Abstract

Surface plasma discharges, and more specifically dielectric barrier discharge, find several applications in aerodynamic due to their capability to produce a local flow at the dielectric wall. The present study proposes a numerical method to estimate the EHD force by using experimental velocity information. Here, this method is used in a parametric study and the obtained results are compared with force balance measurements. It is shown that the EHD volume force increases in space and in amplitude for increasing voltage and increasing AC frequency. Furthermore the force distribution expands in an homothetic manner.

Details

Title
Evaluation of the time-resolved EHD force produced by a plasma actuator by particle image velocimetry - a parametric study
Author
Benard, N 1 ; Caron, M 1 ; Moreau, E 1 

 Institut PPRIME - CNRS - University of Poitiers - ENSMA, 86962, Futuroscope, France 
Publication year
2015
Publication date
Oct 2015
Publisher
IOP Publishing
ISSN
17426588
e-ISSN
17426596
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2576478435
Copyright
© 2015. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.