CHINESE JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS ›› 2009, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (1): 57-63.

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Boundary Layer Flows with One Atmosphere Uniform Glow Discharge Plasma

MAO Meiliang, DENG Xiaogang, CHEN Liangzhong, CHEN Jianqiang   

  1. China Aerodynamic Research and Development Center, Mianyang 621000, China
  • Received:2007-04-13 Revised:2008-02-29 Online:2009-01-25 Published:2009-01-25

Abstract: In a model for interaction between one atmosphere uniform glow discharge plasma (OAUGDP)and air proposed by Shyy,electric field and electric forces acting on air as body force are obtained.The electric field is calculated with electric potential equation. The influence of OAUGDP on flows around a NACA0015 airfoil at low speed is investigated by solving N-S equation with a body force term.Plasma located upstream of the separation point damps the flow separation around the airfoil efficiently,while plasma located downstream of the separation point has little effect on the flow.It agrees with experimental observations. Effect of plasma on aerodynamics of airfoil and pressure distribution on airfoil surface are investigated.

Key words: NACA0015 airfoil, low speed flow control, plasma, numerical simulation

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