The manipulation of an unstarting supersonic flow by plasma actuator

The manipulation of an unstarting supersonic flow is demonstrated using a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD). Experiments are carried out in a Mach 4.7 model inlet flow. Flow features, such as boundary layers and shockwaves at low freestream static pressure (1 kPa) and temperature (60 K) are visuali...

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Published in:Journal of physics. D, Applied physics Applied physics, 2012-12, Vol.45 (48), p.485202-1-8
Main Authors: Im, S, Do, H, Cappelli, M A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Actuation
Boundary layer
Dielectric Barrier Discharge
Electrodes
Initial conditions
Inlet flow
Propagation
Rayleigh Scattering
Supersonic flow
Unstart
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Summary:The manipulation of an unstarting supersonic flow is demonstrated using a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD). Experiments are carried out in a Mach 4.7 model inlet flow. Flow features, such as boundary layers and shockwaves at low freestream static pressure (1 kPa) and temperature (60 K) are visualized with Rayleigh scattering from condensed CO2 particles. Flow unstart, initiated by mass injection, is studied for three model inlet flow configurations, distinguished by the initial conditions (untripped or tripped, plasma actuated or not) of the boundary layers. Unstart in the presence of thick, tripped boundary layers is characterized by the formation of an oblique unstart shock just upstream of a separating and propagating boundary layer. The presence of plasma actuation of this tripped boundary layer seems to arrest the boundary layer separation and leads to the formation of a quasi-stationary pseudo-shock, delaying unstart. The flow generated with DBD actuation is more characteristic of what is seen when unstart is generated in a model flow in which thin boundary layers grow naturally. Planar laser Rayleigh scattering visualizations suggest that the DBD actuation thins the tripped boundary layer over the exposed electrode region.
ISSN:0022-3727
1361-6463
DOI:10.1088/0022-3727/45/48/485202