Reinventing the wheel: excitation of flow instabilities for active flow control using plasma actuators

• Published in: Journal of physics. D, Applied physics Vol. 52; no. 35; pp. 354002 - 354017
• Main Authors: Samimy, Mo, Webb, Nathan, Esfahani, Ata
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: IOP Publishing 28.08.2019
• Subjects: active flow control; excitation of Kelvin-Helmholtz instability; plasma actuators; thermal perturbations

Flow control is typically used to manipulate a flow's natural behavior to alter its effects on a vehicle or system. When active flow control (AFC) is used in aerospace applications, the actuation can be turned on/off or adapted to changing flight conditions. AFC techniques in which significant...