AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF ELECTROSTATIC FIELDS ON FLOW ATTACHMENT

Abstract

An experimental investigation was conducted to determine whether an electrostatic field could be used to affect the attachment of an air stream to a flat surface. Tests were run using a fluid-amplifier type device in which corona wind was fed through the control ports of the device. It was found that the fluid stream could be made to detach from one wall, flip over to the opposite wall, and attach to that wall. The air stream could then be flipped back to the original wall by activating the opposite corona wind control port. Pressure distribution and velocity profile data were taken which indicated that by suitable design symmetric flip-flop of the fluid stream in the device could be achieved.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 15, 1966
Accession Number
AD0642869

Entities

People

  • G. P. Eiler
  • Henry R. Velkoff

Organizations

  • Ohio State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Flow
  • Boundary Layer
  • Channel Flow
  • Control Jets
  • Electric Fields
  • Electrostatic Fields
  • Flow Rate
  • Fluid Flow
  • Fluidic Amplifiers
  • Geometry
  • Mass Flow
  • Measurement
  • Power Supplies
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Static Pressure
  • Voltage

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Plasma Physics.