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Simulation of Plasma Actuator on Arbitrarily Shaped Surface
Ben Mertz
Center for Flow Physics and Control
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
Graduate Student Conference, August 27th, 2007
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Outline
Background/Motivation Virtual Wing Shaping Plasma Actuators Lumped Circuit Model Generalized Coordinates
Flat Plate Test Case Future Work/Conclusions
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Benefits of LE+TE Control
-$410K on $30M airplane
- 2.6% part-card count
- 3.3% empty weight
- 1.3 % manufacturing cost
- 3.3% drag reduction
“Virtual Wing”
Motivation: Virtual Wing Shaping
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Airfoils Being Studied
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NLF213 (Voikov)
Optimized Airfoil (Shiokawa, et al.)
MO6-13-128 (Selig, et al.)
Actuator locationActuator location
Possible actuator location
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Plasma Actuators
The plasma actuator in action appears as a diffuse plasma formed on the surface of the dielectric
exposed electrode insulation
AC voltage source
insulated electrode
substrate
The plasma actuator is an asymmetric arrangement of electrodes, one of which is insulated, on an aerodynamic surface.
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Lumped Circuit Model
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Orlov (2006)
Models plasma on a.c. time scale Values of Capacitors and Resistors depend on physical
constants and geometry of actuator
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Computational Domain
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Orlov (2006)
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Generalized Coordinates
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y
x
η
ζ
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Plasma Extent
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Plasma Current
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Future Research
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Finish flat plate test case comparison Use code to simulate actuator on curved surface Perform flow simulations using body force results
for flat plate and curved surface cases Apply code to different airfoil shapes and evaluate
feasibility for flow control purposes using CFD simulations of airfoil shapes
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Questions?
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Acknowledgements
A special thanks to …
Dr. Thomas Corke (advisor) and Dr. Dmitri Orlov
Orbital Research Inc.
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