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ACTA AERONAUTICAET ASTRONAUTICA SINICA ›› 2022, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (S2): 23-39.doi: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2022.27705

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Effect of plasma actuator on lift-drag characteristics of high-speed airfoil

Zhikun SUN1, Zhiwei SHI1(), Weilin ZHANG1, Zheng LI2, Qijie SUN1   

  1. 1.College of Aerospace Engineering,Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics,Nanjing 210016,China
    2.Science and Technology on Space Physics Laboratory,China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology,Beijing 100076,China
  • Received:2022-06-29 Revised:2022-07-29 Accepted:2022-08-03 Online:2022-12-25 Published:2022-08-08
  • Contact: Zhiwei SHI E-mail:szwam@nuaa.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Provincial or Ministry Level Project

Abstract:

Plasma excitation is widely studied as an active flow control technology with a short response time. Numerical simulations are used to investigate the effects of the actuator cavity, actuator arrangement position, angle of attack, and discharge parameters on improvement in the lift-drag characteristics of hypersonic airfoils. Corresponding experimental validation is conducted. The results show that the cavity of the exciter will generate a drag reduction effect, and the time-average drag reduction effect of the cavity is better than that of the plasma actuator. The decreasing distance of the actuator to the airfoil leading edge leads to stronger improvement in the aerodynamic performance of the airfoil. The hypersonic airfoil leading edge wedge area is the optimum geometric position for the actuator to improve the aerodynamic performance of the airfoil. Increasing the inflow angle of attack reduces the negative effect of the actuator cavity on the airfoil aerodynamic performance when the actuator is in the optimum geometric position, while also impairing the time-average flow control performance of the actuator. In addition, to improve the exciter energy utilization efficiency, the effect of different discharge parameters on the aerodynamic performance improvement of the airfoil is studied. The optimum duty cycle of the plasma synthetic jet exciter for lifting the drag and lift characteristics of hypersonic airfoils is 1.83%. The results provide a reference for the control of hypersonic flow with plasma synthetic jet exciter.

Key words: hypersonic vehicle, plasma actuator, aerodynamic performance, duty cycle, optimal solution

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