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Dielectric barrier discharge plasma actuator for flow control
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Opaits, Dmitry, F. |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Description | This report is Part II of the final report of NASA Cooperative Agreement contract no. NNX07AC02A. It includes a Ph.D. dissertation. The period of performance was January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2010. Part I of the final report is the overview published as NASA/CR-2012- 217654. Asymmetric dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma actuators driven by nanosecond pulses superimposed on dc bias voltage are studied experimentally. This produces non-self-sustained discharge: the plasma is generated by repetitive short pulses, and the pushing of the gas occurs primarily due to the bias voltage. The parameters of ionizing pulses and the driving bias voltage can be varied independently, which adds flexibility to control and optimization of the actuators performance. The approach consisted of three elements coupled together: the Schlieren technique, burst mode of plasma actuator operation, and 2-D numerical fluid modeling. During the experiments, it was found that DBD performance is severely limited by surface charge accumulation on the dielectric. Several ways to mitigate the surface charge were found: using a reversing DC bias potential, three-electrode configuration, slightly conductive dielectrics, and semi conductive coatings. Force balance measurements proved the effectiveness of the suggested configurations and advantages of the new voltage profile (pulses+bias) over the traditional sinusoidal one at relatively low voltages. In view of practical applications certain questions have been also addressed, such as electrodynamic effects which accompany scaling of the actuators to real size models, and environmental effects of ozone production by the plasma actuators. |
| File Size | 4795139 |
| Page Count | 162 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20120015252 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t9867hd7f |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2012-09-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Aircraft Propulsion And Power Electric Potential Actuators Plasmas Physics Mathematical Models Sine Waves Force Distribution Magnetohydrodynamic Flow Dielectrics Flexibility Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
