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Jet thrust vectoring using a miniature fluidic oscillator

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 February 2016

G. Raman ,
S. Packiarajan ,
G. Papadopoulos ,
C. Weissman  and
S. Raghu
G. Raman
Affiliation:
Dept of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA
S. Packiarajan
Affiliation:
Dept of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA
G. Papadopoulos
Affiliation:
Dantec Dynamics, Ramsey, NJ, USA
C. Weissman
Affiliation:
Dantec Dynamics, Ramsey, NJ, USA
S. Raghu
Affiliation:
Advanced Fluidics, Ellicot City, MD, USA
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This paper presents a new approach to vectoring jet thrust using a miniature fluidic actuator that provided spatially distributed mass addition. The fluidic actuators used had no moving parts and produced oscillatory flow with a square wave form at frequencies up to 1·6kHz. A subsonic jet with an exit diameter of 3·81cm was controlled using single and dual fluidic actuators, each with an equivalent circular diameter of 1·06mm. The fluidic nozzle was operated at pressures between 20·68 and 165·47kPa. The objectives of the present work included documentation of the actuation characteristics of fluidic devices, assessment of the effectiveness of fluidic devices for jet thrust vectoring, and evaluation of mass flow requirements for vectoring under various conditions. Measurements were made in the flow field using a pitot probe for the vectored and unvectored cases. Some acoustic measurements were made using microphones in the near-field and for selected cases particle image velocimetry (PIV) measurements were made. Thrust vectoring was obtained in low speed jets by momentum effects with fluidic device mass flow rates of only 2 × 10–4kg/sec (0·6% of main jet mass flow per fluidic oscillator). Although a single fluidic device produced vectoring of the primary jet, the dual fluidic device configuration (with two fluidic devices on either side of the jet exit) produced mass flux enhancement of 28% with no vectoring. Our results indicate that fluidic actuators have the potential for use in thrust vectoring, flow mixing and industrial flow deflection applications.

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Research Article
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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 109 , Issue 1093 , March 2005 , pp. 129 - 138
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 2005 

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