric vortices over the slender forebody of an aircraft and increase the distance between the cores of the asymmetric vortices, weakening the interaction between the vortices and hindering the emergence of the asymmetric phenomenon. Focusing on the key scientific issue of DSPD plasma actuation, the discharge morphologies and electrical properties under different DC conditions are studied, and the unsteady vortex structures induced by the DSPD plasma actuator under a static atmosphere are revealed through high-speed schlieren system and particle image velocimetry (PIV) measurements. The flow control ability of the DSPD plasma actuator is verified through wind tunnel experiments, and the main rules governing its influence on the external flowfield are determined. It is speculated that this actuator will further improve the aerodynamic flow control of slender aircraft.


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    Title :

    Electrical and Flow Characteristics of a Double-Side Sliding Pulsed Discharge Plasma Actuator


    Contributors:
    Zheng, Borui (author) / Ke, Xizheng (author) / Ge, Chang (author) / Zhu, Yifei (author) / Wu, Yun (author) / Liu, Feng (author) / Luo, Shijun (author)

    Published in:

    AIAA Journal ; 58 , 2 ; 733-746


    Publication date :

    2019-10-21


    Size :

    14 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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