Numerical modeling of DBD plasma actuators and the induced air flow

Alexandre V. Likhanskii, Mikhail N. Shneider, Dmitry F. Opaits, Richard B. Miles, Sergey O. Macheret

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Abstract

An earlier developed detailed physical model of an asymmetric dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma actuator in air driven by repetitive nanosecond voltage pulses and ac/dc bias is used to model realistic experimental conditions, such as nonideal pulses with multiple reflections. The force and heating rate calculated by the plasma model is used as an input to two-dimensional viscous flow solver to predict the time-dependent DBD-induced flowfield. The calculations reproduce the wall jet and vortices observed in experiments and enable determination of the induced flow velocity at the plasma edge and the body force magnitude from the schlieren imaging. A three-electrodes DBD system is theoretically explored, and its advantages are shown to only exist during a very short time following the voltage pulse.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationCollection of Technical Papers - 38th AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Conference
PublisherAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc.
Pages1060-1072
Number of pages13
ISBN (Print)1563479001, 9781563479007
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Event38th AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Conference - Miami, FL, United States
Duration: Jun 25 2007Jun 28 2007

Publication series

NameCollection of Technical Papers - 38th AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Conference
Volume2

Conference

Conference38th AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Conference
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityMiami, FL
Period6/25/076/28/07

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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