A novel flow configuration devised for investigation of active control of separated airfoil flows using synthetic jets is presented. The configuration consists of a flat plate, with an elliptic leading edge and a blunt trailing edge, at zero incidence in a free stream. Flow separation is induced on the upper surface of the airfoil at the aft-chord location by applying suction and blowing on the top boundary of the computational domain. Typical separated airfoil flows are generally characterized by at least three distinct frequency scales corresponding to the shear layer instability, the unsteadiness of the separated region and the vortex shedding in the wake, and all these features are present in the current flow. Two-dimensional Navier-Stokes simulations of this flow at a chord Reynolds number of 6 x 104 have been carried out to examine the nonlinear dynamics in this flow and its implications for synthetic-jet-based separation control. The results show that there is a strong nonlinear coupling between the various features of the flow, and that the uncontrolled as well as the forced flow is characterized by a variety of 'lock-on' states that result from this nonlinear coupling. The most effective separation control is found to occur at the highest forcing frequency for which both the shear layer and the separated region lock on to the forcing frequency. The effects of the Reynolds number on the scaling of the characteristic frequencies of the separated flow and its subsequent control are studied by repeating some of the simulations at a higher Reynolds number of 1 x 105.


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    Title :

    Nonlinear dynamics and synthetic-jet-based control of a canonical separated flow


    Additional title:

    Nichtlineare Dynamik und Steuerung einer kanonischen, abgelösten Strömung auf Basis synthetischer Strahlen


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    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2010


    Size :

    33 Seiten, 21 Bilder, 3 Tabellen, 69 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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