Resolvent-analysis-based design of airfoil separation control

CA Yeh, K Taira - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2019 - cambridge.org
We use resolvent analysis to design active control techniques for separated flows over a
NACA 0012 airfoil. Spanwise-periodic flows over the airfoil at a chord-based Reynolds …

Post-stall flow control using nanosecond pulse driven dielectric barrier discharge plasma actuators

J Little, A Singh, T Ashcraft… - Plasma Sources Science …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The efficacy of thermal perturbations generated by nanosecond pulse driven dielectric
barrier discharge (ns-DBD) plasma actuators for post-stall flow control is explored on a …

Localized thermal perturbations for control of turbulent shear flows

J Little - AIAA Journal, 2019 - arc.aiaa.org
Thermal perturbations initiated by pulsed plasmas and lasers have demonstrated
impressive control authority in various high-speed turbulent shear flows, yet questions on …

Stall cell formation over a post-stall airfoil: effects of active perturbations using plasma actuators

A Esfahani, N Webb, M Samimy - Experiments in Fluids, 2018 - Springer
Stall cells have been observed over stalled airfoils by many researchers and there have
been extensive discussions in the literature on their formation mechanism. They have been …

Flow separation control over a thin post-stall airfoil: effects of excitation frequency

A Esfahani, N Webb, M Samimy - AIAA Journal, 2019 - arc.aiaa.org
The results of experiments investigating excitation of flow instability over a VR-7 airfoil at a
post-stall angle of attack of 19° are presented. The Reynolds number based on the chord …

Parametric study of Ns-DBD plasma actuators in a turbulent mixing layer

A Singh, J Little - Experiments in fluids, 2020 - Springer
Excitation of a low-speed turbulent mixing layer using nanosecond dielectric barrier
discharge (ns-DBD) plasma actuators is demonstrated here under various forcing …

Laminar free shear layer modification using localized periodic heating

CA Yeh, PM Munday, K Taira - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2017 - cambridge.org
The application of local periodic heating for control of a spatially developing shear layer
downstream of a finite-thickness splitter plate is examined by numerically solving the two …

Flow separation control over a Boeing Vertol VR-7 using NS-DBD plasma actuators

A Esfahani, A Singhal, CJ Clifford… - 54th AIAA Aerospace …, 2016 - arc.aiaa.org
MPROVING the performance of the rotorcrafts is of paramount importance if they are to meet
the future challenges. Eliminating or at the very least alleviating flow separation over …

The Nanosecond Pulsed Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma Actuator for Boundary Layer Separation Control

KC Meehan - 2023 - search.proquest.com
Abstract Since the mid-1990's, nonequilibrium plasmas have been brought into the limelight
as an effective method of influencing flows of aeronautical interest, including shock position …

Active control of a turbulent mixing layer using pulsed laser and pulsed plasma

A Singh, JC Little - 54th AIAA aerospace sciences meeting, 2016 - arc.aiaa.org
The objective of this work is to further clarify the mechanisms associated with flow control via
thermal perturbations (ie energy deposition). The response of a low-speed turbulent mixing …