Plasma Actuator

Jinjun Wang; Lihao Feng

doi:10.1017/9781316676448.010

9 - Plasma Actuator

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 December 2018

Jinjun Wang and

Lihao Feng

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Jinjun Wang: Affiliation:
Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Lihao Feng: Affiliation:
Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

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The plasma actuator is an effective device that could be used for active flow control. There are different kinds of plasma actuators, such as DBD plasma actuator, surface corona discharge actuator, and plasma spark-jet actuator, and the DBD plasma actuators are paid particular attention. The two main features of the DBD plasma actuator are that it can induce a wall jet and a starting vortex. Firstly, the conventional applications of the plasma actuators are introduced. The plasma actuator can delay laminar to turbulence transition. It can also delay or eliminate flow separation, and thus improve aerodynamic performance of airfoils, straight wings, delta wings, aircraft, and bluff bodies. On the other hand, some novel flow control conceptions based on plasma actuators are also introduced, including plasma synthetic jet, plasma Gurney flap, plasma circulation control, plasma vortex generator. It has been indicated that those techniques could achieve similar control effects to traditional techniques. Meanwhile, plasma-based techniques are easier to conduct in real-time and unsteady active control, and more convenient to implement than conventional techniques. Finally, the disadvantages of DBD plasma actuators and their solutions are discussed.

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Information: Flow Control Techniques and Applications , pp. 206 - 245

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316676448.010 [Opens in a new window]

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