• Chinese Physics B
  • Vol. 29, Issue 10, (2020)
He-Sen Yang1, Guang-Yin Zhao2、†, Hua Liang1, and Biao Wei1
Author Affiliations
  • 1Science and Technology on Plasma Dynamics Laboratory, Air Force Engineering University, Xi’an 70038, China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Aerodynamics, China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center, Mianyang 61000, China
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    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/abb227 Cite this Article
    He-Sen Yang, Guang-Yin Zhao, Hua Liang, Biao Wei. Dynamic stall control over an airfoil by NS-DBD actuation[J]. Chinese Physics B, 2020, 29(10): Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The wind tunnel test was conducted with an NACA 0012 airfoil to explore the flow control effects on airfoil dynamic stall by NS-DBD plasma actuation. Firstly, light and deep dynamic stall states were set, based on the static stall characteristics of airfoil at a Reynolds number of 5.8 × 105. Then, the flow control effect of NS-DBD on dynamic stall was studied and the influence law of three typical reduced frequencies (k = 0.05, k = 0.05, and k = 0.15) was examined at various dimensionless actuation frequencies (F+ = 1, F+ = 2, and F+ = 3). For both light and deep dynamic stall states, NS-DBD had almost no effect on upstroke. However, the lift coefficients on downstroke were increased significantly and the flow control effect at F+ = 1 is the best. The flow control effect of the light stall state is more obvious than that of deep stall state under the same actuation conditions. For the same stall state, with the reduced frequency increasing, the control effect became worse. Based on the in being principles of flow separation control by NS-DBD, the mechanism of dynamic stall control was discussed and the influence of reduced frequency on the dynamic flow control was analyzed. Different from the static airfoil flow separation control, the separated angle of leading-edge shear layer for the airfoil in dynamic stall state is larger and flow control with dynamic oscillation is more difficult. The separated angle is closely related to the effective angle of attack, so the effect of dynamic stall control is greatly dependent on the history of angles of attack.
    He-Sen Yang, Guang-Yin Zhao, Hua Liang, Biao Wei. Dynamic stall control over an airfoil by NS-DBD actuation[J]. Chinese Physics B, 2020, 29(10):
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