Dielectric-barrier discharge plasma actuators were mounted on a circular cylinder in a square wave pattern for active forcing of the cylinder wake. The intermittent spacing of the buried electrodes created a spanwise-modulated blowing profile with a spanwise wavelength of four cylinder diameters, such that three-dimensional instabilities in the wake were targeted for control. Considerable spanwise variation in the wake was achieved with low-power forcing when the actuators were mounted at the location of maximum shear layer receptivity. This spanwise variation was a direct consequence of the difference in the vorticity levels of the shed vortices from the cylinder. High power forcing nearly eliminated vortex shedding, leading to a considerable amount of drag reduction as measured in the intermediate wake.


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    Title :

    Effect of Three-Dimensional Plasma Actuation on the Wake of a Circular Cylinder


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    AIAA Journal ; 53 , 4 ; 958-967


    Publication date :

    2015-02-17


    Size :

    10 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




    Effect of Three-Dimensional Plasma Actuation on the Wake of a Circular Cylinder

    Bhattacharya, S. / Gregory, J. / American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | British Library Conference Proceedings | 2012