Fluidic Virtual Aerosurfaces for Flow Control Applications
Abstract
This research program has focused on a novel approach to the control of the aerodynamic performance of lifting surfaces by fluidic modification of their apparent aerodynamic shape, or virtual aerosurface shaping, This flow control approach emphasizes fluidic modification of the "apparent" aerodynamic shape of the surface with the objective of altering or prescribing the streamwise pressure gradient. Control is typically effected by the interactions of arrays of synthetic jet actuators with the cross flow that displace the local streamlines near the surface and thereby induces an "apparent" modification of the flow boundary. The operating frequency of the control jets is high enough so that the actuation period at least an order of magnitude lower than the relevant characteristic time scale of the flow. Therefore, the interaction domains between the control jets and the cross flow are quasi-steady and hence the induced aerodynamics forces are virtually time-invariant.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 2004
- Accession Number
- ADA423090
Entities
People
- Ari Glezer
Organizations
- Georgia Tech